Remco Industries Inc. was an American toy company. Founded in 1949, it is known for toys integrating technology and innovation from their inception.[1]
The company's slogan in its early TV commercials was, "Every Boy Wants a Remco Toy...And So Do Girls!"[2]
History
In 1984, Remco nearly acquired the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) toy license, but lost out to LJN.[3]
Bankruptcy & Sale
In 1997, Jakks Pacific acquired Remco and AHI's Child Guidance from Azrak-Hamway.[4] Under Jakks Pacific, the brand was absorbed into its other products.
Toys
1950s
- 1950s Space Commander Walkie Talkies [5]
- 1953 Medicine Chest
- 1955 Big Max (magnetic robot that picked off iron slugs from battery operated conveyor belt and placed them the bed of a small toy truck)
- 1957 Firebird 99 battery powered dashboard game.
- 1957 Pom Pom Gun, battery powered double-barrel cannon.
- 1958 Giant Wheel Cowboys'n Indians Game
- 1958 Giant Wheel Thrills'n Spills Horse Race Game
- 1959 Coney Island Penny Machine (Combination crane game and coin bank)[6]
- 1959 Flying Fox Airliner
- 1959 Little Red Spinning Wheel
- 1959 Movieland Drive-In Theater (consisted of cars, a drive in board with car spaces, a place to list "Featured Movies" along with blue and white double-bill cards that slid into the marquee; the "movie" was a film strip that projected by a battery operated light bulb onto a 4"x6" screen that attached to the drive in. Titles included Heckle and Jeckle, Have Gun Will Travel, Mighty Mouse, Farmer Al Falfa)
- 1959 Yankee Doodle Secret Rocket Test Center [7]
1960s
- 1960 Frogman the US Navy Commando
- 1960 Light Bulldog Tank #706 Montgomary Ward
- 1960 Whirlybird Helicopter
- 1961 Hippopotamus Electric Puzzle Game called Happy Hippopotamus Game
- 1961 Johnny Reb Cannon
- 1961 Mighty Matilda Aircraft Carrier
- 1961 Shark Remote Control Race Car
- 1961 Baby Laugh-A-Lot
- 1962 Fascination Pool Game
- 1962 Arthur Showboat Theater Playset
- 1962 Littlechap Dolls
- 1962 Caravelle Radio Transmitter and Receiver[8]
- 1963 Barracuda Submarine
- 1963 USMC Bazooka
- 1963 Super Car
- 1964 Mr.Kelly's Car Wash
- 1964 Beatles Figures
- 1964 Hamilton Invaders
- 1964 Project Yankee Doodle
- 1964 Monkey Division
- 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson Doll
- 1964 Senator Barry Goldwater Doll
- 1964 Blippo Building Blocks
- 1964 Munsters
- 1965 Bulldog Army Tank
- 1965 Duffy's Daredevils
- 1965 Kennedy Airport Air Traffic Control Center
- 1966 Batman Wrist Radios
- 1965 Screaming Mee Mee-e Rifle
- 1966 Lost in Space Robot
- 1966 Pussy Meow Doll
- 1967 Mighty Mike Motorized Trucks
- 1967 Polo Pony
- 1967 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Sub sets
- 1967 Star Trek Astro Cruiser
- 1968 Land of the Giants Space Sled
- 1968 Astro Train
- 1968 Boeing United Airlines 727 Toy Airplane (4.7 ft long)
- 1969 Baby Sister Grow-A-Tooth
- 1969 Pan Am Dual Control Jet Cockpit
- 1969 Kitty Karry-All (The Brady Bunch)
- 1969 Tru-Smoke Trucks[9]
- 1969 Tumbling Tom Boy Doll
- 1969 Frustration Ball[10]
1970s
- 1970 Speedrail Monorail
- 1970 Dune Buggy Wheelies
- 1970 Jumpsy Doll
- 1970 Mister Brain[11]
- 1970 Monkees Figures
- 1971 Mighty Casey Backyard Railroad
- 1971 Finger Ding Paper Dolls
- 1971 Baby Laugh a Lot
- 1973 Partridge Family Doll
- 1975 Magic Magic Magic Board Game
- 1975 Star Trek Utility Belt
- 1976 I Dream of Jeannie Bottle
- 1976 McDonaldland Playset and figures
- 1977 System 7 Rifle
- 1978 Energized Spider-Man
- 1978 Kiss Makeup Kit
- 1978 Mickey Mouse Candy Factory
- 1978 Bill Cosby's Kids
- 1979 the Incredible Hulk Instant Muscles
1980s
- 1980 Universal Monsters Figures
- 1981 Dukes of Hazzard
- 1982 Warrior Beasts figures
- 1982 Sgt. Rock for DC
- 1982 Warlord for DC
- 1983 Crystar for Marvel Comics[12]
- 1984 Conan Action Figures
- 1984 Mighty Crusaders Action Figures
- 1984 Zybots
- 1985 AWA Remco Action Figures Wrestling Figures
- 1985 Firffels The "Original" Two-feature Creature
- 1986 Karate Kid Action Figures [13]
- 1987 My Sweet 16 Play Cosmetics
1990s
- 1991 Wilbur the Water Pup
- 1992 Steel Tec Motorized Construction Set [14]
- 1992 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
- 1994 Swat Kats action figures
References
- ^ Fox, Margalit (2015-03-11). "Isaac Heller, Co-Founder of Remco and Toymaker to a Generation, Dies at 88". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
- ^ "You Can Tell It’s Mattel… It’s Swell!", Tim Forbes, American Heritage
- ^ Wrestling legend Greg Gagne recalls brutal "war" wrestling Stan Hansen | UnSKripted. Retrieved 2024-11-16 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Made in Jersey: Remco Toys - remote control toys were 'controlled' nearby in NJ". nj. 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ Coopee, Todd. "Space Commander Walkie Talkies from Remco". ToyTales.ca.
- ^ "The Magic Market", Time, Dec. 14, 1959
- ^ Coopee, Todd. "Yankee Doodle Secret Rocket Test Center from Remco (1959)". ToyTales.ca.
- ^ Coopee, Todd. "Caravelle Radio Transmitter and Receiver". ToyTales.ca.
- ^ Coopee, Todd. "Mini Tru-Smoke Diesel Mod-Pad Carrier from Remco". ToyTales.ca.
- ^ Coopee, Todd. "Frustration Ball from Remco". ToyTales.ca.
- ^ Coopee, Todd. "Mister Brain, the Tru-Smoke Robot". ToyTales.ca.
- ^ Coopee, Todd. "The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior from REMCO (1982)". ToyTales.ca.
- ^ Coopee, Todd. "The Karate Kid from Remco (1986)". ToyTales.ca.
- ^ Katty Zion, "Steel Tec", Katty Zion
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