STRATOBLASTER - RENWAL - USA

A large plastic cap firing space gun, rifle shape. Made of a Bakelite looking brown streaked plastic. The rifle has space graphics molded into the stock and there are cooling fins around the barrel tip. The distinctive slaes feature was the use of a telescopic sight with real optics.

A repeating cap rifle appears in newspaper advertising in Sept 1953 but the accompanying picture is incorrect. The recognizable rifle features in the press in November 1954. It was also featured in Life magazine Nov 1954.