ALPHADROME ROBOT AND SPACE TOY DATABASE

Tin Robots and Space Toys
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SPACE 1999 OFFICIAL STUN GUN - RENWAL - USAThe Space 1999 space gun has an unusual shape, essentially three sides of a square with electronic operation: in this example a white plastic battery operated three colored light version with sound. The gun also has a flashlight feature that projects a target, and the colored lights flash in sequence.Mar 26, 2013
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SPACE 1999 OFFICIAL STUN GUN- BBRB 1975The Space 1999 space gun has an unusual shape, essentially three sides of a square with electronic operation: in this example a white plastic battery operated four colored light version with sound. The British TV show had notoriously low production values.Mar 26, 2013
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IRONMAN ROBOT - LUCKY - CHINAA re-release of the Kamco Saturn Robot. 13 inch plastic battery op robot. Walks with TV screen in the chest showing a space scene. Lighted eyes. Decal detailing on an angled panel below the chest. Mar 26, 2013
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PERRY-NAUTA SPACE GUN - SPAINLarge black plastic space rifle with angled wood-effect stock. A large flashlight is mounted on top. Day-Glo yellow spark windows. Friction action with sound and spark. The gun is essentially a space pistol with an added stock: the gun is also available in the smaller pistol format (inset).Mar 24, 2013
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ROCKET CARBINE GUN ASTRO BOY - SHIMADEN - JAPANPlastic rocket shaped space gun shoots white rocket shaped darts. The fins have an unusual mirrored style, extending above and below the main body. Blister carded. Date?Mar 24, 2013
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CAPTAIN VIDEO SECRET RAY GUN PREMIUM - POWERHOUSE CANDY - USAMail away premium. Red plastic gun, battery operated flashlight action. Based on the popular radio series, the gun was sold as a premium by Power House candy. 4 ins long battery operated gun. Came in a plain box with a "Luma-Glo" card that produced glowing messages when the gun was pointed at it.Mar 22, 2013
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CAPTAIN SPACE SOLAR RIFLE - MARX - USA 1955Large 26 inch hard plastic furturistic battery operated space rifle with telescopic sight. The sleek gun's principal feature is the large flashlight mounted on top of the barrel: it has a color changing action activated by a switch. When the trigger is pressed the gun makes a sound and the light shines.

The rifle was produced in a wide range of colors including red, blue, silver, gold, white and maroon. The gun has a colored nozzle tip in various colors.

First sighted in a 1955 George Worthington catalog where it is shown as a two-tone version called Space Ray Gun. No such two-tone version is known. The technical drawing is dated 1954.
Mar 22, 2013
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SPACE RAY GUN - TAKATOKU - JAPANAngular tin lithographed space gun, pistol style with magazine and large red plastic nozzle. This is based on the body of the TAKOTOKU Sparking Silver Ray Gun with the addition of the magazine and the tapered barrel with red plastic nozzle. Friction spark and noise. TT logo T.T. Bagged with header card: two packaging variations shown.Mar 22, 2013
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ULTRAMAN SPACE GUN - SUPERSOL - ARGENTINAGrey plastic space rifle with angled stock and long telescopic sight. Ultraman wording and the character is molded into the handle. Action? Sold in bag with header card. Supersol has a seal logo. Date?Mar 22, 2013
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JUNIOR JET RAY GUN - BULGARIAThree gear clear plastic pistol style space gun with visible gears. Friction action with spark. Green plastic nozzle. A version of the Yoshiya original Junior Jet Gun.Mar 22, 2013
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JUNIOR JET RAY GUN - HONG KONGTransparent plastic space water gun, angular pistol shape with a stubby nozzle. Possibly by Telsalda. 1970s Bagged with header card depicting a lunar lander.Mar 22, 2013
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BUBBLE MACHINE GUN - NOMURA - JAPANLithographed tin friction bubble blowing space gun. The gun has a stocky shape with a liquid reservoir and bubble mechanism at the front. Pulling the trigger produces the air flow for bubbles. The gun has no space litho but the box art depicts a space landscape. Marked Bubblegun on the handle Date?Mar 22, 2013
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SPACE PILOT JUNIOR JET RAY GUN - TAIYO - JAPANPlastic friction space gun, machine pistol style with a short barrel tipped with fins. Magazine. Spark window at the base of the barrel. Taiyo logo on the handle. Dinosaur graphics on the box. Friction spark and noise action. Gold and blue versions shown.Mar 22, 2013
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FLASH GORDON CLICK RAY PISTOL - MARX - USALithographed 10 inch tin space gun. Retro styling with simple click action. A reissue of the earlier Marx clicker gun pressing. Marked Flash Gordon Arresting Ray 1950sMar 17, 2013
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REX MARS ARRESTING RAY SPACE PISTOL - MARX - ENGLANDLithographed 10 inch tin space clicker gun. Retro styling with simple click action. A reworking of the Marx Flash Gordon pressing to create a Rex Mars variation. Little more than the wording has been altered. Marked Arresting Ray Great Britain on the barrel. 1950s Box?Mar 17, 2013
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SILVER EAGLE MACHINE GUN - MASUDAYA - JAPANLarge 24 inch machine space gun, silver blue litho. Battery operated. Barrel lights and clip moves as gun makes a firing noise. Red plastic end piece. Silver Eagle written on the sides and a small eagle logo on the wood effects stock. Space graphics on the box.Mar 17, 2013
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DOUBLE BARREL AUTOMATIC RAPID ACTION PISTOL - NOMURA - JAPANThe non-Cragstan version of the tin lithographed space machine gun. Cylindrical magazine. This is a red gun with the word ATOMIC in large lettering on the side. Copious litho detailing. Double-barreled gun: two clear green plastic barrels. Friction noise and spark. Condor logo and elaborate heraldic styled detailing. Same pressing as the Cragstan version and the Jetter Space Gun. Green box with a picture of the gun in a white oval.

