A type of cheap, made-in-the-
Philippines plasic toy gun, found in a mall in
Boston.
Now really, 'Space Blaster' has probably got to be the most
generic thing someone can name an item which looks like a cross between the
Enterprise and the
Millenium Falcon.(And not just looks like, either. Good thing the company that makes these isn't in the US, they might get into copyright trouble)
Powered by the might of three
AA batteries, the Space Blaster shoots out 2-inch-diameter
foam disks (soft and nonpainful, mostly) up to a distance of 30 ft, and is able to fire them at the rate of at least 2
per second. The launch of the disk is also accompanied by
sound and
light effects.
This is the kind of thing most
boys under 50 dream of having: A toy gun that actually
works well, and doesn't cause damage to house or people.
It is easily held in one hand, can carry up to 15 or so disks at once, and has a pretty
foolproof firing mechanism. I'm not giving mine up, no matter how nice a gift it would have been for someone.