The Merchandise GuideCommlocks and Stun Guns
Compiled by Martin Willey
The Merchandise Guide
US 1976. Style number 1325. $18.88
LJN was a New York, USA based toy company founded in 1970. It concentrated on licensed merchandising and the "Mister Action" action figure range, until the mid-1980s when it turned to Nintendo video games. In 1976 they also produced small die cast models under their "Roadstars" brand: Moonbuggy, Zantor's ship and "Hawk Transporter", and a box with all 3 vehicles.
Transistorized comlock communicator walkie talkies
. Exact replicas of the comlock communicators used in the TV series Space: 1999
Two commlocks in the pack. Certainly not "exact replicas", they at least vaguely resemble the real props, with a large round speaker in the top front face, and logo in the bottom front face. Each uses a 9 volt battery for the walkie-talkie radio. When buttons 7, 8 and 9 are pressed various electronic sounds are made. The packaging is a beige box with window showing one commlock. The instruction sheet includes Morse code. There are also two small photos on cardboard of Koenig (from Last Sunset) and Helena (holding up a slide): these could be slotted into top to simulate the video screen.
The toy is titled "comlock"- the series spelled the name both "commlock" and "comlock". Images thanks to Gordon Moriguchi.
Page from an LJN commercial catalog. The box is an early design (a different Eagle over the logo, a picture of Barry Morse, the Barbara Bain picture the right way round). Inside the box, both comlocks are visible, with a non-logo label for "Space: 1999" and white (not black and red) buttons.
Various 1:1 replicas were made by so called "garage" kit manufacturers, usually based on the blueprints in the Technical Notebook (note that the studio props varied in dimensions). Many of these are probably unlicensed.
| Manufacturer | Year | Comments |
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| Unknown | 1982 | £25 in UK |
| GBH | 1992 | Resin. £33 in UK. Sold by Comet Miniatures. |
| Warp | 1992 | Resin. £33 in UK. Sold by Comet Miniatures. |
| Reshape | 1999 | Resin. £35 in UK. Sold by Comet Miniatures. |
| Mark Shaw | 1996+ | Fully constructed prop, available privately. Pictures |
| Clint Young (CY Productions) | 1999 | US $139.95 Fully constructed prop, solid Urethane with metal parts, cast of Mark Shaw commlock. Pictures |
| Wilco! | 2001 | US $35 Resin model kit. |
| Sidkit | 2006 | US $79 Resin model kit with metal and plastic pieces, and stickers. |
| Michele Possanza | 2009 | Italy by auction (around GB£270 - 300) Fully constructed prop with working colour LCD screen and functional buttons. Pictures |
| "Propmaker" (Roland, based in Canada) | August 2009 | Sold on ebay and privately (around US $200-$350) Fully constructed prop made of cast resin with metal components. Very well made and very accurate. Pictures |
| Century Castings (Alex Jackson, UK) | 2015+ | Commlock (£20), commlock holder (desk stand, £32) and set of both kits (£50). 
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Various 1:1 replicas were made by so called "garage" kit manufacturers, usually based on the blueprints in the Technical Notebook (note that the studio props varied in dimensions). Many of these are probably unlicensed.
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 Reshape stun gun  Wilco! |
US, UK 1975
12 x 11 x 2.5 cm very accurate toy. Lights flash when top button pressed (uses 2 pen light batteries). Colour was gray or white.
Box 12.5 x 9.5 x 3 cm, art of Koenig (yellow uniform) firing gun, Alpha beyond.
Pictures thanks to Donald Suttie.
UK US, 1976.
Made in Hong Kong. No 6371
Water pistol, relatively accurate, with logo on side intersecting a circle. A rare red-coloured version was also available. Sold in bubble pack, the 18 x 23cm card displaying logo (top left), photos of Koenig & Bergman (top right), and boldly coloured artwork of an Eagle, the Kaldorian ship and a Breakaway waste cap on the lunar surface.
See other Azrak-Hamway (ahi) toys.
