Later the greenies got replaced by red “strip” caps. Small plastic cap similar to a brass percussion cap. All held together in line by a ratcheted plastic strip. This allowed them to be either pinched off individually for things like toy grenades (and they seemed to be compatible with most vintage toys). Or they could be run through a mechanism as with roll caps (though the two were not interchangeable). The strip caps were harder to find and more expensive than roll. But they were a lot more usable. They could misfire but seldom jammed. In the 80s an 90s you were hot shit if your toy murder machines used strip caps.
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