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Old 07-18-2008, 06:13 PM
Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor is offline
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Hand-Made 1920's Style Death Rays. Made of glass! With Link! Must see!

Wow. Just...wow!

Hand-blown glass, as pretty as an upscale Xmas ornament.

And Ray Guns.
How they're made--
http://www.joeblowglassworks.com/12.html

The Gallery--

http://www.joeblowglassworks.com/43.html

My favorite --

http://www.joeblowglassworks.com/27.html
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Old 07-18-2008, 11:09 PM
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How long is their battery life?
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Old 07-19-2008, 03:16 AM
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Beautiful. Just don't try pistol-whipping someone with one of those.
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Old 07-19-2008, 04:27 AM
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Extraordinary. But is it wrong that I sort of want to smoke a controlled substance out of these things?
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Old 07-19-2008, 06:35 AM
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Don't do it - it's just such acts of irresponsibility that give all gun owners a bad name.
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Old 07-19-2008, 07:36 AM
Attack from the 3rd dimension Attack from the 3rd dimension is offline
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Don't do it - it's just such acts of irresponsibility that give all gun owners a bad name.
Incidentally, I'm moving to Vancouver in 2 weeks. I'm now going to have to go check out the glassworks with my kids (flames, furnaces, molten glass - what could possibly go wrong?) as well as my lovely and talented wife.

Thanks for letting me know about the place, Bosda. I'll post and let you know what the death rays look like in real life.
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Old 07-19-2008, 08:37 AM
Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor is offline
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Incidentally, I'm moving to Vancouver in 2 weeks. I'm now going to have to go check out the glassworks with my kids (flames, furnaces, molten glass - what could possibly go wrong?) as well as my lovely and talented wife.

Thanks for letting me know about the place, Bosda. I'll post and let you know what the death rays look like in real life.
Ask about prices, please.
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Old 07-19-2008, 09:12 AM
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Ask about prices, please.
Absolutely. Consider it done.

I'm thinking that if the prices are reasonable, I may have discovered the Xmas solution for all my geekiest friends.
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Old 07-19-2008, 09:16 AM
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I've heard rumors on another Board that there were simpler, acrylic plastic versions sold at Science Fiction Cons years ago.

Anybody got a lead on these?
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Old 08-19-2008, 11:38 PM
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I have started a new thread to discuss my trip to the glass factory.
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