Even though, or just because of that, this looks and sounds quite strange from today's perspective, I wanted to share this "James Bond-ish" or rather "cold-war-ish" or just "war-ish" Johnny Seven vintage toy commercial that I stumbled upon again recently. Which by the way inspired the gun design of this older big-game hunter character sketch I did a couple of years ago.
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Not forgetting Topper Toys' Secret Sam, Mattel's Agent Zero M (Zero M is the young Kurt Russel, right?) and American Toys' Dick Tracy Raygun Target Game:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNXfipS1war-IcoLNtyiIwIGTAJLuaDttkprNHdq3Alv9ht0gc_3OYjKVpKHQVFSZQ241YzrFDHq-AgEst18NWbZSUiLWTfDjJ-b1eaplU3fB8Hbr6WrLCZK5KFK2Ox0SAJv0/s400/secretsam.jpg)
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