TOMI GUN ELECTRO-KLIK - SHAWNEE MANUFACTURING CO - USA

Hard plastic space gun, battery powered flashlight action. The gus have a cylindrical structure at the back with lightning moldings on the side and TOMI molded in the handle. When the trigger is pressed the light flashes on and off rapidly, giving the suggestion of firing. Color versions: blue, green, yellow.

Both the water pistol and flashlight types share the same patent number for a flashlight gun patented in the early 30's, though not a Tomi gun.

Advertised in newspapers in May 1948. The gun appears in a Billboard Magazine ad from January 8, 1949

Still on sale in 1959.