Buck Rogers Disintegrator Pistol - Rerelease

[jbatdorf]

Hello,

Along with several other Daisy and Red Ryder air guns, I just inherited 2 Buck Rogers' Disintegrator Pistols that I'm trying to find some information on.

They are in black and white boxes and looks like they were sold in conjunction with inthe25thcentury.com (which no longer exists) and GoHero. The only date I can find says "Daisy logo is © 2008" Daisy Outdoor Products." Ther was apparently another release that came in a wooden case with an action figure. Mine doesn't have a box, but there is a note inside saying the action figure would be mailed separately.

It says Edition of 125 on the side. Neither one has ever been opened and since they are packaged in a straw like material and wrapped in bubble wrap. I don't want to remove one for fear of not getting it back in the box properly, so I don't know if they are numbered.

I cannot find any comments nor pictures online of these pistols coming in a white box. Any information anyone has would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Jeff

 

[Scotty1]

 

[jbatdorf]

Thanks! This helps. The versions I have are copies of this version made probably in 2009 or 2010. I can't even find an advertisement for them, so I have no idea how much they cost at the time or what they might be worth now. It's a mystery!

 

[Scotty1]

 

[douger]

thats one crazy gun

 

[jbatdorf]

I finally broke one open to take a look. There's a card inside that says 31 out of 125 and its silver not gold like the one in the above picture. I confirmed it's a toy gun and not a real one. It was sold through the Daisy Museum for somewhere between $50-$100, but there's no record of this particular production run.

 

[badger5th]

It's not an air gun right? Sorry if a stoopid question.. Would be neat if they made one like that.

 

[jbatdorf]

Not a stupid question because I thought it was an air gun as well, especially with the Daisy logo. The big WARNING on the box sure makes you think it's real. Alas, it is only a toy. The warning fine print actually says "This is an ADULT collector's toy gun replica. " Still, it looks pretty cool, especially for a limited edition of 125. But dang, if it was an air gun, it would be a wicked one!

 

[jbatdorf]

Since I had 2 of these, I decided to put one on ebay to see what it would draw. Well, it sold for $1100.00! That surprised the heck out of me as it hung in there around $400 until the last minute. It's amazing what people are willing to pay for collectables like this.

 

[Wanderson]

There's a pretty hot market for old/vintage sci fi collectables, even for reproductions.
I used to own an old electric clock that had the earth as the face with a 50's era space ship on the edge of the second hand. Picked it up for $10 at a yard sale many years ago. Six months later I see the same thing sell on ebay for just shy of a grand. I posted mine which was in better shape and got $1200. And that was over 20 years ago.
For a 10-15 year old repro you did very well. The economy may be bad but you only need one rich crazy person to make a deal...