https://wecmuseum.org/index.php?title=Coleco&feed=atom&action=historyColeco - Revision history2024-03-28T14:59:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.2https://wecmuseum.org/index.php?title=Coleco&diff=8382&oldid=prevJenni: Created page with "{{Infobox_Company | company_name = Coleco | company_logo = 300px| company_type = Division of Dormitus Brands| foundation = '''The Connecticut Leather Company'''<br />1932<br />'''Coleco Industries, Inc.'''<br />1961 (bankrupted and closed in 1988)<br />'''Coleco Holdings'''<br />2014| location = West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | key_people = Maurice Greenberg, founder | num_employees = not disclosed | ind..."2023-11-06T03:33:38Z<p>Created page with "{{Infobox_Company | company_name = Coleco | company_logo = <a href="/../index.php?title=File:Coleco-logo.png" title="File:Coleco-logo.png">300px</a>| company_type = Division of Dormitus Brands| foundation = '''The Connecticut Leather Company'''<br />1932<br />'''Coleco Industries, Inc.'''<br />1961 (bankrupted and closed in 1988)<br />'''Coleco Holdings'''<br />2014| location = West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | key_people = <a href="/../index.php?title=Maurice_Greenberg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maurice Greenberg (page does not exist)">Maurice Greenberg</a>, founder | num_employees = not disclosed | ind..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox_Company |<br />
company_name = Coleco |<br />
company_logo = [[File:Coleco-logo.png|300px]]|<br />
company_type = Division of Dormitus Brands|<br />
foundation = '''The Connecticut Leather Company'''<br />1932<br />'''Coleco Industries, Inc.'''<br />1961 (bankrupted and closed in 1988)<br />'''Coleco Holdings'''<br />2014|<br />
location = West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |<br />
key_people = [[Maurice Greenberg]], founder |<br />
num_employees = not disclosed |<br />
industry = toys, video games |<br />
revenue = not disclosed |<br />
products = toys, video games |<br />
homepage = https://coleco.com/|<br />
}}<br />
'''Coleco''' is a holding company owned by Dormitus Brands. <br />
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==History==<br />
The Connecticut Leather Company was founded by [[Maurice Greenberg]] in 1932. <br />
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In 1961, they changed their name to Coleco Industries, Inc. <br />
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Coleco Industries went bankrupt, their intellectual properties were sold off, and they closed in 1988.<br />
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In 2005, River West Brands, later known as Dormitus Brands, bought the rights to the Coleco brand. <br />
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They established Coleco Holdings, a holding company for the Coleco brand, in 2014.<br />
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==Products==<br />
They sold leather products and toys, as well as [[video game]]s and [[video game console]]s.<br />
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==Video game systems licensed by Dormitus Brands (Coleco) owned by the WEC Museum==<br />
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | [[PlayPal|Coleco Sonic]]<br />
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | 2006<br />
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center;" | A handheld game console that contained 20 built in [[Sega Master System]] and [[Game Gear]] games.<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category: Companies and organizations formed in 2014]]</div>Jenni