4070 Laser Gunner

Mattel’s Big Jim Laser Gunner, reference 4070, was released in Europe between 1981 and 1983, with specialist sources most commonly dating it to 1982 or 1983. Part of the science-fiction universe of the Big Jim range, this vintage figure wears a red jumpsuit with a lightning emblem, black boots and a white space helmet. Its defining feature is the blue electronic ray-gun backpack, connected by a tube to a handheld laser weapon capable of producing a light effect. The mechanism requires a battery, which was not supplied. Marketed under multilingual names including Laser Gunner, Laserschütze and Big Jim con Lanciaraggi, this Mattel collection reference combines the standard Big Jim figure with one of the range’s most distinctive electronic accessories.