Toy-Ventures: AHI Star Trek Toys

[@dalekgee]

OMG I've been having a horrible day and decided to watch an old Toy Ventures to cheer myself up, and lo and behold there's an ALL-NEW one coming up! THANK YOU!!1!

[@BrickMantooth]

Sorry to hear about the day, mine has been less than stellar as well.Hope you enjoy!

[@mczilla8628]

Same here and it does make you feel better

[@jamesschulziii9098]

Mr Hanson, toys shall never die. 😎😉

[@kibagami74]

"To hell with your Vulcan logic!" BOP, BOP, BOP. This Bop Bag was made for hardcore Dr. McCoy fans.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

Or Jonathan Archer fans in the first Enterprise episode.

[@jamesschulziii9098]

I really liked the Sgt rock 3 3/4 figures that remco made. They were somewhere between Kenner star Wars and Hasbro 3 3/4 gijoe. Oh remco.....😎 Love your videos Sir.

[@BrickMantooth]

Thank you, I have collected that line before, so I'll try and do a piece on it soon.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

I liked those too. Only had Rock. I think he wound up in donation.

[@Gascan619]

I miss the old Toys!!!😪

[@BrickMantooth]

me too!

[@Scopay73]

The phaser at 3:22 brings back a lot of memories. That and the Mr. Spock Mego are the only Star Trek toys I had. When "The Wrath of Kahn" came out I dug the old phaser out of the toy box and played with it constantly for months.

[@BrickMantooth]

I did the same with my Mego figures!

[@ivane5110]

I like to believe that in some parallel universe the Remco products are canon.

[@BrickMantooth]

I want to go to there.

[@originaluddite]

Funnily enough, you often get the impression that life back on Earth, superficially, does not always look as futuristic as it does in Star Fleet, so maybe that stuff is canon and just shows what they experience during shore leave. ;)

[@mem1701movies]

God I loved going to the stores and getting these STAR TREK toys. Got the tiny phaser that lit up and shot spinning discs. Also the ENTERPRISE squirt gun.

[@BrickMantooth]

Fun stuff!

[@genesanford9412]

wow , Ben Franklins ,Remco ,Gold Key.Man ,how old did i get ? Miss those days.Oddly emough , i had that yellow 'Star Trek' tank.Thanks for the memories.

[@thestorm99]

I had most of the toys you showed in this video, including the Space 1999 AHI toys. That blue Phaser squirt gun I still have in a box, somewhere. And I played with that utility belt til it literally fell apart. Then my dad and I built the AMT Exploration Set kit, and I had all three pieces again. Kids today probably look at these as "junk toys", but they were a great, cheap way to have a piece of your favorite TV show. The closest thing to them today would be Happy Meal toys (if those are still a thing). Great video! Thanks!!

[@BrickMantooth]

Thanks for sharing that, totally agree!

[@MrDrokkul]

I was born in 74 so I don't have a frame of reference for TV before that, but did Star Trek pretty much stay in heavy syndication constantly after the series ended? It seems so many of the best Star Trek toys of that era came out between the series end and before the 1st movie. I know I watched it in the 80s well before ST:TNG premiered.

[@BrickMantooth]

Syndication began for the show around 72 and a phenomenon was born amongst young people. The show was a huge hit, achieving ratings that it didn't when it was a network series.

[@MrDrokkul]

@@BrickMantooth Wow. I never knew that. Only 3 years after it was ended it became a big hit. Kind of sad. If it had been a different time in TV media they probably would have revived the show (although current TV media seems to not even know how to handle ST). I guess they did do the animated series though, so that's something. I like the movies, but there's a certain charm to the TV shows that lacks in the movies.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

I remember it airing here near st. Louis in must be 75 or 76? I thought Jim was Captain Slog for awhile. So I was dinky but I really thought it was happening somewhere. Loved it.

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

Love that episode when Kirk and Spock parachute down to Altair VI. Great memories here. I had the Trek and Space 1999 water guns as a kid. Hours of fun. That Kmart price tag made me nostalgic and sad.

[@BrickMantooth]

Price tags do that to me.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

@@BrickMantooth me too. They remind me of all the stores that have disappeared. Shopping was fun in the 70s and 80s. Sure you were stuck in your local town with whatever it's stores had ordered but there was always promise when you went to a different town or city and got to look through stores you had only heard of on tv. Often many toys were different than your home town selection! Now no matter where you go its all the same.

[@thrashpondopons2776]

Brian & Brian! What Is Brian!?! (That was the only Star Trek reference i could think of!)

