Galoob
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Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. was a toy company best known for creating Micro Machines and the video game cheat device called 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.
[edit] Other Galoob products
- The Animal 4x4
- Anastasia (1997 film)
- Baby Face (toy)
- Battle Squads Military Action Fleet
- BlackStar
- Biker Mice from Mars 93 series
- Bouncing Babies
- Cutie Club
- Defenders of the Earth
- Dozzy Doll
- DragonFlyz
- Golden Girls (toys)
- The Infaceables
- Johnny Quest action figures
- Magic Diaper
- Micro Machines
- Titanium series Micro Machines Transformers
- Mr. Game Show
- Men In Black (film)
- Pound Puppies
- Power Machines
- Razz Blasters
- 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
- Sweet Secrets
- Trash Bag Bunch
- The A-Team
- Terminator 2
- Ultraforce (comics)
- WCW
- Wild Wild West
- Zbots
[edit] References
- ^ Fost, Dan. Hasbro Adds Galoob to Its Toy Chest. San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, September 29, 1998.
- ^ 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
