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FASCINATING LMCO Antique Magazine Ad's 1937-1950's
THE FAMOUS LMCO PAPER BUSTERS
OTHER FANTASTIC LMCO TOYS, TOOLS, & ITEMS
INTRIGUING Otto Langos History
COMPANY HISTORY
AMAZING US Patents Pg.1 - 1904 to 1953
AMAZING US Patents Pg.2 from 1937-1953
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LANGSON MFG. CO. - LMCO 1923-1974
~ Inventors of the Famous NU-MATIC PAPER BUSTER GUN'S ~
And much more...

1950 CODY COLT Paper Buster
CODY COLT
1940 NU-MATIC Paper Buster
NU-MATIC

1949 SUPER NU-MATIC Paper Buster
SUPER NU-MATIC

See All of the Super Popular Antique Toy Inventions of Otto A. Langos and Family -

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  • Nu-Matic toy Guns, Cannons, Firecracker and Cane Torpedoes
  • Roy Rogers Riders' Signal Gun
  • Gyro Whirl Spinning Top
  • & Much More..

LANGSON MFG. CO. TOY COLLECTION
SEE PICTURES OF THESE ITEMS ON THE "INCREDIBLE PICTURES" PAGE

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The above toy collection is just part of the Langson Mfg. Co. product line, but certainly the most glorious (and fun) part.  LMCO spanned 51 years in business also making countless industrial tools, dies and stampings for the US manufacturing industry from 1923 - 1974.   

LANGSON MFG. CO. Truck with Harold & Louie Langos

The company truck Circa 1939 with son's Harold and Louie.

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1940's Famous PAPER BUSTER GUN

"THE MOST POPULAR NOISEMAKER IN TOYDOM ! "
1939 NU-MATIC GUN
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What Is a Paper Buster Gun ?  A Paper Buster (or Paper Popper as some would say) is a fascinating steel toy that produces a loud "BANG" when a trigger or lever is pulled, and sounds exactly like a gunpowder type cap gun. Amazingly it uses only strips of plain paper to produce this bang. Even strips of newspaper will work in a playful emergency if you're out of ammunition.
 
How does it work? When the trigger is pulled, a piece of plain paper is pulled tightly against a rubber grommet to create a seal, while at the same time inside the toy air is being compressed in a special chamber. Then with perfect timing, at exactly the moment when the paper is sealed against the grommet, the compression chamber opens and the air within Explodes or Busts through the paper producing a loud Bang! This mechanical process all happens in the blink of an eye and truly must be experiened to be fully appreciated. After the first Bang your hooked!  The holes visable in the paper in the above illustration are the end result of this amazing invention.                                      

About This Site

This web site dedicated to preserving the history, and telling the inspiring true story of a great inventor -

Otto A. Langos 1877-1954

Arriving to this country from Hungary in 1902 with little more than incredible ambition and dream, Otto Langos became a US citizen, and developed 25 successful Patents of his own, with another 12 more among his children, and even his great grandchildren.

The important Chicago company Otto founded with his daughter Matilda in 1923, LANGSON MFG. CO. or LMCO, operated for 51 years until 1974. LMCO would become well known worlwide for their Famous Paper Buster toy's, which they sold over a million of durining the "Paper Buster Revolution"', a toy trend that lasted for generations.

If you are old enough to remember any of their wildly popular Paper Buster Guns, Cannons, and Canes, or the Gyro Whirl spinning gyro toy, the Roy Rogers Rider's Signal Gun or the Ting-A-Ling Top to name just a few, then you remember LMCO. After all, they ran some of the first advertisements ever seen on another new invention of the time - the commercial TV, with great success. They eventually sold over a million of their super popular SUPER NU-MATIC Paper Buster toy guns. 

But LMCO was much more then just toys and was definitely not all fun and games. They were highly respected in the US manufacturing industry as a premier Tool, Die & Stamping company and played an important role during WWII making primers, shell casings, and other steel stampings for the US government. These important Langson products ultimately helped the US win this world war.

Even the worlds most famous diver Jacques Cousteau chose the manufacturing and product development expertise of LMCO while inventing the respirator for the Aqualung, later known as the SCUBA diving system. He personally travelled to their Chicago plant several times to work directly with Otto Langos and his family during the inventing process.

You can see and read more about Otto A. Langos, his incredible inventions, and his successful company by visiting the 7 other pages that we are proud to offer you.  

About the items displayed in this site:

All of the items displayed throughout this website are still highly collected today over 30 years after the company's closure, and almost 100 years after some of them were made. In fact, most of the toys and all of the original magazine ad pages were purchased on the auction website ebay which has daily listings for LMCO items. It is not uncommon to see some of their toys sell for amounts in the $100-$250 range which is hundreds or even thousands of times more then the original purchase price.

Langson Mfg. Co. toys are truly prized collectibles among the most serious collectors.        

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
 
Do you have any Langson Mfg. Co. - LMCO magazine ads, catalog pages, other products or stories that you do not see in this web site? If so PLEASE CONTACT US. We would love to hear about it, and if you would be kind enough to email us a digital jpeg picture or scan of any items you have to display on this site - It would be graciously appreciated!
 
 Our goal is to be the definitive and complete website remembering Langson Mfg. Co. and with 51 years of history to cover, we need your help!

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Now walk in 'Otto's footsteps' by taking a journey throughout this web site!

Web site designed and developed by Bill Cermak.