Just before the outbreak of World War II, two toy manufacturers in Germany and France simultaneously released a game in which players shot paper pellets at spinning aeroplanes.
Habi in Germany
1938, lithographed sheet metal, clockwork mechanism, 12 x 36 cm
Jean Comby in France
1938–1939, painted sheet metal, hand-operated, 40 x 40 cm
Very quickly, what was just a game turned into a nightmare.