PAGE 01
| After selling this prop-replica on eBay, I built one for my own collection. The one thing I changed was the 'death ray' LED - I used a bright yellow one in mine. Since Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars was in B&W, there's no way to know what color the ray should be - heck, it was just white with squiggly lines on-screen. |
| Larry "Buster" Crabbe as Flash Gordon in the 1938 movie serial Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars. Note the Martian ray gun in Flash's hand. And... yeah, the guy with the funny eyebrows is supposed to be a Martian. Dig the crazy hat, man! I'd give this photo copyright credit, but I've no idea who holds the rights to this vintage film now. |
| Flash Gordon on the cover of LOOK Magazine (1938, copyright LOOK). Check the price at the bottom right - and, oh-m-gosh, girls had legs in 1938, who'd have guessed, what with censorship being what it was back then! |
| SUBJECT: ARCTURAN DEATH-RAY KIT MAKER: SCRATCH-BUILT SCALE: 1:1 SPECIAL FEATURES: Retro 'steam punk' styling. Metal barrel & emitter cone. Light & sound effects. |
| SUBJECT: MARTIAN RAY GUN from FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS (1930s movie serial). KIT MAKER: SCRATCH-BUILT SCALE: 1:1 SPECIAL FEATURES: Retro 1930s styling. Light & sound effects Though not 100% accurate, this full scale replica is well detailed and true to the prop used in the 1938 movie serial Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars (Buster Crabbe). The ray-gun is made of polycarbonate pipe, styrene plastic & brass tubing. |
| This LARP / COSPLAY prop was custom designed & built by model-maker Ernie N. It is one-of-a-kind. |
