This bagged COMET toy ray gun I saw online has had a long tradition as a design.
One of the first vintage toys I ever bought as a collector was a version of it at the Normanton evening toy fair in the ear;y 1990's. It was a Monkey Division toy gun.= like this one I saw online.
It came in a closed box I think, The word Okinawa rings a bell but that maybe because Remco issued the name under the Monkey Division brand, which I might have wanted rather than what I got. Wishful thinking.
Remco were good at recycling. The same design ray gun popped up in the Hamilton Invaders .....
and their Star Trek line, along with other recyclers like the 'cricket' style Jeep vehicle.
I do like this ray gun design for a toy. Do you?
I had one of these as a kid with removable nameplates saying Okinawa Pistol.It was a long time later that I learned it was the basis for the Season 1 Lost In Space laser pistols! My dad borrowed my toy and made a cast of it for a sculpture he was doing and I rediscovered it when I cleaned out his personal effects, so I have it again!
ReplyDeleteLost in Space! Wow Lew! As for the cast, superb. You could cast your own toy courtesy of yer Dad!
DeleteYes, had the Okinawa pistol firing a range of plastic grenades- a bit like the range used with the Johnny 7 gun.
ReplyDeleteYes Andy, I recall seeing all those Jonny 7 style shells and grenades. Back in the day when it was OK to have toy guns!
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