"a simple Blaster"

Sadly these days most people think a classic ray-gun looks like Han Solo's Mauser or a Stormtrooper's sub-machinegun. But us older folk remember the days before Leslie Nielson was funny and props were designed, not just cobbled together from found objects.
Forbidden Planet? Isn't that a comic-shop in London?
So: this is still a thing 'in progress', but I was keen to get it out there while there are still people alive who remember the film. The handle still isn't quite right because I just can't