Hey, good catch on the Hannibal King gun! I was sure it was based on a real weapon, but a quick check with
www.imfdb.org was inconclusive.
I think I finally see Spike's point and tend to agree. By my own revised criteria, the Spooner gun should be disqualified because the trigger is exposed (even though it could belong to any snub-nosed revolver that would fit inside). My examples were meant to point out that if even a small portion of the "base gun" was visibly exposed, the prop should not be included in this thread. I guess we may still defer on the meaning of "based" - the interpretation is subjective. I originally meant that a "base gun" is imbedded in the prop's guts, whether superficially concealed or almost entirely concealed, it shouldn't qualify. But then by my own definition, the Psychlo blaster shouldn't qualify, since the base gun is visible, even though the prop doesn't assume the shape of the real world weapon. One might also argue that the Lawgiver's overall shape follows the Berreta, since its proportions would be significantly different with another base gun, so by that definition, should it be disqualified?
I won't be a criteria Nazi anymore if only a trigger is showing or if a gun is embedded "somewhere inside" the prop but isn't prominently visible - I just don't want to see props where the base weapon is merely dressed up with greeblies, like the Berreta obviously serving as a base gun for the Timecop pistol or Robocop's Auto-9. Spike wins this round!
Here are a few more I remembered late last night while my bronchitis kept me awake:
Predator shoulder canon:
AVP:2 plasma canon:
Barbarella rifles:
DUNE Atreides rifle:
Dune Harkonen blaster & rifle:
Dune Sardaukar rifle:
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century blaster:
Alien flamethrowers:
Alien Resurrection Auriga pistol, AR-1, and Vriess grenade launcher & shotgun:
"V" visitors blaster:
Blach Hole sentry gun:
Forbidden Planet rifle:
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Marvin's gun, Zaphod's gun, and Point of View gun
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Nautilus rifle:
Moonraker dart wrist gun:
Hellboy Samaritan & Big Baby:
Stargate staff gun & Stargate SG-1 Zat gun:
Val Helsing crossbow:
I'd list weapons from Avatar, but I'm not that familiar with them and they all seem to be designed around a firing base gun. With one exception:
I included this one because it’s not integrated into the AMP suit vs. a MECH, ED-209, or destroyer droid, where the weapons were built-in.
Let's see what you've got!
Dan
