Tim Mee Galaxy Laser Team / Star Patrol Limelight

[Mark_Huber]

Hello scummers. I remember first getting these little knock off toys when I was around 4 or 5. These may have predated my first Star Wars toys. My mom used to pick up bagged figures to place on our birthday cakes. I had Cowboys and Indians, army men, and dinosaur themed cakes. I was able to find an old Polaroid of my Galaxy Laser Team cake (that's me on the right)



As some of you know, my parents never had a garage sale and rarely threw anything away but for some reason, I lost the majority of the Galaxy Laser Team figures along the way. I have only been able to locate two or my original figures and they are proudly displayed in my loose figure case.



I have meant to pick up some of these guys from eBay to finish off my childhood set, but have focused mainly on the POTF coins. That is until a few weeks ago when an auction appeared with a reasonable BIN for three sealed sets:



I pulled the trigger and couldn't be more happy. The toys were sold under the Star Patrol line and the Galaxy Laser Team line. The figure themselves are identical as far as I can tell. The Star Patrol packages shown here vary from either 36 or 31 pieces.



The Galaxy Laser Team set came with 26 pieces.



Its interesting to note the use of "X-Wing Rocket" in the Star Patrol packaging. The X-Wing itself is a modified F-16 with an extra set of wings. Here are the rest of the shots I took.



Tim Mee Toys is still around and have recently reissued this set in just black and white. Just do a search for "Galaxy Laser Team" on Amazon to check them out. They reissued them in black and white plastic, so you do miss out on the funky magenta and neon green colored figures.

I hope you enjoyed my trip into my childhood past. I didn't expect to find three sets at once, so I may sell one or two of the extras sets in the future.

Mark

[Eric_Taylor]

Very cool Mark ! I had totally forgotten about these until I saw the flat robot ! Now I remember having these as well , I will have to look to see if I can find any of these around next time I stop by my parents house .

[Mark_Huber]

Thanks Eric. The flat droid was one of my favorites.

[HWR]

Great story, great pictures, great find. Thanks for sharing and congrats on the find.

[RebelTrooper]

Thanks for the heads up on the re-issued Galaxy Laser Team figures! I had no idea they had been re-issued.

I've got 3 sets coming.

Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007RZ2CSO

Hopefully they'll do more sets with some other new colors(like the new light grey color) for the figures like blue and maybe yellow or purple.

John

[Mark_Huber]

John, once you get the re-issued figures, be sure to post some pics. I would love to see how they compare.

Mark

[RebelTrooper]

John, once you get the re-issued figures, be sure to post some pics. I would love to see how they compare.

Mark

Mark,

I'm not sure when I'll get a chance to post some pics, but there are some prettty good ones here:

Lair of the Dork Horde: The Return of the Galaxy Laser Team!

John

[RebelTrooper]

Check this out:

https://www.facebook.com/GalaxyLaser...alaxyLaserTeam

If there are enough sales of the current re-issue set that has black and grey figures, they're going to try to release another set in brighter colors.

Also, the Battle Mountain is being re-issued and so is the Caveman set.

John

[assemblyrequired]

are they available anywhere other than on Amazon ?

-James

[RebelTrooper]

are they available anywhere other than on Amazon ?

-James

You can order them from Amazon here:

Amazon.com: TimMee Galaxy Laser Team Reissue: 50 Piece Set of 2 inch Space Hero and Monster Toy Figures - Made in the USA !: Toys & Games

or, you can order them from Victorybuy.com here:

http://www.victorybuy.com/index.html

They've actually come down in price at both locations from $12.50 per bag to $11.98 per bag.

John