Buck Roger's ride... remember Twiki ?

Buck Rogers Space Fighter, Fleetwood, Hong Kong, 1979

 

Buck Roger's Battlecruiser

Buck Roger's Battlecruiser, Tootsietoy, USA, 1937

Going art-deco ? 

Next to the Venus Duo-Destroyer

Ahhhh ... rivets again !

Plastic Space Cruiser, England, ?

Buck's prewar little rocket

Buck Rogers Venus Duo-Destroyer, Tootsietoy, USA, 1937

Just stretch a piece of string and you have a working flying spaceship (this thing has pulleys on the top part)  !

rivets anyone ?

Wilma Deering - Buck's sweety !

Wilma Deering, Knickerbocker, USA, 1950's 

Every sci-fi hero had to have a soulmate to travel through space. Flash Gordon had Dale Arden, and Buck Rogers had Wilma Deering. This one here has the design of the 1930's serials. Behold ! Armies of Killer Kane !

 

Buck Rogers' ride in 1936

Buck Rogers Rocket Fighter, Wyandotte, USA, 1936

Is it a blimp ? 

Well, at least it has fins !

 

And undercarriage... 

Some original artwork for the period...

Buck Rogers XZ-31 Rocket Pistol

Buck Rogers XZ-31 Rocket Pistol, Daisy Mfg. Co., USA, 1934

This is the first raygun ever produced as a toy. Call it the origin, number one or whatever else you may fancy. All I know was it made a big bang (lol) right from the start and sold in great numbers when it was launched in 1934. Now, it is still making "BANG"' 80 years later...  Read more about the story of this toy here.

The cocking mechanism is quite special, but still works after all this time !

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

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 

Blast them Buck !

Another cool rendering of Buck's ship.This one is battery opeated, goes on the floor with blinking reactors and lasers, stops, and the cockpit opens up. bidibidibideep....

Inter Stellar Patrol, Hong Da, Taiwan, 1980's

Buck's Starfighter

Buck Rogers Starfighter, Corgi, Great Britain, 1980

Where is Twiki bidibidibip ? Corgi had to link the 2 frontal tubes on this toy, countrary to the movie version, to avoid injuries or death due to little kids stabbing each other...lol

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.