You know what I love? I mean, besides swords?

Rayguns!

Marvellous, beautiful, solid steel steampunk rayguns made in limited editions by the Weta Workshop, the guys responsible, among other things, for all those lovable spiders, scorpions, leeches and other creepy crawlies in Peter Jackson's King Kong. Obviously inspired by such classic designs as the Hubley Manufacturing Company's legendary Atomic Disintegrator (well, it is legendary among people interested in toy rayguns), these are real works of art in their own right, as well as enchanting embodiments of and loving tributes to a wonderful vintage aesthetic. My inner child is going all hoppity-skip! (While my inner adult grimaces at the price tags...)

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They're not swords, granted, but I just can't help imagining myself with Albion's Lady Vivamus in one hand and a Manmelter 3600ZX in the other, and grinning like a loon. :D

Ah, RAYGUNS :eek: :cool: My 1950's early childhood passions are all coming back to me. ;)

Maybe way way off topic but then the aesthetics involved remind me of the sculptural nature of firearms. Many of the very earliest semi-auto pistols have that " steam-engine " or heavy duty " SOLID " machined feel to them.

Well, George Lucas used the Mauser broomhandle pistol, the MG42 and the Sterling submachine gun for the Starwars movies as the base for the "rayguns " used by the characters. Minimally in space gun " drag " ( cheesy gismos to change their look a bit ).

Anyway, just giving Mikko's Topic a little support in case it seemed TOO off topic. ;) :cool:

Yeah, a lot of early repeaters have that steampunk-esque quality to them, like the Volcanic lever-action pistol, or the LeMat shotgun-revolver... no wonder, either - after all, they were invented and produced in the historical era that inspired steampunk and much of early sci-fi. Of course, weird new-fangled firearms are still used as sciffy props in movies (like the slightly modified Calico M950 in I Come in Peace), so that's really nothing unique. :)

But really, for the dashing interplanetary swashbuckler a raygun's the way to go. With one of those babies at your side complementing your saber or Martian longsword (also essential, natch!) you're fully equipped to face anything, anywhere, from Barsoom to Mongo and beyond. :D

Yup, a good raygun, a personal forcefield emitter and maybe my own personal starship ...... ;) :lol:

The communicator I have already and it's called a cell phone: One out of 4 is better than nothing.

Really love those rayguns you linked to. :cool:

This is way off-topic, guys.

that is so cool in so many ways. thanks for the link :lol:

Chad: Yup, I had the feeling the subject was way TOO off topic but I couldn't resist giving Mikko a little moral support here as the subject of " raygun " had a big influence on my love of the real stuff when I was a kid. ( well still a kid maybe :blush: :lol: )

Personally, I think fictional weapons should be fine as an "off-topic" topic... heh. :)

I saw a posting about these rayguns somewhere else recently. I love the antique rusty finish they've put on these. I've never been a huge steampunk aficionado specifically, but these look quite nice.

I have somewhat gotten myself addicted to lightsabers though, on the other hand. :)

Great stuff...I'll never have enough money to buy all cool items..and it is the best thing in life!There is always something to desire..to think of:) Nothing worse can happen to a man than having too much money to spend. ;)

And I agree with C.S. Lewis . :cool: