Johnny Reb Cannon Remco Toys

Remco 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, New Jersey.

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. However, the company often paid little heed to faithfulness to the property. For example, the merchandise Remco released for Star Trek was usually generic toys from previous unrelated lines and had decals of the series simply placed on them, which is a technique called "label slapping."[3] 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 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".

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[bombthechaos]

REMCO made a lot of great toys. I feel sorry for those who weren't around in those days to play with them.

[jaydunno]

My brother had one of these. Great fun. And of course most of the neighborhood had the Parris Manfg Civil war rifles with the rubber bayonets and the cork projectiles.

[coleparker]

My Brother and I both got one of these at Christmas. I wanted one so bad and badgered my poor parents to buy it. It cost my parents a pretty penny back then, hard because my father was still in the Navy. Even to the day mother died in 2020, she reminded how they bought the Toy when some other item came up that would cost a good sum of money. She would say, WELL YOU GOT YOUR JOHNNY REB CANNON 😀

[StormLaker]

I can see this getting used on sisters, cats, neighbor's sure this was a great idea and moms & dad's loved it, lol.

[Bmbmikebech]

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