By Tracie Knight
People everywhere love the idea of owning unique collector items that will really look good within their households. There is a certain doll zone that will sell many products to these wonderful human beings who take such pride in antiques. Everyone around knows all about the great company called Mego that was in existence so many years ago. This is one industry that really sold good looking action figures to everyone who lived around this great planet.
Decades ago this particular toy industry was not doing so great with their toys. It seemed as though their current play items were not doing so great with small or teenage children. In order to fix this problem Mego decided to take their toy line in a very different direction. Some of the top people at this company realized that teenage boys really loved super heroes. This is when Mego contacted DC comics to obtain a license for certain characters. Shazam, Batman, Superman and Robin proved to be the most popular among youngsters.
These were the very first figures to go on sell in various stores around the United States. Other countries had their own versions of these characters which looked a bit odd when they were compared to the American versions. These items did not go through the same licensing process as the ones made within the United States.
The Superman made in one Latin country has a bigger head than the one that was produced in America. The Spanish version sold for a little less and this pleased many individuals living in that particular place. After the success of these heroes Mego decided to go after the television industry.
It did not take long for people to see figures of "The Walton's, " "The Dukes Of Hazzard, " "Happy Days, " "Laverne and Shirley, " "Starsky and Hutch" and "Star Trek" on the shelves at toy stores. The figures that were designed after male characters looked spectacular. Mego had a harder time getting the faces of female characters correct.
They would recycle past female figure heads from bigger statues that were on the market. This was a great way to save money since it was more expensive to produce a new face. The smart individual will notice that Daisy Duke from the Hazzard collection looks nothing like the actress who pla
These were the very first figures to go on sell in various stores around the United States. Other countries had their own versions of these characters which looked a bit odd when they were compared to the American versions. These items did not go through the same licensing process as the ones made within the United States.
The Superman made in one Latin country has a bigger head than the one that was produced in America. The Spanish version sold for a little less and this pleased many individuals living in that particular place. After the success of these heroes Mego decided to go after the television industry.
It did not take long for people to see figures of "The Walton's, " "The Dukes Of Hazzard, " "Happy Days, " "Laverne and Shirley, " "Starsky and Hutch" and "Star Trek" on the shelves at toy stores. The figures that were designed after male characters looked spectacular. Mego had a harder time getting the faces of female characters correct.
They would recycle past female figure heads from bigger statues that were on the market. This was a great way to save money since it was more expensive to produce a new face. The smart individual will notice that Daisy Duke from the Hazzard collection looks nothing like the actress who pla
It did not take long for people to see figures of "The Walton's, " "The Dukes Of Hazzard, " "Happy Days, " "Laverne and Shirley, " "Starsky and Hutch" and "Star Trek" on the shelves at toy stores. The figures that were designed after male characters looked spectacular. Mego had a harder time getting the faces of female characters correct.
They would recycle past female figure heads from bigger statues that were on the market. This was a great way to save money since it was more expensive to produce a new face. The smart individual will notice that Daisy Duke from the Hazzard collection looks nothing like the actress who played the part.
People also noticed that Batgirl, Supergirl, Isis, Cat Woman and Wonder Woman shared the same face. These particular statues had the features of a ten year old girl. None of them had any facial qualities of a grown up woman. The twelve inch Wonder Woman statue was more realistic looking to many consumers since she resembled Lynda Carter. Next up this industry would take on the movie "The Black Hole" which was a huge mistake.
There were very few people who paid to see "The Black Hole" since many science fiction fans were saving their money for "Star Wars." Kenner was smart enough to produce a huge sum of "Star Wars" products that made large sums of money for their company.
They would recycle past female figure heads from bigger statues that were on the market. This was a great way to save money since it was more expensive to produce a new face. The smart individual will notice that Daisy Duke from the Hazzard collection looks nothing like the actress who played the part.
People also noticed that Batgirl, Supergirl, Isis, Cat Woman and Wonder Woman shared the same face. These particular statues had the features of a ten year old girl. None of them had any facial qualities of a grown up woman. The twelve inch Wonder Woman statue was more realistic looking to many consumers since she resembled Lynda Carter. Next up this industry would take on the movie "The Black Hole" which was a huge mistake.
There were very few people who paid to see "The Black Hole" since many science fiction fans were saving their money for "Star Wars." Kenner was smart enough to produce a huge sum of "Star Wars" products that made large sums of money for their company.