US toy company Larami Corp. of Philadelphia, PA, was founded in 1947 and specialised in inexpensive toys ($0.39 to $0.99).
Their toys were cheap (they were mostly made in Hong Kong or Japan) and intended for impulse purchase (they were attractively presented and packaged to kids) and could usually be found in convenience and grocery stores, often hanging on carousel stands.
Toys were usually based on TV shows and movies – with the licensed characters generally only featured on the packaging or occasionally on a decal on the toy.
Perhaps Larami’s biggest claim to fame was the Super Soaker water gun.
Larami Corp. was acquired by Hasbro in 1995.
A selection of Larami toys
- 101 Dalmatians Pinball Game
- A-Team Puffy Stickers
- Alien Monster Glow Putty
- Amazing Chan SpyGlass
- Army Counter Attack Unit
- Banana Splits Kut-Up Kit
- Banana Splits Musical Set
- Batman Deluxe Roller Skates
- Battlestar Galactica Cylon Sunglasses
- Battlestar Galactica Direction Finder
- Battlestar Galactica ID Set
- Battlestar Galactica L.E.M. Lander
- Battlestar Galactica Space Glider
- Battlestar Galactica Space Wallet
- Brady Bunch Fishin’ Fun
- Brady Bunch Hand Tamborine
- Brady Bunch Hex-A-Game
- Brady Bunch Pick ‘n Play Game
- Brady Bunch Ping Pong
- Brady Bunch Outdoor Fun Set
- Buck Rogers Sunglasses
- Bullwinkle Hum-A-Tune
- Bullwinkle Learn to Tell Time Clock and Bank
- Bullwinkle Pool Table
- Bullwinkle Rubber Stamp Set
- CHiPs Police Firing Range Target Set
- Deputy Dawg Throw Dart Game
- Dick Dastardly Blow-A-Dart Gun
- Dick Dastardly Powerful Magnet Set
- Dick Dastardly Detective Set
- Dick Tracy Copter Set
- Dick Tracy Crisis Control Set
- Dick Tracy Crime Reporter Set
- Dick Tracy Water Gun
- Flash Gordon Rocket Rings
- Frankenstein Monster Glow Putty
- Gumby Play Money
- Josie and the Pussy Cats Pendants
- Kaptain Kool & the Kongs Harmoni-Corn Harmonica
- Knight Rider Puffy Stickers
- Knight Rider Stamp Set
- Knight Rider Watch
- Land of the Lost Cosmic Signal
- Land of the Lost Moon Spinners
- Land of the Lost Safari Shooter
- Lone Ranger and Tonto Pinball Game
- Man from UNCLE Napoleon Solo Gun
- Mighty Mouse Jax
- Mighty Mouse Pinball Game
- Penelope Pitstop 3-in-1 Magic Mirror & Locket
- Penelope Pitstop Handbag and Sunglasses
- Penelope Pitstop Beaded Purse with Metal Chain
- Penelope Pitstop Friction Car
- Penelope Pitstop Flower Power Set
- Planet of The Apes Inter-Planetary Ape Phones
- Planet of The Apes Poppin’ Shot Gun
- Planet of The Apes Boom-A-Rangutang
- Planet of The Apes Chimp Scope
- Planet of the Apes Gorilla Glasses
- Planet of the Apes Monkey Missles
- Planet of The Apes Monkey Shines Flashlight
- Planet of The Apes Pinball Game
- Planet of The Apes Popin’ Shot Gun
- Planet of The Apes Sonic Zoom Frisbees
- Planet of The Apes Space Scope
- Popeye Barber Shop Set
- Popeye Camp Out Kit
- Popeye Construction Trucks
- Popeye Kazoo and Harmonica
- Popeye Magic Tricks
- Popeye Magnets
- Popeye Pirate Dart Gun
- Popeye’s Puzzles
- Popeye Service Station
- Popeye Shore Patrol Set
- Popeye Submarine
- Rocky and Bullwinkle Activity Set
- Rocky and Bullwinkle Play Money
- Rocky and Bullwinkle Tool Kit
- Scooby-Doo Scary Jumpers
- Space: 1999 Alpha Flicks
- Space: 1999 Moonbase Medic Kit
- Star Trek Binoculars
- Star Trek ID Set
- Star Trek Putty
- Super Soaker
- The Martian Chronicles Figures
- Tom and Jerry Friction Mouse
- Tom and Jerry Tool Kit
- Underdog Ring Toss
- Underdog TV Viewer
- Underdog Let’s Learn Math & Alphabet Game
- Wonder Woman Roller Skates
- Woody Woodpecker Bubble Machine
- Woody Woodpecker Doctor Set
- Woody Woodpecker Gee-o-metrics
- Woody Woodpecker’s Puzzlers
- Woody Woodpecker Slate Set
- Yosemite Sam Clicker Gun and Holster
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