Blast off with Star Trek

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Remco Star Trek, why do not own this stuff?

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[Hedji]

Wow, how could you choose. I guess I'll take the belt. The backyard play possibilities with that are mindblowing.

[EmergencyIan]

I’d go with the utility belt, as well. Remco seemed to have mastered those.

- Ian

[Earth 2 Chris]

I wish they were still selling the belt in the early 80s. That way I could have avoided using a water pistol and a tape recorder as official Starfleet equipment.

Chris

[EmergencyIan]

I had Remco utility belts, but, during childhood, I only remember the super hero utility belts. I know that I had the Spider-Man belt and beleive I had the Batman belt. The Trek belt looks outstanding, as I'd expect.

- Ian

[starsky]

yeah always loved the utility belts, the only problem is that i was such a husky kid that i could never get them on. lol

[Mikey]

I had the phaser and clearly remember how uncomfortable it was to hold in your hands

They must have thought kids had Andre The Giant hands

[TrekStar]

I had the phaser gun too, it was cool I never knew what happening to it.

[Hedji]

I wish they were still selling the belt in the early 80s. That way I could have avoided using a water pistol and a tape recorder as official Starfleet equipment.

Chris

I don't know, Chris, that's a close call. Your water pistol and tape recorder sounds pretty awesome actually!

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Hey, it worked! Especially the tape recorder. I later learned Mego pretty much did the same thing.

Chris

[PNGwynne]

I adore those utility belts. I always wanted the Trek one but never got one--it's beautiful. I had built the Trek model weapons and couldn't convince Mom that the belt was necessary.

I did have a Batman one, but I really coveted The Shadow as well (which isn't Remco I think.)

[Hedji]

I loved all of those utility belts, but never got one for whatever reason. That's why I'm not kidding when I say that having to improvise your own with whatever you could find is just as memorable and a joy of childhood.

But yeah, it would've been nice to unbox the real deal.

[Klosterheim]

Remco is really great. I missed out on the utility belt. That's really cool.

(had phaser/tricorder/communicator set AMT models laying around, though)

[Earth 2 Chris]

Had the Spider-Man utility belt, because the buckle looked close enough to the comics to appease me. The Batman logo belt buckle sent me packing. Batman is no redneck!

Chris

[FuzzyLOgic]

I had the belt. The phaser clicked when you pulled the trigger, the communicator flipped open like it was supposed to, and the tricorder...I seem to recall being disappointed in. I did survey many alien worlds with them though.