Unproduced Comic characters you wanted as a kid

[Mr.Marion]

I remember being a huge Namor fan as a kid , wishing they made a figure of him. Silver Surfer wasn't made until 89/90. I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting.

[TrekStar]

Daredevil was a figure I wanted as a kid but wasn't produced then, I remember putting a Spock head on
a regular nude mego body with Robin green trunks for Submariner.

[Mr.Marion]

Daredevil was a figure I wanted as a kid but wasn't produced then, I remember putting a Spock head on
a regular nude mego body with Robin green trunks for Submariner.

That would do the trick for Namor.
Mego dropped the ball on DD. Since Marx made him and secret wars did as well. So that's before and after. You could agrue Miller's run made DD relevant but he had a decent fan base in the 70's.

[phil]

I also put Robin's green trunks on a nude Spock to make Namor. The boots contained rockets that allowed "Namor" to fly. Seems pretty stupid now but it made more sense then than tiny wings on your ankles giving the power of flight.

I would have loved the following figures as a kid:
Doctor Doom
Red Skull
Bucky (I loved The Invaders)
Green Lantern
The Flash
Hawkman

[hedrap]

IIRC, DD was only in the Secret Wars line because of Miller. As for Marx, that was the licensing package. FF was separate and the "Marvel Super-Heroes" - Spidey/Hulk/Iron Man/Thor/Namor. You could swap for one of the others, which is how DD ended up over Namor. But when you look at the model poses, you can see Spidey was originally Namor and DD was originally Spidey. Spidey is posed in the classic Namor breaking the water and DD is posed in the classic Spidey on the wall, firing a web. The hands/arms are reversed.

[Timothy2251]

Doctor Doom, Daredevil, Green Lantern, Flash, Lex Luthor, and Cheetah were all on my shortlist of heroes/villains I wanted from Mego. A Ghost Rider with motorcycle would've made my 8 year old head explode with delight. And fear, since I had an issue seeing skulls for some reason when I was a kid.

[monitor_ep]

My gripe was looking at the Hall of Justice they showcased Green Lantern but never released him along with Catwoman in the Purple Dress and Lex Luthor.

At the same time I was upset that Mego never released 8" figures of Zod, Jor-El, Nubia, Steve Trevor and Queen Hippoolyta.

[LonnieFisher]

Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Dr. Strange, Woodgod, Killraven, John Carter, Doc Ock, Flash, Reverse Flash, the Inhumans, the Warriors Three, Loki, etc.

[huedell]

I think the greatest holes for me back then was any major Spidey '66 villains (aside from Goblin/Lizard, of course---not that I owned Lizard as a kid!). Tops by name would be: Rhino, Electro, Scorpion, Vulture and Sandman. Gotta give Luthor a shout-out too!

[PNGwynne]

DC: Flash, Green Lantern, Luthor, Mr. Freeze or perhaps Black Adam. (I loved Freeze on Batman'66 and had a Viewmaster reel featuring Shazam battling Black Adam.)

Marvel: Dr. Strange, Daredevil, Dr. Octopus, Dr. Doom

I wasn't aware of Mego Tarzan as a child. I had a Conan and liked him a lot (those accessories!), but I felt gypped that there weren't more Marvel foes. I was also sort of disgruntled that the Superman movie figures were 12", not 8"--that would have solved the Luthor problem.

[samurainoir]

I always wanted a Captain Canuck action figure. Dare to dream, eh?

There are a handful of others on my wish-list as a kid. These just might be in the process of coming true as well.

[enyawd72]

IIRC, DD was only in the Secret Wars line because of Miller. As for Marx, that was the licensing package. FF was separate and the "Marvel Super-Heroes" - Spidey/Hulk/Iron Man/Thor/Namor. You could swap for one of the others, which is how DD ended up over Namor. But when you look at the model poses, you can see Spidey was originally Namor and DD was originally Spidey. Spidey is posed in the classic Namor breaking the water and DD is posed in the classic Spidey on the wall, firing a web. The hands/arms are reversed.

Interesting about the MARX figures...I can totally see that.

[huedell]

IIRC, DD was only in the Secret Wars line because of Miller. As for Marx, that was the licensing package. FF was separate and the "Marvel Super-Heroes" - Spidey/Hulk/Iron Man/Thor/Namor. You could swap for one of the others, which is how DD ended up over Namor. But when you look at the model poses, you can see Spidey was originally Namor and DD was originally Spidey. Spidey is posed in the classic Namor breaking the water and DD is posed in the classic Spidey on the wall, firing a web. The hands/arms are reversed.

Are you saying that Namor was unusable because he was part of the F4 license?

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

I was totally a Marvel kid, so Captain Marvel and Drax would have meant the world to me, but I would have loved Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, Ant-Man, Nighthawk, Quicksilver, Hercules, Jack of Hearts, Shang-Chi. Robotman, Shade the Changing Man, Metal Men and The New Gods would have been my pics for DC at the time. Villain would be Composite Superman for sure!

[wayne foundation 07]

I so need a Dr Doom, the Fantastic Four just sat around with nothing to do . Ghost Rider was my favorite comic, so he would have been great to have .