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Galoob was a toy company best known for creating the video game cheat device called the Game Genie. The South San Francisco-based company was founded by Barbara Frankel and Lewis Galoob in 1954 as an import business. Before it was purchased by Hasbro in 1998, it was the third largest toymaker in the United States^[1].

Galoob was involved in a landmark intellectual property lawsuit, Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. ^[2]. Nintendo charged that the Game Genie violated copyright by creating an unlicensed derivative of their copyrighted game. Galoob won the suit.

Franchises licensed to Galoob for merchandising

• The A-Team
• Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (not released in America)
• The Animal 4x4
• Anastasia (1997 film)
• Army G.E.A.R. (toys)
• Baby Face (toy)
• Battle Squads Military Action Fleet
• BlackStar
• Biker Mice from Mars (1993 series)
• Bouncing Babies
• Cutie Club
• Defenders of the Earth
• Dinosaucers (not released in America)
• Dozzy Doll
• DragonFlyz
• Golden Girls (toys)
• The Infaceables
• The Last Starfighter (not released)
• Magic Diaper
• Micro Machines
• Titanium series Micro Machines Transformers
• Mr. Game Show
• Men in Black (film)
• Mutant League
• Pound Puppies
• Power Machines
• Razz Blasters
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
• Sky Dancers
• Spice Girls dolls
• Starship Troopers (film)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire toys
• Super Force (not released)
• Sweet Secrets
• T. and T. (not released)
• Trash Bag Bunch
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day
• Ultraforce (comics)
• Unifighters
• WCW
• Wild Wild West
• Zbots

References

1. ^ Fost, Dan. Hasbro Adds Galoob to Its Toy Chest. San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, September 29, 1998.
2. ^ Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.,964 F.2d 965; 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 11266; 22 U.S.P.Q.2D (1992) online copy

External links

• The Action Figure Archive: Galoob