SPARKING SPACE GUN - TAKATOKU - JAPAN
Bulbous metallic blue lithographed tin space gun with Space Gun wording. There is a distinctive large rear top fin that arcs backward beyond the rear of the gun's body. Clear red plastic barrel. Friction sparking action. Maker. Features in a 1960 Takatoku catalog.
Two box versions and two litho variations shown, both marked just Made in Japan. One litho version depicts a space capsule, the other has a geometric design. Astronaut box art, one version has an astronaut with a gun, one with a gun and a camera.
The square box depicts a red litho version.