AUTOMATIC BUBBLE SHOOTING GUN - ARLISS - USA
Large plastic bubble blowing space gun. This substantial rounded gun has a sight and three turning cosmetic dials. There is a substantial reservoir at the tip of the barrel that holds the soap solution. When the trigger is pulled a ring picks up the solution and a stream of air blows bubbles. Arliss Co Premier Plastics Division.
Two known color versions:red with yellow attachments and yellow with red attachments.
Currently the earliest sighting is in a Monroe wholesale catalog for 1954.
A patent for the design was filed in 1954 and issued in 1955. Pat no. 2700845