[@BrickMantooth]

Well played, I often sign my name "brain"

[@mczilla8628]

I didnt know there was this much star trek stuff i know of some i even grew up in the 70s awesome video.

[@BrickMantooth]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@goblinoidfilms7119]

Holy crap, had zero idea that the Spock punch bag existed. WTF!? Another awesome vid. Thank you for some smiles and interesting info on a sub-par day!

[@BrickMantooth]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@Bucky749]

Maybe the bop bag was something Kirk kept in his room for when spocks logic got on his nerves . Cause sometimes you just want to punch logic .

[@BrickMantooth]

That sounds like more of a "Dr. McCoy problem" to be honest.

[@Bucky749]

Brick Mantooth can’t ague that .

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Shut up, Mr. Logic!

[@richardwatts4660]

Wow, thank you, another great video! Mind, I had to smile at the Star Trek label - slapping on the train and plane in particular - the photo they used for Captain Kirk on the packaging says it all for me, as he looks on in disbelief at this amazing piece of licensing! Gotta love Remco!

[@nvmbrsdoom5]

Those parachutists were some of my favorite childhood toys, the Trek ones and the Marvel/DC ones. I went through tons of them because they either got stuck in trees or would break upon landing hard on the concrete sidewalk!

[@bradhastty4451]

This one is probably my favorite...

[@theuberbob]

I had the flying saucer gun - the one that looked like a phaser but you would attach a disc that looked like a wheel full of slanted blades. The hub of the disc had a hole which fit on the end of the phaser, you twisted it around a couple of times until it clicked, then pointed it to the sky and pulled the trigger. It actually worked fairly decently from what I recall. I don't remember it being very sturdy and I think mine eventually broke. The discs were also fairly easy to lose. Thanks for another great video!

[@collectibleasmr]

I'm so so so so glad I discovered this channel. I'm backtracking through all the videos and it's just...bringing me so much joy. Please keep it up and again, thank you so much. Edit: Just went to the website and noticed on your Captain Canuck figure you are in Canada. Awesome! I'm from Toronto! Keep up the great work. Canada Strong!

[@rebelsatcloudnine]

I need that Enterprise Water Pistol in my collection, that is seriously really cool :D

[@mem1701movies]

The water comes out of the deflector dish

[@BrickMantooth]

It is really cute.

[@seventiesfan717]

I still have the Remco StarTrek Phaser. It's actually my brother's Phaser, as a Christmas 1976 photo states. He also saved the communicator from a model kit. I keep it on a shelf next to the Remco and AHI phasers and the Galileo model. My Mego Kirk, McCoy, and Spock also survived. As for the parachuting figures, I now have several of the super heroes and Dr. Zaius, but no Star Trek. The only parachuting figures I had in the 1970's were the generic paratrooper figures.

[@coolnegative]

I had phaser that was a flashlight that came with a cover that had and Enterprise punch out so I could "fly" the Enterprise across my ceiling and walls at night.

[@BrickMantooth]

That was made by Remco

[@RogueTwo]

Normally I just watch your videos on AHI toys and chuckle. I don't remember ever having any of them and I doubt that I would have wanted most of them. But I love your enthusiasm, especially when you talk about those parachute toys. They were really your thing, weren't they? I had a few of those kind of toys that I'd get as stocking stuffers for Christmas, but always generic skydivers. But in this video? I totally had that utility belt set! I loved the crap out of it! I remember when the strap broke on the tricorder using a couple of screws and some string to fix it! And using testors model paint to restore the silver highlights! I'm also sure that I'd gotten another single carded phaser! Good stuff!

[@BrickMantooth]

Glad you enjoyed it and yeah, I really like parachuting stuff.

[@arthurcummings3679]

I had the Spock, Kirk, Batman, Robin Superman, Planet of the Apes, and Hulk parachutes. Have to admit the need for Superman and Kirk and Spock to need chutes puzzles me. Surely the Federation had jet packs and Supes could fly.

[@BrickMantooth]

I always factored kryptonite into the Superman equation.

[@bio1656]

WOW ! I remember these toys

[@DougPalumbo]

Excellent video! I WANT that Astro Helmet set!

[@BrickMantooth]

Thanks, me too.

[@portland-182]

The was an orbital sky diving scene in Star Trek Generations, which was cut after the Action Figures were created. Trek and parachutes seemed destined to happen. Well done 'El Cheapo' toys! :)

[@BrickMantooth]

I remember that parachuting Kirk action figure from the 90s. Everyone was like "did i miss a scene?" and we did!

