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A rubber band gatling gun? Holy shit, that's cool!

OMFG, That is even better than the PVC potato gun my Pappy made. I am SO sending him a link to this.

Truly a great, forward-into-the-past invention. I would need a lab slave, er, grad student to reload, however.

By freelunch (not verified) on 18 Jan 2008 #permalink

needs an autoloader.

Nerdism run amuck!

that's about the size of it.

Somebody has too much time on their hands.

*wipes the drool from his chin*
I WANT IT! heheheheheh

By Mercurious (not verified) on 18 Jan 2008 #permalink

At least I'll know what to buy to keep my household secure from raptor and/or ninja attacks.

By Brandon P. (not verified) on 18 Jan 2008 #permalink

It's so.... So BEAUTIFUL!!!

By Kytescall (not verified) on 18 Jan 2008 #permalink

The physics teacher in me loved the gun.

The math teacher in me loved the integral symbol hidden in the "DISINTEGRATOR" logo.

My physics side is a lot more fun.

By Patrick Quigley (not verified) on 18 Jan 2008 #permalink

I wasnt sure what I was looking at at first. That's awesome!

Haha-the girlish giggles said it all. I was waiting for the overhead light to get it!

Note that this is British nerdism. This is how we gained an empire.

BTW, for the youngsters out there, those black plastic things at about 3 minutes are called floppy disks. You will need to ask someone really old if you want to know why they are described as floppy.

Bob

Do we need to be able to put out that many eyes in under a minute?

I did enjoy the display of floppy disc destruction, though. Take that, King's Quest VI!

[* dreams of never having to wash the dishes again *]

Props for quoting Oppenheimer.

By Helioprogenus (not verified) on 18 Jan 2008 #permalink

Let me just repeat comments 7, 9 and 10. I want one.

By David Marjanović, OM (not verified) on 19 Jan 2008 #permalink

Aw, bullsh*t! That's not a disintigrator! It's just a double barrelled rubber band gatling gun.

Phooey!

I thought it would be a REAL death ray!

*pouts*

By Rav Winston (not verified) on 19 Jan 2008 #permalink

Filming right into the barrels of your weapon from straight ahead while it is spinning does not prove that it is deadly. Neat when it was shooting, but I agree there was too much spinning.

By Reginald Selkirk (not verified) on 19 Jan 2008 #permalink

Perfect for whenever they get around to remaking "A Christmas Story"*:

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid!"

"Yeah, but I"ll take the resta dem sumbitches wit me."

*Not that I'm advocating such a thing.

"You will need to ask someone really old if you want to know why they are described as floppy."

Hey, now!

"You will need to ask someone really old if you want to know why they are described as floppy."

Actually, being old enough to have a familiarity with real floppy disks (both 8" and those new-fangled 5-1/4" versions) I always referred to those things as "stiffies"

My son as a few rubber band guns with those same trigger/sprocket mechanisms -- they always seemed to want for more than one band at a time but I never investigated too closely. Now that I know that they can be loaded up with multiple shots I'll have to look into it further -- won't he be surprised when I hit him again and again.

By Don't Panic (not verified) on 19 Jan 2008 #permalink

Somebody has too much time on their hands.

They'd need it. It must take about an hour and a half to reload.

When I was younger there was a booth at the state fair selling rubber band guns. I ended up getting Mom to buy me a pistol-like one that could hold about 16 rubber bands on wheel. They also had a 144 band gatling gun that was powered by turning a crank. Now they have motorized, double barrel guns. When will the madness end?! Someday we'll make a rubber band gun so big we will destroy ourselves!

Wow. I bet they never show anything that cool on Weaponology. Now we can defeat the invading floppy disk horde.

A motorized automatic reloader, hmmm...

By RamblinDude (not verified) on 19 Jan 2008 #permalink

A rubber band gun is one of the standard ways of collecting small lizards. Actually with practice you don't need a gun. Just loop the rubber band over the tip of your left thumb and pull it back with your right thumb and forefinger.

By Jim Thomerson (not verified) on 19 Jan 2008 #permalink

EPIC WANT

I'm not sure I can agree with the fact that this is better than a PVC potato gun. BUT, nothing like a rubberband mini gun to impress the really nerdy ladies with. Or so I'm told...

By Michael X (not verified) on 19 Jan 2008 #permalink

Next piece of equipment. An automated rubber band loader. First to just reload when empty. Later to do it while the thing is spinning.

Nice use of counter rotation though :)

By Who Cares (not verified) on 19 Jan 2008 #permalink

Unless the Manaus Convention replaces the Montreal protocol strategic rubber demand for Inter Continental Band Missiles will soon extirpate the rain forest.

To save polar bear habitats from being overrun by displaced tree sloths as climate warms,insist your arsenal of Democracy stockpile only Green black rubber bands made from virgin coal tar.

Way cool.I'm getting this one for Winter Solstice!

My husband passes the nerd test: after only 15 seconds, he said, "Oooh, is that one of those rubber band gatling guns?! I've read about those!"

Let me just repeat comments 7, 9 and 10. I want one.

By David Marjanović, OM (not verified) on 19 Jan 2008 #permalink