Like the Atomic Jet-Gun by Crescent, the Dan Dare Atomic Jet by Merit is also indebted to the American Atom Ray gun by Hiller. Yet like the Crescent gun, this one by Merit also departs substantially from the American gun. To begin with, the Dan Dare Atomic Jet is made of plastic. In addition, unlike the Atomic Jet-Gun by Crescent or the Atom Ray by Hiller, this gun has a more complicated trigger.