[@joeduffy3470]

I had the utility belt - it was junk, but it was canon junk! 😉 I’d love for you to do a video on the AMT Trek models line. Or have you already done one?

[@BrickMantooth]

I haven't but man, did I mess those up as a kid.

[@Floyds_Toys]

Only parachute guys I ever owned were Spider Man and Batman, and I'd love to get another Batman someday- and yes those parachutes lasted all of 10 seconds. The only thing on this video I did own was the verti-bird style Enterprise which surprisingly lasted longer than the Bat Copter one I had.

[@BrickMantooth]

I really wanted that Vertibird as a kid.

[@Gojitron1]

Those Remco tanks were repurposed from Hamilton's Invaders, yes? Nice George Takei autograph on the squirt gun. He signed one of my Trek DVD's when I met him. Oh my!

[@BrickMantooth]

Yeah, it's all repurposed Horrible Hamilton stuff. I wish I owned the Takei signed phaser but it belongs to my pal DJSwankcat.

[@carlosencarnacion1255]

Kids nowadays will never experience the joy of having mom buy them a cheap toy like those. Sorry guys, you have been robbed.

[@BrickMantooth]

Yeah, i miss this stuff.

[@originaluddite]

Wow I think I got one of those phasers and communicators as part of a show bag (a 'show' is Australian for a fair or carnival) in the late 70s.

[@donaldwiller9238]

Grate job

[@BrickMantooth]

Thank you!

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

I believe I saw most of these on spinner racks growing. up. I don't recall owning any though. I had very little discretionary spending money since we were quite poor. My parents gave me an allowance and I usually saved up for something a little more substantial. They also were not too likely to buy me a toy from a rack just because I wanted it. It wasn't that I was deprived. I had lots of toys. But the toys came mostly at Christmas and Birthdays and when I had saved up.

[@johngaither5522]

Love The parachute toys! And yeah why would I want to punch Spock? The Gorn would of been perfect as a bop bag lol

[@BrickMantooth]

Oh yeah, or a Klingon, for sure.

[@0000syuable]

このスタトレのエンタープライズの水鉄砲、欲しいなあ！！

[@eltenda]

Nice video!

[@BrickMantooth]

thank you!

[@GarysActionManChannel1970]

Toy makers back in the day new their product and how to sell it

[@BrickMantooth]

Agreed, it sure looked fun.

[@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882]

Would you do a video on: those crazy little paratroopers from the 1970's that were in bubblegum colors (Blue Purple Orange Pink), Zowies given at Shell gas/petrol stations tiny toy car premiums, non knock-off action figures of the 1970's they were mostly 3.75 inches but there were other sizes and they were mostly kresskee (IDK how to spell that word so I spelled it phonetically) carded some that I know of were in Tootsie type boxes though (but not made by Tootsie).

[@BrickMantooth]

I always thought they were called Poop-A-Troopers.

[@wee67]

I am still mulling this over, but could the parachutist be the quintessential rack toy? the quintessential 70s toy? THat last one may be a bit of a stretch, but I remember toys being kind of cheap, but amazingly functional when I was a kid. I'll keep mulling...

[@BrickMantooth]

It's definitely top five but certainly my #1. I vividly remember my father stocking an account with those Spock parachutes when i was six.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Those are some really neat items. That art from those packages is great. The stuff that had nothing to do with the shows or comics always bothered me.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

I had the utility belt. Ooh la la!😄

[@starpodlogandstarpodtrek]

Love it!

[@BrickMantooth]

Thanks!!

[@alphawoolf5981]

As a matter of fact, I DID get a Spock lost in a tree!

[@AC-gb7do]

The Gold Key comics are full of cheesy goodness lol.

[@JettBlast]

Does anyone remember the sport games that were like a pinball game. It had a ramp you would launch steel bearings and would collect as your score for hitting different zones on the play field. It was self contained and I had a basketball version in the late 1970s or early 1980s. I would like to find one if they are available. Best Regards everyone...

[@jorgealmeyda5222]

where was the Star Trek helicopter? That’s what I’d like to know.

[@BigGMonsterMan]

I just watched this, and I noticed that the Spock Bog Bag image looks based on the AMT Spock model kit. Check out this picture: www.inpayne.com/models/figures/amtspock-004.jpg Love the videos and love the magazine. Will that be available for a subscription? Or just purchase as they are released? Stay safe. Stay healthy. Thanks.