Canadian version, with the subtitle "Fusil a eau".
UK & Europe 1981
12 x 11 x 2.5 cm very accurate replica, with "Arm's Master" (sic) on side. It's a water pistol, a re-branded version of the Ahi Official Sun Water Gun. In France it was released as a give-away with the weekly boys comic Pif Super Gadget (which gave away toys with each issue). It was also available separately. Ahi also re-branded their Eagle water gun as the Arm's Master Water Gun, with the same packaging.
A German (and/or Austrian) reissue, with the title "Weltraum Pistole" (Space Pistol). Thanks to Gordon.
UK/ US 1976
Made in Hong Kong.
Another version of the stun gun, relatively accurate and very similar to the Ahi water gun, with logo on side intersecting a circle. There were two slightly different backing cards (one had a laser beam drawn as if shooting from the gun, the other without).
See other Azrak-Hamway (ahi) toys.
First issue packaging |
 Second issue packaging |
UK/ US 1977
Made in Hong Kong.
Disc shooting stun gun, similar to the others (see above). Blister pack. Only known from the Ahi catalogue, although the Jet Discs (see below) were definitely issued. A disc-firing stun gun was part of Remco's Space Belt / Utility Belt.
See other Azrak-Hamway (ahi) toys.
US 1976
Made in Hong Kong.
"Saucers soar high in the air!"
Comes with 3 spinning rings. Blister pack.
See other Azrak-Hamway (ahi) toys.
Image thanks to Gordon Moriguchi
Azrak Hamway catalogue
US 1976. Made in Hong Kong.
This appears in the 1976 catalogue (as item number 6424), but no examples are known.
Fires rubber darts at a bullseye target. Box pack.
See other Azrak-Hamway (ahi) toys.
UK £1.50, later £4.18; US $6.77 1976
Remco had been acquired by Azrak-Hamway (ahi) toys in 1974. The brand was retained for better quality toys than those with the Ahi brand. They made a Star Trek phaser gun with similar features to this stun gun. Remco also produced the Space Belt / Utility Belt.
17 x 14 x 3.5 cm large but light weight silver toy, with logo in black on left side. Uses 2 HP11 batteries.
Features:
Box (UK and US editions) 28 x 20 x 7 cm. Toy mounted inside on card braces. 19.5 x 35.5 cm instruction sheet for fitting batteries.
UK box art used a painting of the gun, with a small Eagle beyond.
US box art used a photo of the gun.
Online: pictures in the Cyber Museum
Not licensed by ITC (although it boldly states "Patents Pending"). The box artwork, showing three heroes attacked by a furry monster, includes a couple of spaceships that look like Hawks.
UK £3.45, USA 1976
Play set consisting of
Box 37.5 x 20 x 5 cm with plastic window to show contents mounted in card braces.
Remco also produced a Stun Gun. 
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Space Belt picture thanks to Patrick Hannas. |
Below: 1976 catalogue shows a different "radiation detector". The pictured version looks like a commlock (upside down and stylized, but recognisable). In the released set it is actually the same as the Bat Walki-Talkie from the Batman Utility Set. Thanks to Gordon Moriguchi
1977?
Blister pack of spare discs for the stun gun (from the Remco Utility Belt?) and Star Trek phaser. The card has art of a phaser (left) and stun gun (right, with series logo on the side) on a bluish background.
See other Azrak-Hamway (ahi) toys.
UK 20 December 2007; £150. Limited edition of 1000.
UK 20 December 2020; £150.
An update of the Iconic comlock and stun gun set from 2007, now with electronic sounds. The commlock screen shows "Red Alert" and the Alpha card, and plays sound samples from the series. The stun gun flashes lights with the appropriate sounds. The recommended price is the same as the non-electronic original from 13 years before.
Not a licensed product, and the white plastic toy doesn't resemble anything from the series. It does exploit Space: 1999's popularity by having an Eagle on the box cover.
4 functions - laser death ray - machine gun - 4 different sounds with sonic light
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