Flash Gordon Rocket Range
King of the Impossible and King of the drugstore toy aisle, Flash really got around.
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AKA Brian Heiler author of "Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings" and co-editor of "Toy-Ventures Magazine". Co-Host of the "Pod Stallions" podcast. Host of the Brick Mantooth Youtube channel, painter, designer, writer, mental health advocate, toy collector, Mego, and Mego Knock-Off enthusiast. I have large feet, ADHD and I live in Canada. Talk toys, not others. 3 Comments
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Cool toy but you'd need a really tiny hand to hold that gun. What is the source of that logo? Don't think I've seen it before.
The best way of holding one of these things is to lock the grip with your middle finger and curl your palm around the bottom, YIN.
Kinda like this…
https://www.ammoland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Taking-Aim-North-American-Arms-Mini-Revolver.jpg
Decades later the same pistol design (Flash Gordon's, not the stainless revolver) was used by Beeman Precision Arms in one of the best "rack toys" ever made for grownups: the Air Venturi
https://www.amazon.com/Beeman-Venturi-Deadly-Pesky-Flies/dp/B001BR2X6A
It isn't just a toy and it really DOES work. The Venturi pays for itself the first time you get a confirmed kill on one of "those" spiders in an out of the way corner. Yeah, one of THOSE…
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/72/72f1d11ef2e11d2304949b93a7b568e7d6b411368ebba27fafa9e216f2556804.jpg
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/95/955ac61f5a4439705d4ad44cac358594885f857799ca7615e0f712a46cc19e85.jpg
It's funny because it's true. Okay, if you happen to see one of these crawling across the carpet, like Chief Brody said, you're gonna need a bigger boat.
https://live.staticflickr.com/3502/3256396761_25eabf94d9_b.jpg
Protip: mashing one will really mess up your carpet/ floor/ basement ceiling/ all the pipes hanging from the beams/ and even concrete foundation.
My Flash Gordon Extension Gun (by that same toy company) is on its way in the mail,