{"id":28104,"date":"2007-11-30T15:54:49","date_gmt":"2007-11-30T20:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2007\/11\/30\/28104-scottish-collector-wins-complete-raygun-set\/"},"modified":"2007-11-30T15:54:49","modified_gmt":"2007-11-30T20:54:49","slug":"scottish-collector-wins-complete-raygun-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2007\/11\/30\/28104-scottish-collector-wins-complete-raygun-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Collector Wins Complete Raygun Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottish Raygun fan Daniel Leyden literally danced with excitement when he received the email from Weta Customer Services telling him he had won Weta\u2019s \u2018Complete Your Raygun Set<\/a>\u2019 competition. \u201cI was at work when I found out\u201d, he says excitedly. \u201cI just jumped up and down shouting \u2018I\u2019ve won! I\u2019ve won!\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n

Daniel is a games programmer for a mobile phone company, and it was here that he got his initial Raygun delivered, the F.M.O.M Industries Wave Disrupter Raygun<\/a>, much to the fascination of his colleagues, who share his open planned office. \u201cA few of my colleagues like, \u2018you\u2019re buying WHAT!@? They were certainly questioning why I was buying a Raygun! But for me, it was more of a \u2018I just want this cool thing.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt took about half an hour to unpack the packaging\u201d, says Daniel. \u201cI had to go to another desk to unwrap it all, and then I went into my office and pretended to shoot everyone with my new Raygun! When I was opening the box up, a friend of mine was saying \u2018don\u2019t open the box – you\u2019ve got to keep the original packaging!\u2019 I had to laugh \u2013 I mean, what else do you do with Rayguns but pretend to shoot up people?!\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniel first discovered the Dr Grordbort’s<\/a> range through steam punk website, Brass Goggles. \u201cAt first I wasn\u2019t sure what [the property] was – a film? A game? And then, once I watched the infomercial online I thought, \u2018that is really cool!\u2019 I\u2019m a fan of steam punk in general\u201d, he explains, \u201cand when I first saw the guns and I thought eek they\u2019re quite expensive \u2013 but so darned cool! That\u2019s pretty much when I decided that a Raygun was something I really wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked why he initially chose the F.M.O.M Industries Raygun, he says it was purely aesthetics that won him over. \u201cI picked the one that I thought looked most like a traditional Raygun\u201d, he explains. \u201cI really liked the F.M.O.M – it looked so \u2018Flash Gordon\u2019, and reminded me of the series I thought, if you saw it, you would know straight away it was a Raygun. It was love at first sight, basically.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniel is such a steam punk fan that he has been working on his own novel themed in the era. \u201cI\u2019ve always liked steam punk books\u201d, he explains. \u201cIt was such a cool age for inventions; people were making amazing machines, huge ships and it was such a great era in time. It\u2019s hard to imagine what would have actually if they had discovered nuclear power and computers during that time! My book asks these kinds of questions: what would have happened if the Victorian era had modern technology at its disposal, and so on. I\u2019ve written about six chapters over the last year in my spare time and after work. I\u2019m not really much of a writer – its something I\u2019ve never done before, but it\u2019s much easier to write a book than make a computer game, believe me!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think being a programmer, and having an interest in modern engineering, computers, and contrasting that with the Victorian era has really inspired my novel. If I was back in that era, for example, I imagine that I would be an engineer. There were such ground breaking technology advances at the time. Back then, they built the biggest buildings, bridges, they weren\u2019t afraid to try anything \u2013 there were no half measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniel says this is the first time he has collected anything and was somewhat unprepared to add two more Rayguns to his \u2018one piece\u2019 collection. At the moment, Daniel\u2019s F.M.O.M Raygun is \u201cdominating the kitchen table\u201d, and he says now that the other two Rayguns have arrived, he will be moving the entire set into his spare room and will be getting them their own display cabinet. <\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like a wee kid\u201d, he says. \u201cThe Rayguns are like toys for grown ups. It feels just like Christmas!\u201d<\/p>\n

If you would like to secure your Raygun before Christmas, make sure you get ordering now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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