Each week, we post a
limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
This week...show those aliens you mean BUSINESS with this classic
Buck Rogers
XZ-31 Rocket Pistol from the 1930s!
While there
are numerous XZ-31s available on eBay and other sites, finding one MiB is one of the Holy Grails of sci-fi collecting!
It was the very
first metal toy ray gun produced in the US (by Daisy, the people also responsible for
A Christmas Story's
Red Ryder BB Gun
)!
And, in a reverse-merchandising twist, the XZ-31 didn't look like the weapon
Buck was actually using in the comic strip, but once it came out, the strip introduced the XZ-31 as
Buck's "upgraded" weapon!
(And you thought the Walther people had a great deal when
James Bond adopted the PPK!)
The
Astounding Artifacts blog has a more detailed history of the XZ-31
HERE!
And
Toy RayGuns has an overall history of
Buck Rogers weaponry
HERE!
Buck re-armed with new designs several times in the 1930s-40s, and we'll be introducing those designs, as well, over the next few months.
Available on an
assortment of goodies from clothing to collectibles, and the best thing of all...you won't shoot your eye out!
, another costumed Black superheroine flew across comic pages (in her own strip) for two issues!
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