Also shown is the cowboy version of this gun. The bizarre combination of cowboy graphics and a space machine gun is characteristic of the guns produced during this crossover period. Manufacturers were keen to serve these two interests.
Mar 15, 2013
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CRAGSTAN DOUBLE BARREL AUTOMATIC RAPID ACTION PISTOL - NOMURA - JAPANRed tin lithographed space machine gun. Cylindrical magazine. Copious litho detailing. Double-barreled gun: two clear green plastic barrels. Friction noise and spark. Condor logo and elaborate heraldic styled detailing. Same pressing as the Super Jetter Space Gun and the non-Cragstan Atomic Gun. Plain white box with a picture of the gun.Mar 15, 2013
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SPACE GUN - HAJI - JAPANMetallic blue lithographed tin space gun with crimped construction. Three vertical spark windows on either side with the wording SPACE GUN. Rocket 207 litho on the side and an astronaut's head on the handle. Marked Haji on the handle. Box? May have been sold in trade boxes. The gun appears in the 1971 Haji catalog.

A second silver litho version marked Japan is also shown. It has a picture of a space capsule on the side and an astronaut making a space walk on the handle.
Mar 15, 2013
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SPACE RAY GUN - TAKATOKU - JAPANAngular tin lithographed space gun, pistol style. Rectangular spark window. Automatic wording on the side and SPACE RAY GUN on the top. A slight variation appears in a 1960s TAKOTOKU catalog where it is called the Sparking Silver Ray Gun. Friction spark and noise. TT logo T.T. Many litho variations are known.Mar 14, 2013
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ROB-ONIC SEE THRU ROBOT ROBOT - KAO SHEK - CHINARecent clear plastic battery operated robot with visible gears. Clear plastic body, blue arms, squat domed head with large eyes. Bump ang go action with flashing lights. Modern window box. Robonic Date?Mar 12, 2013
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SPACE CAP GUN - HONG KONGRetro styled plastic space gun. Fins on the barrel. Space wording on the handle. Cap firing action. Seen in blue and green versions. 1960s. Bagged with header card.Mar 12, 2013
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RADAR RAIDER TOMMY GUN - ARLISS - USAHard plastic space Tommy Gun, 18 inches with Radar Raider molded in the side. Two versions shown: the top version is a cap firing gun, the lower is a water gun. 1950s. Mar 12, 2013
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FLASH-O-MATIC GUN - ROYAL PLASTICS - USABorderline space gun. Angular hard plastic space flashlight. The makers claim that the gun claims that the gun makes a bang but apparently it doesnn't. Small sight at tip of barrel. 6 1/2 inches long with a yellow plastic hammer that moves. Available in a range of colors.Mar 12, 2013
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FRICTION SPACE GUN - YONEYA - JAPANBrightly lithographed multicolored tin friction space gun; angular shape with a short red plastic barrel and small spark windows. Litho bullet detailing on the sides. Friction action with noise and spark. SY Logo. Mar 10, 2013
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SUPER RAYO DEL ESPACIO GUN - SPAINClear transparent plastic fricton space gun with red plastic barrel. Five small visible plastic gears. No 2072. A reworking of the Japanese Space Jet Ray Gun original. Friction spark and noise. Five gear version.Mar 10, 2013
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MARS RATTAN AIR X-300 SPACESHIP - INDIALithographed tin friction spaceship loosely based on the Pyro plastic design. Litho pilot cockpit detailing. A simple hollow pressing.

