ELECTRO RAY-GUN - YONEZAWA - JAPAN

Angular light and dark blue lithographed tinplate space gun with a red tin sight and a red plastic nozzle. Battery operated buzzer noise and light. The batteries load on top, under the scope.

Clearly a copy of the Remco Jupiter ray gun though considered a much finer piece in most respects. It is also considerably rarer. The "atom chamber" on the left side is missing though its position is marked by a circular lithographic detail.

The box art depicts a young smiling boy astronaut firing his gun in the sky, another detail taken from the Remco version.

The gun is featured in the 1958 film Giants And Toys by Yasuzo Masumura