Remco

Remco was an American toy company. Founded in the 1949 as Remco Industries, Inc., it is known for toys integrating technology and innovation from their inception.

This article is about the 20th-century toy company. For the given name, see Remco (given name).
Remco
IndustryToy Manufacturing
Founder
Key people
Marvin Azrak, Ezra Hamway
ProductsToys
OwnerRemco Industries (previous), Azrak-Hamway(previous), Jakks Pacific (previous)

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, they produced the 'Johnny Reb Cannon', 'Mighty Matilda Atomic Aircraft Carrier', 'Remco Voice Control Kennedy Airport' (which featured model airplanes of American, TWA and United Airlines, a record player and an album which played a voice giving landing and take-off instructions) and the tethered 'Electronic Falcon Plane' that "flies itself".

Starting in the late 1960s, 1970s, 1980s & 1990s it was known for licensed products from major brands like Star Trek, Superheroes from Marvel and DC comics, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars and creation of the wrestling action figure with their AWA Remco Action Figure line.

The company's slogan in its early TV commercials was, "Every Boy Wants a Remco Toy...And So Do Girls!"

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