Blechroboter Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 That was love on first sight. B) This water gun has a good looking 50s/60s space design.All I know is it´s made by Plasticade. Is this an american company?Also it´s missing the cork or bung. Can someone post a picture of the bung please? I paid only €3,50 - what´s the real worth of the space gun? Is it rare or common?Trademark is a globe with a turtle wearing a latern in it´s mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimK Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I love this one. The shape is way cool. I am not sure what stopper it would have had, but it seems that plastic water pistol stoppers have not changed much over the years, I bet one out of a modern water pistol will work just fine. Nice pick up.JimK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dratomic Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Very nice. I've never seen that one before. The stopper's probably the same as you'd find in a modern water pistol. However, it's most likely black, not white. White stoppers didn't seem to appear on space-related water pistols until the later Sixties or so. The brass-colored tip on this gun indicates to me that it's probably Fifties or very early Sixties.Those are just guesses, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Very interesting. I have never seen that logo before and this design is unusual in that it looks like a lot of other ray gun designs that have fins at the back. Could this gun be missing a fin? Can you post some close up shots of the top rear of the gun? Thanks for posting Blechroboter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blechroboter Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hi Fin. The gun has 4 fins. The upper one is missing a corner piece.It´s hard to take a good photography of these small translucent fins. If you need more, let me know please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blechroboter Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 I detect another gun - with the stopper. B) Also found more guns with a similar shape. Watch the hand grips and barrels. :excl: The red space gun is made by Park Plastics. DrAtomic shows a similar one on his website.All these water guns do have more or less the same shape. I wonder if there is a common antetype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dratomic Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Most o these translucent water guns had shapes based on jet or rocket engines. I think it reflected the aesthetic of the 1950s, when such technology was really coming into play. The shape represented "the future" in a very clear, concise way.I love all these water guns... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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