Mega Tank | 960 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) I bought this some years ago. I am still curious at to what it is. This is as far as I can tell a fully functional Zapper of some sort and it has Nintendo branded parts on the inside. Any information anyone has to share would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Edited November 11, 2020 by Mega Tank 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,793 Events Team · Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 That's a fucking Lazer Tag pistol. Had a black set when I was a kid. Custom mod maybe? Looks like the trigger doesn't quite line up with the gun mold. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,491 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Did someone take the guts of a Zapper and put it in a Laser Tag pistol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 960 Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 Yes, thank you for the replies. @mog messages me via Discord and it seems @JamesRobothas come to the same conclusion. I did buy this on the previous forum just because it was unique and cool looking. I was imagining it was a 3rd party, but it seems to be a custom job of gutting the laser tag pistol and placing the Zapper internals in. Still cool either way. I will post pics of the insides when I get the chance. The blue plastic on top is removable and you can see the insides. I am not unscrewing it open as I don't want to mess with anything. Thanks everyone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I don't believe that it's necessarily a custom, as I've seen several over the years, almost exclusively from various Central American countries. I've never been lucky enough to lay my hands on one, but based on where the historic auctions and such showed up back when I found out about these and was checking them out, I always thought that someone got hold of either the Laser Tag molds and put them to use in a different market or some NOS Laser Tag shells and threw them together for their region. Looking at your much clearer photo, you can see that the seam runs all the way around the gun, even through were the battery compartment should be on a Laser Tag pistol. If it were just someone taking an old Laser Tag pistol and customizing it, you would most likely still be able to see the horizontal seam around where the battery compartment slots into the gun (even if they glued it permanently in place), but your example lacks all of those seams and instead has a "vertical" one up the underside, which the battery cover lacks on a real Laser Tag gun. Food for thought. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I dig the design! Gives off those 50s/60s futurism vibes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestructoDisk | 30 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 This is pretty cool. Perhaps an official regional release, that used the same mold as the laser tag guns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesmaster14 | 433 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I'm pretty sure I've seen that same lightgun in a few NES collections. My memory could be wrong though. I think @Speedy_NES would know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn | 31 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Pretty sure this is a Brazilian released item, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy_NES | 102 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 2:36 PM, nesmaster14 said: I'm pretty sure I've seen that same lightgun in a few NES collections. My memory could be wrong though. I think @Speedy_NES would know. Thanks for the tag @nesmaster14. This item is from Venezuela, released by the Nintendo knock-off "Nintendo de Caracas" company, so it is unlicensed. AFAIK, Nintendo won a lawsuit against the company and their leftover inventory was meant to be disposed of some years ago, but in the process some of it made its way onto markets like eBay. Definitely has collector value, but it is not official Nintendo. They released at least 15-20 different accessories for NES and Famicom. I've attached a photo of the box. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mega Tank | 960 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 1/12/2021 at 11:21 AM, Speedy_NES said: Thanks for the tag @nesmaster14. This item is from Venezuela, released by the Nintendo knock-off "Nintendo de Caracas" company, so it is unlicensed. AFAIK, Nintendo won a lawsuit against the company and their leftover inventory was meant to be disposed of some years ago, but in the process some of it made its way onto markets like eBay. Definitely has collector value, but it is not official Nintendo. They released at least 15-20 different accessories for NES and Famicom. I've attached a photo of the box. Nice to know this zapper came from somewhere. Thank you for the pics and info! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywoodcaddy | 72 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 That is actually pretty cool...I would totally buy one of those for my collection haha...hell I have so many extra guns and an actual lazer tag gun that doesn't work that I might just make one myself one of these days !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsped09 | 223 Moderator · Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Oh man, I want one! I love these unique peripherals, even if its not licensed. Super cool, hold on to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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