A ? about 8-bit console light guns..

[scorch56]

I have a SMS I & II and a NES toaster and top-loader; but only one style of light gun (phaser, zapper.. whatever) for both of them. I have a Zapper (Model NES-005) that is lt/drk grey with an orange trigger, and I believe that this is the model for the top loader; as I remember the toasters coming with an all orange & beige Zapper.

My SMS light phaser is black with an orange barrel tip (Model 3030) and I believe this is the one made after the barrel-slide SMS II came out as I've seen an ALL black one with the SMS I's.

Can anyone confirm this? I'm trying to get the guns (the two models I don't yet have) to complete my collection and want to match them to the right units. If I do indeed have the two later models of guns for the two later consoles.. I guess I'm kinda' lucky because I'd imagine they would be the more difficult ones to find due to the smaller production numbers of the later console models.

[PapaStu]

Well I got my NES Action kit back in 86-87 and it came with the light/dark grey gun. The Orange trimmed one came about later, not before due to that whole kids getting shot by cops after playing around with fake guns that 'looked' real issue that happened in the late 80's.

[GarrettCRW]

The law about the coloring of toy guns was passed in 1988.