http://www.uberreview.com/2007/08/someone-really-loves-buck-rogers.htm An Eclectic Mix Of Gadgets & Wired Madness Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:49:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/08/someone-really-loves-buck-rogers.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16583 Stand Back, Bidders: Buck Rogers Gun, Sold on Ebay | Gizmodo Australia Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:19:39 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/2007/08/someone-really-loves-buck-rogers.htm#comment-16583 [...] A pistol from the late ’70s TV show Buck Rogers just fetched $2,750 on eBay. Twelve inches in length, the gun features a microswitch to light up the clear tip. My initial impression: Damn, this thing is cheap-looking. And then I remembered a trip to the Star Trek museum in Vegas, and how cheap phasers looked in person. And then I remembered watching TNG after that trip, and how cheap the phasers looked on TV. So really, who are we to judge sci-fi show props? [ebay via uberreview] [...] [...] A pistol from the late ’70s TV show Buck Rogers just fetched $2,750 on eBay. Twelve inches in length, the gun features a microswitch to light up the clear tip. My initial impression: Damn, this thing is cheap-looking. And then I remembered a trip to the Star Trek museum in Vegas, and how cheap phasers looked in person. And then I remembered watching TNG after that trip, and how cheap the phasers looked on TV. So really, who are we to judge sci-fi show props? [ebay via uberreview] [...]

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