Azrak Hamway International (AHI) Planet of the Apes Toys

Azrak Hamway Index

Famous for their rack toys Azrak Hamway is probably best known these days for scooping Mego on the Universal Monsters license (Mego VP Neil Kublan once cited that he recalled Universal wanted more money than Mego offered) and creating their own line of 8" Monsters that were more than obviously influenced by the look and design of the Mego World's Greatest Superheroes.

Ape with a rifle in a parachute, not very logical but so much damned fun. (courtesy of Will Frost)

Dr. Zaius with a rifle in a parachute, not very logical but so much damned fun. (courtesy of Will Frost)

Wind up walking Galen MOC, AHI also made some killer Monster Wind Ups as well.(pic courtesy of Will Frost)

Widdle Wind Up Doctor Zauis is adorable! Note that his costume is blue, a lot of Apes merch had Zaius in that colour.

The apes wagon (with human captive) is friction powered and pretty hard to find in this condition. (courtesy of Will Frost)

An entire store display of AHI Planet of the Apes Water guns, it's like Galen is spitting in your mouth!

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Azrak Hamway also owned Remco Toys, check out these links below for catalogs and toy information

Even though AHI was an official licensee for the Planet of the Apes, AHI also produced these "Action Apeman" which obviously were meant to pirate sales from the Mego Planet of the Apes toys, legal action followed and AHI ceased making them. (Photo of the Action Apes are courtesy of Mike Jimenez).

When it comes to licensed rack toys, AHI was the absolute king. This may have been due to the hiring of former Mego Vice President Neil Saul in the early Seventies. Saul brought with him much of his licensing expertise honed at Mego. Below are some items that Azrak Hamway is famous for in terms of Rack Toys. Always interested in photos of things not seen here.

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Two New Links of Interest would be our AHI Super Monsters Gallery and the entire 1976 Azrak Hamway Catalog

We have so many new additions that they've been broken into categories based on license, look for additions to this all year. First up is our AHI Star Trek Toys gallery

Perhaps no other character got as much merchandise from AHI than the caped crusader. Check out our AHI Batman Toys gallery

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Thirsty for More Monster Toys? check out some other galleries here that are bloody good...

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