Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Tai Fong Electric Co., Ltd.
- Summary
- This toy ray gun was made in Taiwan and is an example of the popular style of the electronic ray gun toys from the late 1970s or early 1980s which had flickering lights and made a variety of laser sounds.
- Fictional space heroes often carried space-themed versions of the Western's ever-present six-shooter or rifle. As a result, for several generations, pretend gun play with ray gun toys formed a central part of many children's imagined space adventures. Exactly how one blasted space enemies often reflected the newest technologies. In the late 1940s, "atomic" guns proliferated. "Laser" guns followed the creation of the practical laser in 1960.
- Michael O'Harro donated this toy ray gun to the Smithsonian in 1993.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael O'Harro. Restrictions Unknown.
- Inventory Number
- A19970774000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
- Materials
- Overall, plastic
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 27.9 x 2.5 x 13.3cm (11 x 1 x 5 1/4 in.)
- Country of Origin
- Taiwan
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19970774000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9eaebefc4-f581-44f8-9eac-288c2ae102a8
