Ok Kix, why did a cowboy have an atom bomb toy? What was the tie-in? Did Tonto help Oppenheimer? Was this just a way to sell a few tons of used polonium?

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The just post WWII times were a weird hybrid of nostalgia for the old west “cowboys and Indians” stories and the space/atomic age becoming en vogue. Toys like this that tried to appeal to both are the result.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Fallout aesthetics

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Also you can just think of it as Albuquerque themed

[–] crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Promotion of war propaganda into the culture? "Mom, why am I growing a 6th finger?"

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.nine.com.au/entertainment/latest/9now-body-bizarre-desilva-family-brazil-six-fingers-polydactyly/93d5fd33-1b6d-4a14-ac92-efd2fb4ed528