Founded in 1954 as an import business, Lewis Galoob Toys was a San Francisco-based firm that gradually transformed itself into America's third-largest toy company. Much of this good fortune was due to Micro Machines, a line of tiny vehicles that successfully competed with the larger cars from Hot Wheels and Matchbox for many years. It also sold the peripheral video game system Game Genie.
Galoob made several licensed action figures and dolls, although they didn't do as well in this field as rivals such as Hasbro, Kenner, Mattel or Playmates Toys. In fact, many of their proposed figure lines either went unreleased or were sold only outside America.
Galoob was bought out by Hasbro in 1998.
Works for which Galoob created toys:
- The A-Team
- Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers*
- Anastasia
- Biker Mice from Mars
- Blackstar
- Defenders of the Earth
- Dinosaucers*
- Dragon Flyz
- Game Genie
- Garbage Pail Kids Cartoon**
- Ghostbusters (1984) (just one product, a plushie of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man)
- Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch
- Harry and the Hendersons
- Inspector Gadget
- Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures
- L.A. Law (a board game based on the series)
- The Last Starfighter**
- Men in Black
- Micro Machines
- Mutant League
- Pound Puppies
- Sky Dancers
- Spice Girls
- Starship Troopers
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Super Force**
- Ultra Force
- WCW
* Not released in America
** Not released anywhere
