Fineas J. Whoopie Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 This one ended a few days ago on ebay.....went for $2,350!!This gun has such great litho and the the box art is damn near perfect.I suspected it would go for good money but even I was surprised by the final price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Superior litho!!!! Looks like an artistic rendition of the Z-106 on the box cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil R Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 :blink: :o What a great water ?pistol! Don, in spite of the economy some people always have deep pockets. Looks like it was right from the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dratomic Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Yep, she's a doozy! One of the all-time greatest tin-litho guns to ever come out of Japan (or anywhere else, for that matter). Such fantastic artwork! Wish I'd had $2300+ to bid. :)It's clearly related to the Pyro Plastics Space Control Gun, in both name and general shape (with some small differences, like the muzzle). It's also related to a metal British gun that came out during the same time period. (I stole this pic from Tinplate's post about rare and unique guns that got away...)Interesting that this particular shape got recycled over and over. I'm inclined to believe that the Pyro came first... More often than not, when ray gun clones appear on the other side of the pond, they're copies of U.S. toys. (Not always, but most of the time.) And most of the tin litho guns in Japan came out a bit later than the Pyro, which hit sometime in the early 1950s. (Again, not always... but this one looks a bit later.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martijn Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 a beautiful lithoed piece,excuse my total non-knowledge about ray guns, but is this truely a water pistol??has it a plastic container inside or just all tin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dratomic Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 According to the gun and the box, it's a water pistol. It's hard to tell from the pictures, but there's definitely a plastic piece inside the muzzle -- I'm guessing it extends back into the gun itself. Beyond that, I'm not really sure how it it worked as I've never seen one in person before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkrobotik Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 but is this truly a water pistol??Tin and water and never the twain should meet !!!!!!! Not only is it a rare piece it's a blooming miracle ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I know I've seen this combo before - both box and gun are in Kitahara's book Yesterdays Tin Toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toyman Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Yum Yum!! what a beauty, I've had the light blue tinplate (could almost be described as metal) English version in RED and with the original box, box not very exciting I'm afraid, sadly it was sold with my ray gun collection many years ago.Anyway guys, talking of toys, mine (31 boxes) are all on the high seas at the moment heading towards Australia... :unsure: full report later... :unsure: Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 Toyman - Yum yum! - I agree. :rolleyes: Steve - Yesterdays toys has some great old tin guns that are documented no where else. A good number of which rarely pop up for sale. I too immediately recognized this piece from that table full of rayguns. It's a toy that has it all doesn't it?Funk - There are actually two tin squirt guns in Kitahara's book. I've no idea how they were supposed to work either, but knowing the Japanese, I bet it worked just fine. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinplate6 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Disposeable income is a wonderful thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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