tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768200059516433013.post3174195393455525495..comments2023-05-06T04:48:45.758-04:00Comments on ATTIC OF ASTOUNDING ARTIFACTS: Space Pilot Nuclear Missile Gun (Merit / U.K. / 1950s / 6 x 9 inches)Doc Atomichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756391204121061932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768200059516433013.post-63203107670864348162010-04-09T19:15:21.610-04:002010-04-09T19:15:21.610-04:00Reminds me of the old 'Giles' cartoons, wh...Reminds me of the old 'Giles' cartoons, which always featured 'The Family' at Christmas in department store toy sections, in the background would be a big box of pointy-ended stuff with a sign hanging off saying "Merry Festive Death Rays'. Also in - I think - an old issue of OMNI, (but it may well have been Mayfair!!!) there was a memorable cartoon in which at a (the same?) department store, three boxes, the 1st box is signed Fluffy Teddies, 2nd; Machine Guns...the 3rd; Fluffy Teddies with Machine Guns!!!Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4768200059516433013.post-6177712557264304262010-04-09T07:47:21.553-04:002010-04-09T07:47:21.553-04:00I think they wanted to demystify the whole fear fa...I think they wanted to demystify the whole fear factor around the nuclear/atomic scare back then. If kids could control the nuclear bombs themselves, it must not be *too* bad, right?<br /><br />Oh and the Earth setting must have been for those bad Reds in the Cold War lol...<br /><br />Fantastic toy!1950s Atomic Ranch Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460669868967006928noreply@blogger.com