Pyrotomic1 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 21 hours ago, Joe K. said: How about blue and red? It's got that long, ringed barrel, like that of the Forbidden Planet laser rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian.. Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 All it needs is box art bristling with rockets and flying saucers. This is where things usually go awry. It's probably called Duck Shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Oh, it's even worse than that, Brian. Here's the complete 1940 ad: It's the Marx Anti-aircraft gun. Also released as the "G"man Gun: I haven't been able to find a box photo, but doubt there are any rockets and flying saucers in the artwork. From a distance, it looks pretty promising as a space rifle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 What about this Pistol Pop? Spacey enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian.. Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Not for me, but I guess it's what floats your boat. Here's a recent auction of a group of English space guns. Two of them have no space association that I can find. The CADET gun by TSL was probably thought to relate to the Space Cadet of the early 1950s, but I've seen the box for this and it clearly shows a group of boy scouts sitting around a camp fire. It's not a space connection, it's a cadet in the sense of a military junior. The LIMIT gun is even more of a mystery. I don't see space lines or other obvious connection. These appear in Justin's space gun web site but I don't know why. I'm sure there's some connection that I'm missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 If a space toy collector needs a fix and buys a (non space related) piece and adds it to their collection, the piece might pick up a space-association that way. But I agree, the pistol pop, cadet and limit guns are just guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golddalek Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 On 2/9/2019 at 6:25 PM, Pyrotomic1 said: It's got that long, ringed barrel, like that of the Forbidden Planet laser rifle. I like that one....I agree, looks like Forbidden Planet 'heavy rifle' , could even be Star Trek, Capt.Pike era rifle,. Waaay coOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted August 26, 2023 Author Share Posted August 26, 2023 This Buddy L weapon from 1948 is sometimes described as a "space ray" gun. The print-ad would suggest otherwise. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian.. Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 The Limit gun definitely drops out of the space category. It was used by Robin Hood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 If you didn't know the true nature of this piece, might you consider the Go-Go Gun a space gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 This one? See BIN #364565114292 for more images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboto Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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