5/06/2014

Learning About A Unique Doll Zone

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.

More than thirty years ago this company realized that every human being on this planet loved super heroes and all of the great things that they did. This is one reason why Mego made it a point to have a important conversation with the comic group known as DC. The two teams put their heads together and decided to make small models of Robin, Batman, Shazam and Superman.

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 Latin version of Superman has darker features and his costume is a bit different from the American version. At the time a person could also obtain the foreign one at a less expensive cost since production expenses were lower. Celebrities all around wanted to have their faces attached to one of these very unique statues that were very popular.

Mego made a conscience decision to duplicate actors and actresses from "Happy Days, " "Laverne and Shirley, " "Starsky and Hutch, " "Three's Company" and "Star Trek." The male characters were very tastefully done on every level possible. Many of the female figures were pitiful and very forgettable.

Many of these products were purchased by boys and they did not want to take home a female statue. Retailers would quickly discount the girl characters whenever they arrived at their store. Unfortunately Catherine Bach does not resemble her Daisy Duke statue at all. Everyone at Mego knew that the Daisy head was not an original.

This is also true for the Supergirl, Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Isis and Cat Woman eight inch figures that were sold in retail stores. All of these statues mentioned had the same baby face look upon them. Even though this travesty was happening the company went on to produce famous figures from certain films that were around at that time. They turned down the chance to make characters from "Star Wars" and decided to go with "The Black Hole" instead.

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.




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