Showing posts with label Flash Gordon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flash Gordon. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Sunday, October 25, 2015

I am seeing red two ...

Flash Gordon Air Ray Gun, Budson, USA, 1948
Another big red gun, this time all metal and looking like a retro hairdryer... and to a point. The Budson Air Ray gun, when working (most of these are not - the rubber membrane inside did not survive well the ages and crumbled in pieces...) was known to blast a jet of air to whatever you were pointing at.



Very cool to scare the cat or to blast some plastic soldiers out of the way... and as it said on the box: "AS HARMLESS AS THE AIR YOU BREATHE !"


Flash Gordon decall on front barrel

With the cocking mechanism open. 

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Buck's raygun








This one came in a number of colours. Basically a flash light and buzzer. It came with a handy little leaflet with the Morse code...

Buck Rogers Sonic Ray Gun, Norton-Honer Mfg., USA, 1952

Sunday, April 14, 2013

For Flash and Buck, when they were kids and went to school...

It´s a Raygun ?

So tiny ?

Ray-Gun pencil sharpener, Admiration, USA, 1950's 

Monday, May 7, 2012

Futuristic Swallow Plane

(Swallow) plane, ?, USA, 1930's

You don't need a spaceship to travel in style and with speed. In the 30'ies, a propellor and the most streamlined set of wings available would do the trick.


This airplane is a mixture of Buck Rogers meets Flash Gordon meets Howard Hughes. No markings - maybe someone can help me identify the maker of this toy... It seems pre-war (cracklin of the natural rubber of the tires) and I'm quite sure of American origin. Hubley ? Tootsietoy ? The design is superb.