BABY SPACE GUN - DAIYA - JAPAN
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A small (6" 15cm) blue and red tin lithographed space gun with spark windows at base of barrel. Serial no 577001. Friction action with sound and spark. There is a large green Space Rescue spaceship printed on the side of the gun.
There are two versions of this gun:
Top: lighter blue with three long oval spark windows on each side of the barrel. Usually seen in the box with the astronaut with Z-7 on his helmet and the gun held at an angle. This is most likely the earlier version.
Bottom: darker blue with one circular spark window (and a dummy one) on each side of the barrel. Usually seen in the box with much simpler artwork and with the astronaut holding the gun horizontally.
The first sighting is currently the 1960 Eaton's Christmas catalog.
The spaceship litho on the side of the gun is a direct copy of the spaceship on a Dan D are trading card made by Calvert.