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Mar 10, 2013
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PISTOLA ATOMICA - MADEL - SPAINA clear plastic space water gun with short telescopic sight and various space moldings in the design. Six rings at the base of the barrel. Based on the Palmer 6 Ring space gun, though the front sight fin is much larger. Available in transparent and opaque plastic versions. Two box versions known. Boxes have card inserts. Date?Mar 08, 2013
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ROCKET GUN - HONG KONGBlack plastic space gun with a large gold plastic barbed barrel and breech. Shoots darts. The gun has two plastic mounts on the top which will hold a spare dart. "Rocket Gun" molded into the sides. A reissue of the Lone Star Rocket Firing Gun. c1970?
Feb 25, 2013
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STRATOBLASTER - RENWAL USA 1954A 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. The English version appeared in 1954, and would indicate a similar date for this gun.Feb 15, 2013
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STRATOBLASTER - METTOY - ENGLAND 1954Large metallic blue plastic rifle shaped space gun with real telescopic sight. Space molding on the handle and a suggestion of space cooling fins on the barrel tip. Box? On sale Nov 1954.

Also shown is the black version of the Stratoblaster with a crank handle on the side. This is the sparking version of the toy with the red spark windows visible at the back of the barrel. Strato-Blaster
Feb 11, 2013
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SPACE JET WATER GUN - METTOYClear red hard plastic space gun. Water pistol with large reservoir. Embossed detailing. Space Jet molded into the barrel. This is an English release of the Renwal gun of the same name. Box? First seen July 1955. Box?
Feb 11, 2013
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SPACE PLATFORM with Realistic Spaceman - LINEMAR - JAPANCylindrical shaped vehicle. Spaceman pilot, spinning radar dish. Tin bump and go battery op. USAF 113251 . Based on the Pawnee flying platform first flown in 1958. A futuristic jeep. See also the Flying Jeep. Marked Army. Picture of toy?Feb 07, 2013
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F105 Shape Gun - Chien Hsin - TaiwanA retro style plastic cap firing gun. This long space gun has few molded design elements with the exception of a roaring rocket on the grips, a ring of stars in front of the maker's name and a planet after it. Copper barrel tip.
Jan 23, 2013
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MAJESTIC COSMIC GUN - HONG KONGA large plastic space gun, cap firing and dart gun. The front grip has the dart trigger, while the standard trigger fires the caps. This 17 inch gun marked "Empire Made No. 102" with the maker's mark "MM". It has a copper tipped barrel that connects it with the Hsin designs. Jan 23, 2013
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RAY GUN - HSIN? ZEE INTERNATIONAL - HONG KONGA plastic space cap gun with the retro styling reminiscent of the Lone Star diecast gun. Egg shaped back, sleek barrel with rings and a characteristic copper tip. Imported by Zee International and the gun is maked Ray Gun. See Hsin guns Jan 23, 2013
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MOON EXPLORER X-15 ASTRONAUT - YOSHIYA - JAPANBlue tinplate friction astronaut robot with astronaut head under a clear plastic dome surmounted with a rotating four arm antenna. The robot has twin air tanks with the wording X-15 on them. Crank action with an inertia waddling motion. Box says "Clear Plastic Helmet with Ray Counter". The ray counter is presumably the antenna. See also the X-2 variation.Jan 18, 2013
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MECHANICAL SPACE MAN - SY JAPANtin lithographed astronaut robot. Wind up paddle foot with gel covered spark window in the chest. Four arm spinner antenna. Litho oxygen tanks. Two litho versions shown: 1: light blue with white head and brown paddle feet 2: green with orange head and pink paddle feet. Yoneya. Two window box versions shown, slight wording variation. spacemanJan 18, 2013
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MECHANICAL SPACE MAN With Swivel Antenna - SY - JAPANLight blue tin lithographed astronaut robot with orange head and silver paddle feet. Wind up paddle foot with gel covered spark window in the chest. Four arm spinner antenna. Litho oxygen tanks. Yoneya spacemanJan 18, 2013
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MOON EXPLORER - YOSHIYA - JAPANRed tinplate friction astronaut robot with astronaut head under a clear plastic dome surmounted with a rotating four arm antenna. The robot has twin air tanks. Crank action with an inertia waddling motion. Box says "Clear Plastic Helmet with Ray Counter". Also sold in a box variation as the Cragstan Astronaut. KOJan 18, 2013
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SILVER WARRIOR ROBOT - BLUE BOX - HONG KONGPlastic battery operated robot. Silver chrome bullet shaped body with blue feet and red arms. The hands have a gripping action. Lights in chest. The robot walks forward, stops and the chest panel lights as the robot rotates. Decals details to the arms and legs. Egg shaped. Blue-Box. This robot dates to 1979 when a patent was filed: http://danefield.com/alpha/forums/topic/10797-1979-silver-warrior-patent-drawings/Jan 16, 2013
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ROCKET RACER 8 - MASUDAYA - JAPANA large tin friction space rocket, Rocket Racer style. Tin pilot head behind windscreen. Box? c1960s
Jan 15, 2013
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Atom Ray Gun - Maker? - Australia 1949Plastic water pistol space gun. Plastic body with a metal reservoir cover, trigger and barrel. A copy of the Hiller Atom Ray Gun made in burgundy plastic or Bakelite. Australian newspaper adverts date this plastic version to 1949. It was replaced by a metal version in 1950. The manufacturer of this gun has not yet been identified. Box unknown.Jan 08, 2013
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MOON RANGER SPACE CAR - KOTA - HONG KONGLarge blue plastic battery operated space rocket with plastic pilot under a clear plastic dome. Four holes in each side aft of the canopy. Red lights in the nose area. This is a Chinese variation of the sonicon style toy operated by a whistle. Marked Kota, Hong Kong

