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Space Pilot Jet Ray Gun

Toy Gun
1972-1982 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Toy ray gun, made from injection moulded white plastic. At the muzzle is a cone-shaped protrusion, made from blue plastic. Immediately behind the barrel is a ribbed section along the top of the gun, made from transparent red plastic. Behind this are two small, side-facing, circular windows with crosshair details. Through these transparent parts, sparks can be seen when the metal trigger is pulled. In front of the pistol grip is a 'magazine', with moulded detail of four missiles. At the rear, on both sides, is a grille decorated with a generic atomic diagram, through which the sound of the mechanism passes when the trigger is pulled.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSpace Pilot Jet Ray Gun (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Injection-moulded polystyrene; metal
Brief description
Toy gun, Space Pilot Jet Ray Gun; with sparkling action and sound effect; white plastic & metal, Hong Kong, 1970s?
Physical description
Toy ray gun, made from injection moulded white plastic. At the muzzle is a cone-shaped protrusion, made from blue plastic. Immediately behind the barrel is a ribbed section along the top of the gun, made from transparent red plastic. Behind this are two small, side-facing, circular windows with crosshair details. Through these transparent parts, sparks can be seen when the metal trigger is pulled. In front of the pistol grip is a 'magazine', with moulded detail of four missiles. At the rear, on both sides, is a grille decorated with a generic atomic diagram, through which the sound of the mechanism passes when the trigger is pulled.
Dimensions
  • Length: 27cm
Production typeMass produced
Object history
Part of the Edward Castle collection.
Production
Several versions of this gun in different colours and varying details were made by different manufacturers in Japan, China and Hong Kong.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
B.528-2016

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Record createdNovember 14, 2016
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