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Welcome Back Kotter Guitar by Fleetwood Toys (sponsored link) 

Did the Sweathogs ever show any musical prowess? I watched the show a lot as a kid and only remember John Travolta’s singing. 

Hal Needham Stuntman Playset by Gabriel Toys (sponsored link)

This is a truly innovative toy concept from the mid-1970s, a doll based on the legendary stuntman Hal Needham. This allowed kids to do real stunt work. Obviously, this set saw some play, as Hal’s head came off, which is probably not something that happened to the real guy.

The Mighty Hercules Book and Record set from Japan (Sponsored Link) 

As a Canadian kid, I thrilled to the Adventures of the Mighty Hercules and his idiot sidekick, Newton, his idiot sidekick, Newton.  (if you get that joke you are cool) I am blown away that this show had any popularity in Japan but now this is all I can think of.

Spider-Man Super Klobbers by AHI (sponsored link)

I’m not surprised that AHI chose to rip off Socker Boppers; they sold a lot of inflatable toys and well, they had the Spider-Man license. What’s surprising is how rare these are, I guess they did not take off.

Big Jim Cipsa Kid Acero Lobomovil (sponsored link) 

This vehicle was known as “The Beast” in the USA and was the first vehicle available for the P.A.C.K toys, mainly because it’s a repainted Camper. In Mexico, they didn’t have the same characters so they drew over the (GLORIOUS!) Jack Kirby’s art and turned them into bad Guy Garfio and Good guy Hombe Bionico. I love this so much but this freaking thing is such a space killer. Ugh, this is going to bug me….

Oh God, I just realized Hombre Invisible was added! Agggghhhh I have no money!

Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring artwork specially commissioned for Mego’s catalogue, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.

The Blood-A-Rama Shock Festival Pack

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CHiPs was the major player for 1982, Fleetwood managed to get a lot of mileage out of the motorcycle cop goodness.

While Legend of the Lone Ranger wasn’t a box office success, the character itself still sold toys. Fleetwood was able to create a variety of toys thanks to the abundant tooling available in Hong Kong for wild west toys.

The adventures of Colt Seavers made for some terrific rack toy potential. The Fall Guy license allowed Fleetwood to sell anything.

– 1982 Fleetwood Catalog Rainbow land

Even though SGT. Fury comics didn’t sell as well as superheroes he got oodles of merchandise. It’s not surprising he was a big seller, plastic army men rule! Look at that Kirby-Esque artwork.

The Topps Wacky Trucks are amazing and I want a set.

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Remco Energized Spider-Man

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Even though Fleetwood began in the 1970s by grabbing such high-brow licenses as Charlie’s Angels and the Marvel Comics Superheroes for Rack Toys, the 1980s seemed to be the company’s high point with them retaining many high ticket licenses from TV and movies.

1984 is a good example of how Fleetwood was doing with some of the most popular TV faces like the A-Team and TJ Hooker, alongside riskier brands like Sword and the Sorcerer and Manimal. The Marvel Superheroes were back under the Secret Wars brand and they even dabbled in a little Hardcastle and McCormick.

1984 Fleetwood Toys Catalog Cover

TJ Hooker was Fleetwoods vehicle to sell toy guns, handcuffs, and police cars that year. If you asked me, they totally missed the boat not having a car with a Shatner figure on the hood.

The A-Team was huge with kids and it gave Fleetwood the excuse to slap a label on a bunch of Rack Toy standards. In this case, even the toolset makes sense!

That Mr T Flashlight is absolutely inspired.

Daydreams and Cuddles were two in-house lines for Fleetwood to capture the girl’s market. They didn’t seem to have any female-centric licenses this year.

Sword and the Sorcerer was an R-rated affair that came out in 1982 (although a lot of us discovered it on cable). It’s very odd to see toys for children based on a film with nudity and gore. Also, are these the only toys based on an Albert Pyun film? I think so.

Manimal was a short-lived NBC TV series famous for its very strange premise. Some of the Manimal “figures” ended up in Sword and the Sorcerer sets. This should surprise no one.

Fleetwood had a long-running relationship with Marvel Comics  which continued when the line rebranded under the Secret Wars banner. Instead of parachuting superheroes, they became balloonists, which is even sillier.
Hardcastle and McCormick was an ABC series about an ex-judge and ex-con teaming up blah, blah, blah, everyone remembers the car.

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