Buck Rogers Daisy Toy Guns & Ingraham Pocket Watch

Daisy Manufacturing Co. (American), E. Ingraham Co. (American). An historic and scarce group of Golden Age of Hollywood film merchandising memorabilia collectibles, featuring merchandising directly inspired by Buck Rogers, the fictional space opera character created by Philip Francis Nowlan (1888-1940), first published in the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories. The group includes four cast metal Daisy replica pistols, including: one XZ-31 Rocket Pistol, the first toy gun manufactured by Daisy, cast in "blued" steel with silvery nickel accents (measures 9 3/4 in. x 6 in., circa 1934); one XZ-35 Rocket Pistol, a smaller version often called "the Wilma Pistol" by collectors, cast in "blued" steel with silvery nickel accents (measures 7 3/4 in. x 5 in., circa 1935); one XZ-38 Disintegrator Pistol, the first actual "ray gun" toy and such an iconic symbol of the franchise that it made an appearance in the first episode of the 1939 "Buck Rogers" movie serial, cast in a distinctive metallic copper color (measures 10 in. x 6 in., circa 1935); one