Apr 16, 2011

GALAXY RAY GUN CAP GUN

This is a die-cast cap gun from 1979 made in Spain by Redondo. Although the toy has a generic space gun/ laser pistol kind of look to it, the card shows a picture of Luke Skywalker, an X-Wing, and a moisture farm!

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It's the Galaxy Ray Gun, and it "SHOOTS LOUD CAPS". The art's ripping off elements of the Star Wars (A New Hope) style C movie poster (my all-time favorite SW poster, by the way). Here's a picture from the back of the Episode IV DVD box for reference.

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And here's a little side-by-side comparison of the moisture farm.



On the gun itself it says, "1979 Made By Redondo". On the bottom left half of its card it says, "EDGE MARK MINI-GUN SERIES".

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On the bottom right of the card it shows an illustration of how to load the gun.

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Then, running across the very bottom of the card it says, "Made in Spain exclusively for Edge Import Corp., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 19550 [the "9" in "19550" might be an 8 or a 0, it's hard to tell.] Copyright 1979".

On the back, as with many other bootlegs and knockoffs, it's plain cardboard. The card has been punched/ indented with multiple diagonal rows.

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There's a bunch of SW knockoff cap guns out there, each one weirder than the last. This same Redondo gun has been put onto a different card which says "GALAXIA". And hey, ever see the infamous "Galaxi Spacial" card that shows an image of Darth Vader holding a head? I'm talking a bodiless head. 

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