Palitoy information

Palitoy was a British toy company. It manufactured some of the most popular toys in Britain, some original items and others under licence. Its products...

Action Man is an action figure launched in Britain in 1966 by Palitoy as a licensed copy of Hasbro's American "movable fighting man", G.I. Joe. Action...

on the figures. The Action Force figures were first produced in 1982 by Palitoy Limited, and were released in two waves. They were created in response...

: 85–86  In 1987, Tonka purchased Kenner Parker, including UK toy giant Palitoy, for $555 million, borrowing extensively to fund the acquisition. However...

Industries in 1987. Kader had previously produced models for Palitoy under the Mainline brand. Palitoy required its manufacturers to produce and retain ownership...

the company collapsed in 1983, moving to Swansea. In Leicestershire was Palitoy, another world-famous firm in Coalville; General Mills bought it in 1968...

Palitoy becomes Kenner Parker 1990: Morrison's supermarket built on the site of Whitwick Colliery 1992: Snibston Discovery Park opens 1994: Palitoy factory...

Toy Empire: The British Force Behind Star Wars Toys about the toymaker Palitoy. In 2021, Whiteley replaced Jonathan Wills as co-presenter of ITV News...

of Louis Marx's battery-operated Dalek (1974), a "talking Dalek" from Palitoy (1975) and a Dalek board game (1975) and Dalek action figure (1977), both...

becoming Hornby Railways in 1972. By 1976 Hornby was facing challenges from Palitoy and Airfix, both of which were producing high quality detailed models....

its main competitors Palitoy which produced the Mainline range of products. The former Airfix moulds together with the Palitoy-designed 2P 4-4-0 and...

company Geyper during the 1970s. Geyper, although a Hasbro licensee, used Palitoy's product line as the basis for their outfits. The figure itself was a combination...

Parker Brothers sold the rights of some games to the games division of Palitoy (also a General Mills company), and produced a variety of releases such...

Trek game, produced by Hasbro (1974) Star Trek game, produced in UK by Palitoy (1975) Star Trek game, produced by Milton Bradley, based on Star Trek:...

available in several liveries with a variety of numbers and names. Mainline (Palitoy) introduced a model of the rebuilt locomotives in 1977 and they were followed...

released models of Death Star II and Death Star I, respectively. In 1979, Palitoy created a heavy card version of the Death Star as a playset for the vintage...

UK, the Star Wars license was held by Palitoy, which imported the figures and packaged them in the UK on Palitoy branded cardbacks. Analogous arrangements...

products. For example, Palitoy (in the UK) issued a sublicense to Tsukuda, a company in Japan, to manufacture and sell Palitoy's Action Man accessories...

Rockflowers, produced in 1971, were in direct competition with Dawn. In England, Palitoy had a doll of similar size known as Pippa. Although no longer manufactured...

K-9 or Dalek may be initially confused with the talking Palitoy K-9 or Dalek toys. The Palitoy talking toys were released around the same time and are...