A 1968 Denver Post article says of this toy: "switched whistle that operates a sound-sensitve membrane in the .... The unit switches on power supplied by regular flashlight ..... ignores all sound but the whistle and shuts itself off automatically after 30 seconds. It is made by a Hong Kong .... company"
Jan 07, 2013
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FLYING SAUCER KOSMICKE VOZIDLO - ITES - CZECHFlat oval orlozenge shaped space vehicle. Light wheel at front. Large antenna, flashing lights, sound. Bump and go action. Slight box variations: boxes marked IGLA (not IGRA) or KOH-I-NOOR. Shown in Ites catalog. Jan 03, 2013
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AEROMOBIL - OMNIA - CZECHBlue oval tinplate lithographed battery operated space vehicle with pilot under a small clear plastic dome at the front. Two cylindrical mock engines. Large rear tailfin with plastic engine assembly at top. Battery operated. CSSR. Czech. Two wire antennas with beads.Jan 03, 2013
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FLYING SAUCER - OMNIA - CZECHMarked Leatajuci Tanier UFO Saucer. Light blue tinplate flying saucer with a simple plastic pilot under a clear plastic central dome. Large rear fin with distinctive white plastic twin engine assembly attached to the top. Simple space graphics. Battery operated bump and go action. CSSR c1970Jan 03, 2013
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Rocket - Tatrasmalt - CzechTinplate 16 cm rocket, friction action. Rubber nose. Plain metal fins. Market TM on rear fin. Various colors known. The number on the fin can vary: 264, 364, 464 - the reason is unknown. Box?
Possible 1967 CSSR Czech.
Jan 03, 2013
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TITAN ROCKET - OMNIA - CZECHAngular tinplate friction rocket with Titan wording at rear. Plastic engines and nose cone. At least two litho versions are known. CSSR Czech Box? c1970Jan 03, 2013
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Mechanicka Pistol - Omnia - CzechBulbous rlithographed tin space gun. Rather crude lithography with the numbers Omnia-1-68 on the handle. Clear plastic barrel. Friction noise and spark action. See also the Japanese original pressing on the Atomic Gun etc. Several litho variations. Other Czech companies used this pressing. c1968Jan 03, 2013
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