Star Trek Phaser Guns
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The Star Trek Phaser Guns is a two-piece toy set released by the South Bend Electronics arm of Milton Bradley. The toys are modeled after the Type-2 pistol phasers seen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
These toys were among the first to use the light-detecting technology that later came into prominence with the Laser Tag craze of the 1980s. (Ironically, a older similar toy, Mego's Super Phaser II Target Game, used similar light-reflection and sensing technology.) They also had sound chips in them that gave off phaser blast, ricochet and explosion sound effects (again similar to the simpler "sonic buzzer device" on the Mego Phaser).
The set was released in two packaging versions: the full-color box seen in the accompanying photos, and a simpler white cardboard box with line artwork duplicating the photos on the color box (this latter was used for mail-order catalog company sales, as it was made of thicker cardboard than the color version).
