The Zulu toy gun was popular with kids, especially boys, in the late 1960s. Like a peashooter, the Zulu gun was mouth powered, shooting little plastic darts. Some kids even tried loading their Zulus with needles. But it wasn't long before emergency rooms around the country began seeing a surge in accidental ingestions of plastic darts, as children inhaled hard before blowing out.

The Zulu was one of eight toys the National Commission on Product Safety in 1969 recommended be banned. Among the others were the Empire Little Lady...