This ad for Towers (A Canadian chain of department stores) from December 15, 1980 has some pretty swell deals going for it. Highlights include Mego 12″ Superheroes for $4.95 each, Remco Utility Belts for $3.22 and the Hoth Ice Planet set for $10.50. This didn’t help me much as a kid, we lived far away […]
Another great batch of photos this week, starting with Chris Franklin, a fellow Megomuseum forum pal proudly displaying his Remco Energized Superheroes along with his 12″ Mego Spidey. Here is a killer shot of Betsy opening an Evel Knievel set. According to Betsy her Evel was best friends with Mego Batman, they even picked up […]
This past Sunday, I was publicly outed as a toy collector twice. The first time was when Airport security X Ray’d my carry on baggage. The officer yelled “who’s this Captain Hero doll you got?” I told her it was Batman, her question of “and the little fella?” was met with “Robin!”. She burst out […]
Even though he’s getting another summer blockbuster this year, I still say the Hulk was never more popular than in the late 70’s. The TV series was, in my opinion the thing that made the character the pop culture icon he is today. Merchandising back then went from logical to the truly insane, I mean […]
1980 was a growing year for this offshoot of Azrak Hamway as they expanded their line of Super Hero action figures, reintroduced the Universal Monsters to 80’s kids, while continuing to offer old favorites like Batman utility belts and KISS makeup. Check out the 1980 Remco Catalog here.RRRRRRRRRRRR!Other Remco Catalog links:1976 Remco Catalog1979 Remco Catalog
A very cool “back in the day” piece of Star Trek coolness courtesy of Jerry, whose patient mom converted a red sweatshirt into a perfect trek uniform. Word of advice young Jerry, don’t volunteer for any landing parties. If I wasn’t already envious of that sweet Remco Ultility belt, Jerry rubs in it a little […]
I recently got a Childworld Flyer from 1975 which included some killer art, until I find a scanner big enough I’ll highlight some of the better pieces here and on the Megomuseum Blog. Today’s image of the Remco Phaser is probably my favourite, I love that young Spock from what is probably the series pilot. […]
Remco was a division of Azrak Hamway and while AHI made more of the dimestore “Impulse’ items, the Remco brand was used to promote toys of a higher quality. In 1976, the company attempted to infiltrate the action figure category (the McDonalds characters), Games (Magic Hat) along with their usual children’s role play items such […]
By the late 1970’s, Remco was making a heroic amount of comic book merchandising including logical items like the CSF BatCopter and inflatable Hulk muscles to the truly head scratching stuff like the Hulk Helicopter and Spider-Man pistols. Check out the 1979 Remco Catalog.
The Mighty and Men and Monster Maker was simply one of the coolest Monster toys ever. I don’t know how many women I’ve known who wanted this but received it’s female companion, Fashion Plates. This happened to my wife, who simply mixed fashion plates people with her brother’s monster plates, genius. I got to play […]
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