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Mattel Welcomes Kotter

Toy Fair 1977 : Mattel put a lot of time into developing a Welcome Back Kotter line of action figures in 1977 but they had bigger success with the Shogun Warriors also making a debut in 1977. The Space:1999 Zython figure mentioned here never saw release in North America but is occasionally available through German […]

1976 Remco Toys Catalog

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 […]

Moonbase Alpha Sleepwear

Somebody asked me recently if I’d ever seen these and at that point I hadn’t, so I hope he’s reading. Space:1999 was a big influence on me as a kid but I can’t imagine my kids watching a serious one hour long space drama. I guess that’s why you don’t see “Stargate SG1” pajama’s today.Links […]

Space:1999

The Space:1999 merchandising explosion was a one year affair but some really cool toys made it out during that period. The pinnacle (for me, besides the Mego figures) is the Mattel Eagle Playset with figures, this was two years before Star Wars, nobody had ever done a space ship with 3 3/4″ figures before. I’ve […]