416 - Edison Giocattoli children's pistol "Tigermatic" in box, toy pistol with shoulder stock, Italy

Edison Giocattoli children's pistol "Tigermatic" in box, toy pistol with shoulder stock, Italy Plastic, children's pistol "Tigermatic" by the company Edison Giocattoli, Florence, in box. Toy pistol with long black barrel, ribbed top of the barrel and brown fore-end, black housing, inscribed "TIGERMATIC" on the slide, small maker's plate on the side, brown grip panels with chequering-style ribbing and medallion in the form of a tiger's head, silver-coloured wire loop shoulder stock on the back of the grip, magazine base with knurled wheel. With a loose black magazine. Box with photograph of a tiger's head, inscribed "MITREX 26", "TIGERMATIC" and "SERIE MATIC N°2", dark band with red lettering in three languages, on the top edge "MADE IN ITALY BY EDISON GIOCATTOLI GF.". Inside a multilingual instruction strip and picture card showing the two positions as pistol and with attached shoulder stock. Played with, function not tested, box torn and rubbed. Pistol L. 30.5 cm. The Florentine company Edison Giocattoli was one of the leading Italian manufacturers of toy guns from the 1970s and, alongside Western revolvers of the "Western Matic Collection", also built modern pistol models of the Matic line such as "Jaguarmatic" and "Leopardmatic". The cap pistols of this series, known in English as cap guns, were loaded with strips of 26 caps, and the magazines fitted all models of the line. The "Tigermatic" stands out from the other models due to its extendable loop shoulder stock.