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Biller AA-gun |
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This as "Toy, consisting of an aircraft circling in
the air and a toy firing gun" (this is the German description) titled
game was introduced by Hans Biller in 1938. Referring
to the No. 689 028 in conjunction with the additional No. 692 018 Biller
patented this game on the Aug 11, 1938 and Mar 16, 1939. This is the first toy with Bühler clockwork - earlier toys have a Georg Grötsch (GGN) clockwork. Two aircraft are attached to unequal length poles which revolve on a clockwork mechanism contained in the mountain. When the clockwork mechanism is wound up and released, centrifugal force enables the planes to fly at the same altitude even though the poles are unequal in length. When the AA-gun is "fired" the clockwork mechanism stops, and the plane on the longer pole appears to be "shot down", because it is pulled down by gravity. The description was presented in 5 steps on the sides of the box. Neither the box nor the game itself show any indication of the maker - just the word "foreign" is imprinted on one side of the box. |
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The "AA-game" as advertised in the "Deutschen Spielwarenzeitung" (German Toy Journal) from 1939 - for the "Leipziger Frühjahrsmesse" ( Leipziger Spring Toy-Fare) and shown in an unknown catalogue |
Description in the ""Deutsche Spielzeug Zeitung" from 1939 |
Advertising in the journal "Wegweiser für Spielzeug" AUG 1941. Order No. 35 |
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The game in its original box (24 x 15 cm). |
one silver and one red aircraft |
my 2nd set has 2 red aircraft. |
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| also delivered with 2 silver aircraft |
ready to be played with |
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both aircraft, each weighs 8 grams, wing-span 93 mm, length 69 mm |
the mountain - containing the clockwork |
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Deep in the mountain - the hidden Bühler clockwork |
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| the AA-gun, height 70 mm and 90 mm of length, lithography is the same on both sides - this picture shows the gun after being "fired" | the AA-gun "ready to fire" - the clockwork is running | ||
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| A similar game issued by Gebrüder Bing was available earlier. | |||
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| generated: MAR-15-2003 | last update: 2012-FEB-29 | ||
