# Remco

Remco Industries Inc. was an American toy company. Founded in 1949, it is known for toys integrating technology and innovation from their inception.
The company's slogan in its early TV commercials was, "Every Boy Wants a Remco Toy...And So Do Girls!"

## History

In 1984, Remco nearly acquired the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) toy license, but lost out to LJN.

### Bankruptcy & Sale

In 1997, Jakks Pacific acquired Remco and AHI's Child Guidance from Azrak-Hamway. Under Jakks Pacific, the brand was absorbed into its other products.

## Toys
### 1950s

* 1950s Space Commander Walkie Talkies
* 1953 Medicine Chest
* 1955 Big Max (magnetic robot that picked off iron slugs from battery operated conveyor belt and placed them the bed of a small toy truck)
* 1957 Firebird 99 battery powered dashboard game.
* 1957 Pom Pom Gun, battery powered double-barrel cannon.
* 1958 Giant Wheel Cowboys'n Indians Game
* 1958 Giant Wheel Thrills'n Spills Horse Race Game
* 1959 Coney Island Penny Machine (Combination crane game and coin bank)
* 1959 Flying Fox Airliner
* 1959 Little Red Spinning Wheel
* 1959 Movieland Drive-In Theater (consisted of cars, a drive in board with car spaces, a place to list "Featured Movies" along with blue and white double-bill cards that slid into the marquee; the "movie" was a film strip that projected by a battery operated light bulb onto a 4"x6" screen that attached to the drive in. Titles included Heckle and Jeckle, Have Gun Will Travel, Mighty Mouse, Farmer Al Falfa)
* 1959 Yankee Doodle Secret Rocket Test Center

### 1960s

* 1960 Frogman the US Navy Commando
* 1960 Light Bulldog Tank #706 Montgomary Ward
* 1960 Whirlybird Helicopter
* 1961 Hippopotamus Electric Puzzle Game called Happy Hippopotamus Game
* 1961 Johnny Reb Cannon
* 1961 Mighty Matilda Aircraft Carrier
* 1961 Shark Remote Control Race Car
* 1961 Baby Laugh-A-Lot
* 1962 Fascination Pool Game
* 1962 Arthur Showboat Theater Playset
* 1962 Littlechap Dolls
* 1962 Caravelle Radio Transmitter and Receiver
* 1963 Barracuda Submarine
* 1963 USMC Bazooka
* 1963 Super Car
* 1964 Mr.Kelly's Car Wash
* 1964 Beatles Figures
* 1964 Hamilton Invaders
* 1964 Project Yankee Doodle
* 1964 Monkey Division
* 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson Doll
* 1964 Senator Barry Goldwater Doll
* 1964 Blippo Building Blocks
* 1964 Munsters
* 1965 Bulldog Army Tank
* 1965 Duffy's Daredevils
* 1965 Kennedy Airport Air Traffic Control Center
* 1966 Batman Wrist Radios
* 1965 Screaming Mee Mee-e Rifle
* 1966 Lost in Space Robot
* 1966 Pussy Meow Doll
* 1967 Mighty Mike Motorized Trucks
* 1967 Polo Pony
* 1967 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Sub sets
* 1967 Star Trek Astro Cruiser
* 1968 Land of the Giants Space Sled
* 1968 Astro Train
* 1968 Boeing United Airlines 727 Toy Airplane (4.7 ft long)
* 1969 Baby Sister Grow-A-Tooth
* 1969 Pan Am Dual Control Jet Cockpit
* 1969 Kitty Karry-All (The Brady Bunch)
* 1969 Tru-Smoke Trucks
* 1969 Tumbling Tom Boy Doll
* 1969 Frustration Ball

### 1970s

* 1970 Speedrail Monorail
* 1970 Dune Buggy Wheelies
* 1970 Jumpsy Doll
* 1970 Mister Brain
* 1970 Monkees Figures
* 1971 Mighty Casey Backyard Railroad
* 1971 Finger Ding Paper Dolls
* 1971 Baby Laugh a Lot
* 1973 Partridge Family Doll
* 1975 Magic Magic Magic Board Game
* 1975 Star Trek Utility Belt
* 1976 I Dream of Jeannie Bottle
* 1976 McDonaldland Playset and figures
* 1977 System 7 Rifle
* 1978 Energized Spider-Man
* 1978 Kiss Makeup Kit
* 1978 Mickey Mouse Candy Factory
* 1978 Bill Cosby's Kids
* 1979 the Incredible Hulk Instant Muscles

### 1980s

* 1980 Universal Monsters Figures
* 1981 Dukes of Hazzard
* 1982 Warrior Beasts figures
* 1982 Sgt. Rock for DC
* 1982 Warlord for DC
* 1983 Crystar for Marvel Comics
* 1984 Conan Action Figures
* 1984 Mighty Crusaders Action Figures
* 1984 Zybots
* 1985 AWA Remco Action Figures Wrestling Figures
* 1985 Firffels The "Original" Two-feature Creature
* 1986 Karate Kid Action Figures
* 1987 My Sweet 16 Play Cosmetics

### 1990s

* 1991 Wilbur the Water Pup
* 1992 Steel Tec Motorized Construction Set
* 1992 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
* 1994 Swat Kats action figures