The 1969 Remco Star Trek Catalog is a deceptive title. We chose to focus on the weird “label slap” Star Trek toys made by Remco but you’ll also notice other properties such as “Land of the Giants”, “Lost in Space” and “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” as well.

Remco sold licensed kites right up to their demise in the early 1970s.

The Land of the Giants Space Sled is actually Gerry Anderson’s Super Car with a new logo slapped on it. These Star Trek sets are also repurposed from the Horrible Hamilton line of toys. You didn’t miss an episode of Star Trek that had helicopters and army men. I want all of these sets BTW. I think they’re amazing.

The Star Trek Helmet and the pistol is another “Horrible Hamilton” just branded with Star Trek. Remco was known for being a little bit lazy with certain licenses.

Even though the series was cancelled in 1968, Remco was still offering the Lost in Space Robot. It was likely still a popular seller. It is an amazing toy.

So I want to know the difference between the Star Trek Buzz Ray gun and the Land of the Giants Signal Ray Space Gun. L’il Help?

The Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea toy line is remarkably screen accurate and something I secretly covet. Also, that Gentle Ben swamp buggy contains the world’s first Clint Howard action figure but fortunately, not its last.

Because of when you think of Star Trek, you think of model planes!

The Land of the Giants Space Ship Control Panel is not only a bit lazy, it’s weird they didn’t bother to mention it’s called the Spindrift.

This limited edition set includes both books, all six magazines (with available premiums) and a Captain Canuck action figure. It’s a $150 value for a great price. I only can make six of these, so don’t wait.

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PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures takes another timewarp, thanks to this fantastic flyer from Toys R Us in 1979. It has all the hottest toys of the time like Mork from Ork, Star Wars, Kenner Alien and if they made it, they put the Incredible Hulk on it.

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By the mid-1980s, Remco had abandoned the name AHI (Azrak-Hamway International) and the business of selling Rack Toys. Their output during this period consisted of licensed items such as the Karate Kid or AWA Wrestling or homegrown toy lines meant to ape the popularity of bigger brands. During the 80s, Remco copied lines such as GI Joe, Masters of the Universe, My Little Pony, and Transformers.

1987 is a fun, colorful year for Remco. Please check out our other Remco Posts Here.

1987 Remco Toys Catalog Cover

1987 Remco Toys Catalog Karate Kid- The Karate Kid license was Remco’s big push for 1987 and it was a big hit. We’re working on a piece for Toy-Ventures magazine about the genesis of this line right now.

1987 Remco Toys Catalog Karate Kid Play Sets

Karate Kid Play Sets

Karate Kid Play Sets

U.S. Forces were one of many G.I. Joe RAH knock-off lines that Remco put out during the 1980s, the toys were often found at K-Mart stores and usually priced much lower than the name brand. They are now highly collectible.

U.S. Forces

U.S. Forces multi figure packs were one of the greater appeals to the line.

Remco really capitalized on the Ninja craze of the 1980s, with a line of both 5.5″ Ninjas (but hey that one guy is just Rambo, nice try) and a line of 3 3/4″ RAH O Ring style figures. I wonder what “Actionized” means?

AWA Wrestling was Remco’s way of capitalizing on the WWF craze of the 1980s by licensing one of their competitors, some of these characters would later join the WWF like the Freebirds, Shawn Michaels and the Road Warriors. This toy line is highly collectible now.

Mini figures of wrestlers and ninjas, no license required that’s a lot of fun for a buck.

Oh sure, the Real Ghostbusters action figure license was taken by Kenner but hey, nobody’s going after that sweet, sweet phone money. I really hope that Remco’s sales pitch for this was “How you gonna call?”.

Issue four of our magazine Toy-Ventures is now available. Toy-Ventures is bringing back the old school print toy magazine with articles written by the collectors themselves, it’s a love letter to toys and action figures from the 1960s to the 1980s and this issue is our best yet. We’ve got a fantastic toy tribute to the Munsters, the outrageous adventures of Septor and Garth, the dimestore goodness of the Durham Click Button action figures, Superhero and Planet of the Apes knock offs and a fantastic tribute to the Mego Mad Monsters Toy Line.

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The Plaid Stallions Action Figure Archives cover Mego Knock Offs and so much more.

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1977 saw the introduction of Mickey Mouse to the fold and more Superhero related products which would eventually become the bread and butter of the company for the rest of the decade..

New this year was the Remco Disney Action Figures. The McDonalds characters were not the runaway sales hit that AHI expected them to be, according to sources they were a sales disappointment..

Utility belts were a big winner for Remco, this year’s assortment featured Space:1999, a big-budget science fiction series that hoped to rival Star Trek. Every year Remco released a Utility belt that made no sense, this year it was the Mickey Mouse, why am I disturbed at the sight of him in jeans?

The Batman Trik-Trak set harkened back to the 1960s Batman craze, Remco would continue to mine Superheroes for the next few years.

Batman and Spider-Man brandishing ray guns make no sense but ask a kid if he cared?.

Batman and Spider-Man brandishing ray guns make no sense but ask a kid if he cared?

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PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures Issue 2 is now available for pre-order.
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Issue two covers a number of genres and has some exciting new voices from the hobby.

H.R. Puppet Stuff! By Kroffty
This colourful piece tracks the careers of the legendary Sid and Marty Krofft through puppet merchandise, it will make you smile.

The Lost Outer Space Men
Contributor Steve Fink returns with another tale of tracking down an impossible grail or in this case, six, the legendary second series of Colorforms Outer Space Men.

Godzilla’s Gang
Ray Miller does a deep dive into the 1978 Mattel “Godzilla’s Gang” toyline, highlighting their origins. This is a lot of fun.

The Guide to Denys Fisher Doctor Who
One of my passions, the Mego produced Doctor Who toy line is explored in great detail with prototype shots, variations and never before seen reveals.

A figure called Sloane
Chris G blew us away when he discovered the abandoned Kenner Toy Line to the obscure 1970s TV series “A Man Called Sloane”. Did I mention that I love that show?

Oscillating Vibrations
A love letter to the Saturday morning series “Monster Squad” with a complete merchandise guide featuring never before seen items.

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Time to celebrate the fun Rack Toys made by Azrak-Hamway International based on “Star Trek”, sure they’re lower cost items but there isn’t any tell-tale “Label Slapping” going on, you can tell these are Star Trek items off the package!

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