A CASE FOR THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. ...

 

  

Look at the LONE STAR (I think) MAN From

U.N.C.L.E. attache case I had as a kid, given to me by a

paternal aunt and uncle for Christmas in the late '60s.  There

were at least a couple of versions, of which this one was the

cheapest as the case was only cardboard.  Not that I cared

one whit about that, 'cos, to me, it was brilliant.

 

The case and contents eventually faded into the limbo

that claims most childhood toys, but I still possess one of

the bullets from the gun.  At least, it's a bullet I associate with

the gun, which, in my memory, didn't fire caps as one would

expect, but actual plastic bullets.  Perhaps my recollection is

confused, not that it matters much, as whenever I look at

that bullet, the above case is what comes to mind.

Ah, happy days.  What fun it was to be an agent of

U.N.C.L.E. back in the '60s.  Do kids today have any-

thing similar to such a great toy, or is it all computer

games, mobiles, and iPads they go for now?

Their loss.

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