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HistoryRemco was founded by two cousins, Isaac "Ike" Heller and Saul Robbins. Armand Daddis soon joined the two as the company gradually moved from simple 'walkie-talkies' to a variety of sophisticated remote control toys. The name Remco comes from the two words "Remote Control". Originally located in Newark, NJ, the company later moved to nearby Harrison, NJ. The boxes and toys were printed with just the company name and the city on them, but there were a few more clues as to the company's physical location on packaging. A street address listed on the back of the 1960 light bulldog tank box is "113 North 13th Street, Newark 7, NJ." The address on the instruction sheet for factory service return of the 1966 Lost in Space Robot is "Cape May St., Harrison, NJ." The Harrison location is now occupied by the Red Bull Arena, while the Newark location is now occupied by a furniture outlet. In the mid-1960s, Remco acquired several licenses for popular culture groups and TV shows and proceeded to make a variety of toys. Some of these were the Beatles, the Monkees, Lost In Space, The Munsters, Batman and Star Trek. One popular toy in the early 1960s was the 24 inch long functioning scuba diver with mask, knife, utility belt, rifle, walkie-talkie, air tanks, and floating location buoy. From the 1980s through the 1990s, Remco made a variety of generic diecast and plastic trucks and other vehicles, usually uniformly made about four inches long. Vehicles were attractive and sturdy, though not uniform in scale, and included a tanker truck, fire truck, delivery van, cherry picker truck, skid steer, Jeep, and many more. A few vehicles were larger, like the seven inch long "Tuff Ones" "Recyclable Waste Management Corp." truck with opening side doors for "cans", "glass", and "paper". BankruptcyRemco filed for bankruptcy in 1971 and was acquired by Azrak-Hamway International, Inc. (AHI), a toy company, in New York, NY in 1974. The company was known by toy collectors for their many Universal Monsters figures produced during the 1980s. These figures were a continuation of the license and figures first produced by AHI during the 1970s. Steel Tec was distributed by Remco Toys, Inc. of New York, NY, from 1992-1997 and was a division of parent company Azrak Hamway International. In 1997, Jakks Pacific acquired Remco from Azrak-Hamway. Toys{{div col|colwidth=27em}}
References1. ^"You Can Tell It’s Mattel… It’s Swell!", Tim Forbes, American Heritage 2. ^{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Space Commander Walkie Talkies from Remco|url=https://toytales.ca/space-commander-walkie-talkies-from-remco-1950s/|website=ToyTales.ca}} 3. ^"The Magic Market", Time, Dec. 14, 1959 4. ^{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Yankee Doodle Secret Rocket Test Center from Remco (1959)|url=https://toytales.ca/yankee-doodle-secret-rocket-test-center-remco-1959/|website=ToyTales.ca}} 5. ^{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Caravelle Radio Transmitter and Receiver|url=https://toytales.ca/caravelle-radio-transmitter-and-receiver/|website=ToyTales.ca}} 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Mini Tru-Smoke Diesel Mod-Pad Carrier from Remco|url=https://toytales.ca/mini-tru-smoke-diesel-mod-pad-carrier-from-remco-1970/|website=ToyTales.ca}} 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Frustration Ball from Remco|url=https://toytales.ca/frustration-ball-remco-1969/|website=ToyTales.ca}} 8. ^{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=Mister Brain, the Tru-Smoke Robot|url=https://toytales.ca/mister-brain-the-tru-smoke-robot/|website=ToyTales.ca}} 9. ^{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior from REMCO (1982)|url=https://toytales.ca/saga-crystar-crystal-warrior-remco-1982/|website=ToyTales.ca}} 10. ^{{cite web|last1=Coopee|first1=Todd|title=The Karate Kid from Remco (1986)|url=https://toytales.ca/karate-kid-from-remco-1986/|website=ToyTales.ca}} 11. ^Katty Zion, [https://www.kzwp.com/steeltec/ "Steel Tec"], Katty Zion External links
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