Mego Batgirl

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With the passing of Yvonne Craig, I thought I'd pay tribute with Mego. As a kid I truly wanted a Batgirl figure, my crush on Craig was the motivating factor but i had no idea of this at my young age. In the end, my fear of what my friends would think won out and I've always regretted that weakness. When I first began collecting, she was my #1 target and i don't care what my friends think about that.For more Fashion Mockery and 70's toy love visit us at Plaid Stallions.com


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[Earth 2 Chris]

I never saw a Batgirl figure. I'd say she was out of production not long after I got into Megos. Had I seen her, I doubt my Bat-mania would have allowed me to pass her up. Her presence on the package backs haunted me.

Chris

[Mr.Marion]

Love the mego Batgirl. With her hands on her hips she's ready to kick Joker into next week.

[Hedji]

My sister got the Batgirl Mego, but I eventually assimilated it. It is probably in my top 2 favorites.

[shazam7208]

Batgirl has always been my favorite female Mego figure....played with her and Shazam more than any others.

[PNGwynne]

Batgirl was my only SuperGal--at least until I tried to remake Dorothy as Isis using a white plastic trash bag. I thought, and still do, that she was wonderful, certainly with those accessories. I had the blue Batcycle, and she always commandeered it, B & R got the Batmobile.

I wouldn't be surprised if she was purchased from a catalogue just like the ad above, I had many mail-order Megos.

[HardyGirl]

I had the blue Batcycle, and she always commandeered it, B & R got the Batmobile.

That how it is here, too. I have a blue Batcycle for my purple suit ala Yvonne Craig Batgirl (RIP), and Batman and Robin have the Batmobile.

[Nostalgiabuff]

she was a holy grail for me. never had as a child but made sure to pick one up as an adult collector

[monitor_ep]

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I never saw this in the stores but as an adult (and thanks to this site) I had to track it down to complete my collection. Now I have all the Silkscreen Super-Heroes in my collection along with they later versions.

[J.B.]

Is her chest sticker missing or just covered by her cape in the ad?

[Falstaff13]

My sister got the Batgirl Mego, but I eventually assimilated it. It is probably in my top 2 favorites.

This was how things "worked" when I was little. In the early 1980s, my sister got Teela, but I immediately brought her in with my MOTU (we would play with those together, but there was never any doubt they were "mine"). The same pattern happened with Evil-Lyn, but with my parents a little annoyed at the gender-based game to get the toy. The only other "girl" figure I remember in this regard was Annie Oakley from Legends of the West, a late find for that collection, and I know that I had learned my lesson then and bought her myself, so she was always "my" toy.