RetroFed Forums
Your home away from modern life.
Search Categories Forum list Register Log in
About RetroFed
RetroFed

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

  • Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
  • Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
  • Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)
72 registered users
Administrators: DosDude, Die4Ever
Visit retrofed.com
1953 Hubley Atomic Disintegrator cap gun
Post Reply RetroFed Forums Forum Index » Raygun Gothic
AuthorMessage
perishthethought piefed.social perishthethought@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-07
Quote

This substantial - and heavy - metal toy gun produced by Hubley Manufacturing Company in 1953 combined the theme of atomic power with the excitement of a cap gun. Fictional space heroes often carried space-themed versions of the Western's ever-present six-shooter or rifle. As a result, for several generations, pretend gun play with ray gun toys formed a central part of many children's imagined space adventures. In the late 1940s, "atomic" guns proliferated. "Laser" guns followed the creation of the practical laser in 1960.
71   Original
klu9 piefed.social klu9@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-04
#2 · Quote Reply

First time I've seen a toy gun you could genuinely pistol whip someone with!
8
LemmyBruceLeeMarvin lemmy.ml LemmyBruceLeeMarvin@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-11-07
#3 · Quote Reply

Fallout devs been sleeping
4
Post Reply
Back to top
Powered by PieFed · PieBB frontend · All times are Europe/Amsterdam