They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Ideal Toys certainly was sweet talking George Lucas with their line S.T.A.R Team toys in 1978. Each action figure had a vaguely “galaxy, far, far away” look to them. Also included is Ideal’s electronic action figures Electroman and Zogg, enjoy.
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Holy Crap! I had the Star Hawk, Zem 21, Knight of Darkness, and the blue Zeroid! I loved these things. I’ll admit at first, Christmas morning when I opened these I was like “what the hell, these aren’t the Star Wars Early Bird Figures!” (even though I don’t think they were out yet) But my parents ended up hitting a home run with these.
Now I’m going to have to find a set of these again!
Also love the catalog copy for Zem 21…
“he needs a Zeroid companion to do his thinking for him.”
Don’t we all, don’t we all. What a great cross sell, “Hey kids the chrome guy is too stupid on his own, so why not pick up his much smarter buddy…”
I am so happy as to have never, ever seen those before in my life…
And I had a lot of knock-off toys…
(speaking of that. Does anyone know the identity of an action figure that came in a big pack with two costumes and sets of accessories. He could either be a pirate or a samurai (go figure) and one of his legs came off to be replaced by a peg. Thinking back, it was easily the coolest toy I had; and I had Kirk/Spock/Bones, a Starbird and the parachuting Adventure Person. If anyone knows the identity of this figure, I’d be ecstatic)
That can only be a Matchbox Fighting Fury you’re describing:
http://plaidstallions.blogspot.com/2007/03/yar-me-buckos.html
Thanks MM!
Sweet. Now I’ve got to ask Mr. Google to find me a picture of the pirate/samurai costume pack.
I had every single Star Team toy. Loved them. Made up my own mythology for ’em, too — they were so cool looking.