Yet another Fonzie Prototype

[palitoy]

Proof that Mego really scrambled to get the Fonz out to stores for Christmas 1976 is the staggering amount of early takes on the figures that can be found in wishbooks, like this one from Aldens.

The original word is Fonzie was slated to be a 12" figure, then scaled down to 8" and judging from this photo, it's mid transition!

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[PNGwynne]

Would the rescaling account for the nicely-detailed quality of the Fonz sculpt? Because the other 8" Happy Days crew are not great.

[palitoy]

Fonzie went through several fathers. They worked hard to nail him.

The other guys weren't as laboured upon.

[Brown Bear]

Cool pic. The final figure was amazing and didn't looked rushed, so Mego really pulled things together quick from this pic.

[TrekStar]

Interesting a 12 inch Fonzie might have been cool, but not for the other characters.

I thought the released 8 inch Happy Days were okay, but only Fonzie had the best sculpt
plus the thumbs up lever on his back.

I didn't collect Happy Days then or now, but if I did, I most likely would have just got
the Fonzie and his motorcycle.

[CrimsonGhost]

That Fonz sculpt looks pretty good. I wonder why they decided to resculpt it. I guess I can't think of an example of Mego rescaling a head so maybe a new sculpt was cheaper. I think it looks superior to the released figure.

[Brown Bear]

I made my own 12 inch mego Fonz a while back. He looks exactly like the 8 inch version, but needs a new jacket. Almost got a perfect custom jacket but it didn;t fit.

[starsky]

very cool! wish they came out with a 12 inch version too!