game fate closed properties and brand name sold . founded 1957 defunct 1998 as a toy company products video games consumer electronics website galoob.com lewis galoob toys inc. was a toy company headquartered in south san francisco california . 1 they are perhaps best known for creating micro machines and distributing the game genie in the united states . lewis galoob toys was founded in 1957 by lewis and barbara galoob as a small distributor of toys and stationery ; the company was incorporated in 1968 . 2 in september 1998 hasbro purchased galoob for 220 million . 3 galoob s first toy success was the reintroduction of a battery powered jolly chimp that banged cymbals and nodded his head when activated . 2 in 1970 lewis galoob became too ill to continue as president and his 21 year old son david dropped out of the university of southern california to take over the family business . in partnership with his brother vice president robert galoob david aggressively pursued new product development and transformed the company into a 1 million business by 1976 . 2 galoob was involved in a landmark intellectual property lawsuit lewis galoob toys inc. v. nintendo of america inc. 4 over the nintendo entertainment system version of the game genie . nintendo charged that the game genie violated copyright by creating an unlicensed derivative of their copyrighted games . galoob won the lawsuit and continued to produce the game genie . today galoob is a brand name owned by american toy giant hasbro . the name began appearing on retail products starting in 2005 . hasbro has used the galoob brand logo on its titanium series die cast metal collectibles including various items from transformers star wars and battlestar galactica . franchises licensed to galoob for merchandising edit the a team adventures of the galaxy rangers not released in america the animal 4x4 anastasia 1997 film andr s chadwick army g.e.a.r. toys baby buddies baby face toy battle squads military action fleet blackstar biker mice from mars 1993 series bouncing babies chrysler cutie club defenders of the earth dinosaucers not released in america dozzy doll dragonflyz game genie garbage pail kids tv series not released go monkey go golden girls toys hollywood s honey i shrunk the kids the infaceables the last starfighter not released lost n founds magic diaper macro machines micro machines titanium series micro machines transformers mr. game show married ... with children men in black film michelle bachelet mutant league peugeot peeper pals 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 5 super force not released sweet secrets t. and t. not released trash bag bunch terminator 2 judgment day ultraforce comics unifighters wcw wild wild west xpanders zbots references edit feedback . galoob . february 13 1998 . retrieved on april 26 2010 . a b c lewis galoob toys inc. history . funding universe . retrieved 22 november 2015 . fost dan.hasbro adds galoob to its toy chest . san francisco chronicle . tuesday september 29 1998 . retrieved on april 25 2010 . 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 toy makers win rights to star wars . los angeles times . associated press . 2006 02 07 . retrieved 2012 10 16 . external links edit san francisco bay area portal companies portal galoob.com archive retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title galoob & oldid 731143611 categories toy companies of the united stateshasbro subsidiariescompanies established in 1954companies disestablished in 1998south san francisco californiacompanies based in san mateo county californiadoll manufacturing companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olfran aisportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 23 july 2016 at 08 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view