To post, or not to post – that was my question. Is a raygun Steampunk? Dr. Grordborts Infallible Aether Oscillators certainly talk the talk – they mention Aether, they talk of taking out charging elephants (well, dissolving 7/9ths of them per elephant) and there’s a testimonial from the no doubt formidable Major Alfred Beardlington but aren’t guns of anything other than solid projectiles a little too… well… Jetsons era?

I’ve decided to err on the side of Steampunk in this instance – because of the beautiful workmanship of the cases as well as the guns, because of the language on the webpage that talks of such devices as “centerpiece for a lady’s powder room or chiffonier” – but most of all, because of the wonderful Major Beardlington.

“When I received my ManMelter for use on my trip to the rain forests of Vasplurgia, I blew my left leg off at the hip. Marvelous invention!” -Major. Alfred Beardlington

Marvelous indeed, Major Beardlington. Good luck on your next jaunt to the darkest corners of Vasplurgia.