Original vintage tin plate “Space Super Jet Gun" produced from the 1950s-1970s by Yoshiwa Toys in Japan, and stamped with the Yoshiwa trademark (KO within a diamond logo).
Measures: 9.5 inches in length
Condition: This gun would produce sparks which were visible in the red transparent cut out sections on each side of the gun. Unfortunately there are very few left in good working order. The handle still works on this one but it’s rusty, so only intermittently. It’s otherwise in very nice exterior condition, as shown, and still a highly collectable piece from the golden age of tinplate space toy production.
Japan started a tinplate space toy revolution in the 1950s with its beautifully designed and manufactured space guns. A revolution that gave rise to robots, moon strollers, UFOs, aliens, space ships and many more….