A Matter Of National Security
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
The San Francisco International Airport is hosting a show entitled Out of this World! The Twentieth-Century Space Invasion of American Pop Culture, a collection of over 300 vintage space themed toys dating from the 1930s to the 1980s. Included in the exhibition is this pictured case of authentic toy ray guns, located right in Terminal 3 in what can only be described as an egregious violation of anti-terrorist security measures. The show is set to run through March 14th but I’m sure the TSA will seize these weapons before then.
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Categories: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 70s, 80s, Robots, Science Fiction, Space, Spacemen, Terrorism, Toys
Posted at 11:51 am on January 13, 2009
11 Comments -
Hey, I have that gold raygun!
Comment by Chris H. — January 13, 2009 @ 12:04 pm
Aww, at first I thought it was an exhibition of all the items seized for our Freedom.
Comment by Shay — January 13, 2009 @ 12:12 pm
So pretty. Makes me want to build one myself.
Comment by Saoki — January 13, 2009 @ 12:41 pm
The top one looks like I could use it to apply caulking.
Comment by Mizer — January 13, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
…and one of them is real. and some Bad Guy knows it. and NatSec Theatre will go into a new frenzy when the inevitable occurs. get your travel in before the Raygun Massacre.
Comment by haux — January 13, 2009 @ 3:58 pm
damn lousey Alpha Centaurians and their lousey raygun smuggling.
Comment by BobDog — January 13, 2009 @ 4:50 pm
Vaguely recall something similar to the one on the bottom left. I remember it, only because it looks sort of like a squid with a base and trigger attached.
Comment by Prof. Robot — January 13, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
That big, gray, fat one right in the middle…. tell me it’s from the Thunderbirds, PLEASE.
Forget flying cars and
sex slavehousehold chore robots, it’s already the crappy 21st so WHERE’S MY HONEST-TO-FLASH-GORDON RAYGUN?Comment by Optical — January 13, 2009 @ 11:55 pm
it’s a glass case of 25th century DEATH!
Comment by groonk — January 14, 2009 @ 3:36 am
I wants thems all!!
Comment by Raygun Robyn — February 6, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
i think i had the gold one on the bottom left as well. magical
Comment by Brewin — April 22, 2009 @ 5:20 am