ElastoWit Does It Again - Another Retro SF Space Opera Set- More Flash Gordon!
Serhiy Marchenko from ElastoWit sent me these photos of his new Flash Gordon set which he describes as part of his Space Opera series. There is something about Flash Gordon, as well as Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Trigan Empire, and Buck Rogers that fires my imagination in a way which Star Wars doesn't. I think it is the naive combination of historical attire with a space setting. Also, many of the 'aliens' (mainly human or near-human denizens of other planets) are armed with swords. I expect the rationale is that the powers that be horde the advanced weapons or the 'old science' is only partially retained. Swords might also be a good idea when the use of a ray gun might end in everyone's demise, of both sides, such as in the confines of a spaceship. (On the other hand, none of those SF scenes, including Star Wars seem to worry too much about it). The figures not armed with rayguns also can double as sword and sorcery figures. BELOW: Left to Right, Ming with
