in the 70s, Toys of the Seventies

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Commentor Name:	Rekrul
Comments left:	I'm looking for the names of two toys I had in the mid to late 70s. The first was an electric shooting gallery tabletop game. It was fairly large, maybe two feet long and a foot wide. It was mostly made out of red plastic, but I believe the front was brown to simulate wood. The front was styled to look like the dashboard of an old plane, with a starter knob, score dial and a back machine gun mounted on top. The gun was the type that had a round, horizontal magazine on top. The magazine cover came off so that you could replace the light bulb, which was the same as used in most 2-D cell flashlights. The rear of the unit was like an amphitheatre with a cardboard backdrop painted to look like the sky. When you pulled the starter knob, it would reset the score dial and then an image of a biplane would be projected onto the backdrop. It would move by means of a motorized mirror mounted in the back of the dashboard. When you pulled the trigger a '+' would be projected on the backdrop from the bulb in the gun, and if you hit the plane, a noise would sound and the score dial would increase. As there were no electronics to speak of, I believe it detected the hits by comparing the positions of the gun and mirror. It might have had the word "Ace" in the title. The second was a remote controlled helicopter that 'flew' on fishing line. There was a control panel base and a complex series of fishing lines that had to be properly strung. The helicopter itself was a non-motorized, white plastic Sikorsky Skycrane. When the toy was turned on, you could make the copter fly forward or back on the lines, and both lower and raise it. It came with a boxy crew carrier module and some cargo pieces that you could make it pick up. Note that this was definitely NOT a Vertibird. The helicopter didn't actually fly, it was completely controlled by the fishing, which tended to get hopelessly tangled every time the toy was stored for more than a day or two.
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