If you’re the right age and you spot Sixfinger among other Cold War spy toys on the museum’s second floor, it will bring back a flood of memories. I was too old in 1965 to have owned the Sixfinger toy, but not too old to be intrigued by the fantasy behind it. From movies and TV shows like Man from U.N.C.L.E and Secret Agent, we knew that a spy’s kit was always concealed in everyday things, and what could be more [...]
I remember the commercials for that. It looked incredible.
But it’s Apples and Oranges, you aren’t going to sneak a System 7 into school.
…seriously, the thing was about as bulky as an upright vacuum cleaner…