eBay Watch: Mint 1949 Atomic Energy Lab

Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab

A few months ago I wrote an arti­cle on the� Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab and now you can buy one for your very own!

Sell­ing at the time of this writ­ing for just over $1700, this 1949 “toy” cost today’s equiv­a­lent of $400 and includes “a� U-239 Geiger counter,� Elec­tro­scope,� Spinthariscope,� Wil­son Cloud Cham­ber, nuclear spheres model, a book on prospect­ing for ura­nium, the Gilbert Atomic Energy Man­ual, and Learn How Dag­wood Split the Atom comic book. Nowa­days you’re more likely to find a kit about how to prove the Earth is 6,000 years old. Oh, the times they are a-changing.

See­ing this reminds me just how spot-on� Fall­out 3 got its look and feel. The retro look of this kit is amaz­ing, and the fact that it’s in mint con­di­tion — well! Unfor­tu­nately I bet it’ll be passed from col­lec­tor to col­lec­tor at vary­ing prices, noth­ing more than a com­mod­ity at this point. Accord­ing to the seller:

THIS SET FLIES OFF THE RARITY SCALE BY GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS !!!!!!!!!!!

Alas, no kid will ever get to crack it open and start check­ing the cat with the Geiger counter. Maybe that’s a good thing, since the kit comes with RADIOACTIVE ORE SAMPLES.

[via Clas­sic Vin­tage Toys]

via eBay Watch: Mint 1949 Atomic Energy Lab .