#sixfinger

Sixfinger was an oddball toy released by Topper Toys, a subsidiary of the De Luxe Reading Corporation, in 1965 at the height of the spy craze.

You could insert the various tips into the end of the finger, most of which shot out (and probably put some poor kid's eye out).

It looked a lot cooler than it was, at least in my experience. I could never quite get the hang of nestling it between my thumb and forefinger.

I don't remember if I got tired of it, or if my mother threw it away because she was afraid I'd shoot my sister with it (a reasonable assumption back then), or got sick of listening to the annoying "code clicker."

Anyone else remember having one of these?

When Katherine was a little girl, she had a wonderful toy. It was called "Six Fingers." It gave the appearance of having one more digit. And that extra finger could shoot messages, attack weaponry, fragment bombs and more. All were two inches or so of plastic. She spoke often of this long lost toy. So, Ben found a brand new Six Fingers on line and gave her one. Here, a small Six Fingers library.