Television
Klamer was approached by the producers of the NBC TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. television series to design a special weapon for the show's secret agents. Klamer produced a toy version for Ideal where the weapon “converts into rifle with: stock, silencer, telescopic sight, bipod,” according to the box.
Inspired by the weapon, Star Trek producer Gene Rodenberry approached Klamer about designing "a really big gun" when network executives demanded his show be more "action packed". He built the phaser rifle used in the Where No Man Has Gone Before episode of Star Trek: The Original Series
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