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Blame it on the cold war, blame it on James Bond, blame it on the Bossa Nova… say what you will, but the 60’s were the birthplace of some of the coolest secret agent toys. Hideously dangerous, life-threatening toys. One of the secret agent toys that put the “boom” in “baby boomer” is the Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster. When looking back on their violent boyhood years, a majority of my boomer-aged friends have vivid memories of the Sonic Blaster. Nearly each one raised their voices to say something like, “FOOOOM!
Who can blame them? The pump-action gun fires a powerful column of air toward distant targets. With the Sonic Blaster, we can set our sights on cardboard target buildings that hate America, and a pile of leaves that undoubtedly hides a dirty communist.
This Sonic blaster would no doubt have a hard time getting into stores today, do to the sheer danger it posses to the hearing of the user
“The Mattel Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster 5530 fires compressed air with a deafening blast. Our measurements top out at 157 dB-above a level that can do permanent damage to the hearing of an adult. We rate the toy Not Acceptable.”
says consumer report magazine.
Anyway, As a collectors item its pretty cool, and according to Retro Thing there is a Brand new one for sale on EBay as we speak Ebay auction for an unused Zero M Sonic Blaster
To see it in action
