SPACE CONTROL GUN - PYRO - USA

Hard plastic clicker gun with distinctive futuristic styling. Available in a range of colors. The wording SPACE CONTROL is molded into the side along with stars and Saturn. The handle has a backward sweep, there is plenty of rib detailing and there is a tiny fin above the trigger: these give the gun a distinctive look. This is the original of a space gun that has been widely copied. The advert dates the toy to October 1952. Packaging? Probably sold as a bin toy.

This gun was included in the Yankiboy Tom Corbett Space Cadet Play Clothes set.