Gallery: Gallery: Rayguns and Robots! Will Zap Your Eyes With Retro Sci-Fi

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    *N.C. Winters'* In Case of Killbots *is just one of the fantastic weapons dreamed up for sci-fi art exhibit* Rayguns and Robots!*, which opens Saturday at Ltd. Art Gallery in Seattle.*
  • Radioactive Lazer Dinosaur Jump Rope Tokyo Disaster
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    Radioactive Lazer Dinosaur Jump Rope Tokyo Disaster, *by Mikeatron!*
  • MST3k Attacks
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    MST3k Attacks, *by Chet Phillips*
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    Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WIRED
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    Wheems, *by Chris Brett*
  • Man Melter
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    Man Melter, *by Jane Kenoyer*
  • 60s Slingers
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    60s Slingers, *by Jason Weidel*
  • Where Everybody Knows Your Name
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    Where Everybody Knows Your Name, *by Joshua Ellingson*
  • Spare Some Change
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    Spare Some Change?, *by Just Hilgrove*
  • Misplacement
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    Misplacement, *by Ken Garduno*
  • They Came From Beyond Space
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    They Came From Beyond Space, *by Ken Keirns*
  • Fembots Have Feelings Too
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    Fembots Have Feelings Too, *by Kim Gordon*
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    Untitled, *by Mark Covell*
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    Terrore Nello Spazio (aka Planet of the Vampires), *by Michael Fleming*
  • Back to the River. Back to the Forest
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    Back to the River. Back to the Forest, *by Patrick Maxcy*
  • Three Laws
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    Three Laws, *by Samuel Ho "Show"*
  • Last Defense
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    Last Defense, *by Serban Cristescu*
  • The Oestronettes
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    The Oestronettes, *by Shawn Dickinson*
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    Deckard's Blaster, *by Tristan Reidford*
  • Captain Qwendolth Blazar and the thing from Beyond
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    Captain Qwendolth Blazar and the Thing From Beyond, *by Tyler Parker*
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    Futuristic Retro Robot, *by Mike Capp*
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