Comments on: Weta's new cheaper, delightful, detailed plastic rayguns

By: rastronomicals

rastronomicals — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“e.g.” means “for example.” What you meant was “i.e.,” “that is.”

By: Johne Cook

Johne Cook — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

W00t! Ray guns! I’m all about the ray guns! This is a great find. As much as I love the other ones, I couldn’t afford the price. This looks more doable. Want!

By: grimc

grimc — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The names alone are worth a benjamin.

By: akb

akb — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

And it must be fired by Act III…

By: arkizzle / Moderator

arkizzle / Moderator — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Handsome!

By: crashgrab

crashgrab — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dreams do come true!

By: cinemajay

cinemajay — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Weta’s site gives these particulars on the plastic model:

Dimensions:
10.4″ x 15.7″ x 3.1″ (H x W x D)
26.5 cm x 40 cm x 8 cm
Weight:
2.6lbs (1.2 Kg)

By: cinemajay

cinemajay — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Er, the site also gives some narrative on it’s relative “heft” ;)

“The gun is about the same weight as a small brown trout (or two pints of Pale Ale) and can be fired continuously without exhausting the sportsman.”

By: holtt

holtt — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Definitely three cheers for rayguns. There’s a fantastic dumpster on the university campus where the EE and ME departments dump metal “trash”. I’ve been harvesting some things out of it now for several years with the goal of making a set of rayguns.

By: glory bee

glory bee — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My grandson of 8 yrs of age has only plastic guns which he as yet doesn’t connect with bloo and gore .I would love ro send this article to his mother, my daughter who is a dancer , ballerina. how can I email this article?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Seriously?

I’ll start collecting rayguns when they can fire real frickin’ lasers.

By: kjh

kjh — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Heheh, Marvelous quote from the website:

Experience duplicitous facts http://www.wetanz.com/holics/raygun-bestiary.php , endless background drivel http://www.wetanz.com/holics/index.php?catid=4 and astonishing testimonials http://www.wetanz.com/holics/raygun-testimonials.php concerning The Victorious Mongoose and its sibling weaponry in their natural habitat.

By: adwkiwi

adwkiwi — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

http://www.wetanz.com/rayguns/ is the greatest URL I’ve ever seen.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You seem to miss out a few important details in the review. Firstly, how does it feel to the original real metal ones? Does it have any core to give it the same heft?
Obviously, the other question is, how many shots do I get before the reactor goes into the red zone, and does it have a stun setting?

By: Tommy

Tommy — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Beautiful indeed. But I’d still rather have a Pyrotomic Disintegrator.

By: technogeek

technogeek — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

How’s the heft — does it feel like a cheap piece of plastic, or does it feel like it’s actually got some guts inside the shell?

By: Vanwall

Vanwall — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Are there autographed Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers versions available? Commando Cody borrowed mine, and then lost it on the Moon while hunting Radar Men, or in the stratosphere while fighting Zombies, or so he says.

By: Nycteris

Nycteris — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have been seeing (and passing along) such delightful reviews about these things, a friend of mine finally bought one. (I have not yet caved in…) Wonderful!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Some of the best rayguns I’ve seen by a local Portland Oregon artist.

http://www.brianaddisonelliot.com/http%3A__www.brianaddisonelliot.com_/rays_guns/rays_guns.html

A history of Ray:

http://kushitan.blogspot.com/2007/05/rayguns-at-moshi-moshi-portland-or.html