Does anyone know if there were more WGSH figures planned in the 70s?

[hedrap]

^ I think what perpetuated the belief for Doom is the artwork Mego used for Iron Man didn't have the Iron Nose, so why did the figure?

As for the line continuation, I think we can directly blame the Ben Cooper "Action Figures" Jiggler's ad from the late 70's/early 80's as being the source of the Mandela Effect. That ad was written to read as if they were Mego's and had the head art for Red Skull and Strange (IIRC). I was dead convinced they were WGSH but never pulled the trigger on an order. It wasn't until Pali did his PS page that I put the two together.

http://plaidstallions.blogspot.com/2010/09/one-strange-marvel-team-up.html

I've tended to believe the chatter came from the Cartoon/Comics/Toys crossroads. For example, All-New was '77 while Challenge o/t Super Friends and FF were '78. If I was at HB, I would've pressed DC to get Marty to make GL and Flash. If I was Stan, I would've begged for a Doom and Loki. I have to believe Mego had artwork on hand for all these characters, but at the same time, it doesn't mean it went anywhere.

[TrekStar]

I always thought it was weird that mego released teen titans Kid Flash, but not the Flash?
the rest of the Titans had mentors.

Not to get off the subject of WGSH, I also heard that mego had 2 more Star Trek figures
in the works but never released, I'm guessing it was Sulu and Chekov?

[palitoy]

Not to get off the subject of WGSH, I also heard that mego had 2 more Star Trek figures
in the works but never released, I'm guessing it was Sulu and Chekov?

I know for certain they were planning a vehicle for Spock and a series of Comic Action sized playsets.

[PNGwynne]

I've never understood the Teen Titans. I don't dislike them, but why them and not Flash, Green Lantern, other Superman foes? Convenient Lion Rock bodies aside, it's bizarre. And new Wondergirl tooling $$ (unless she was an existing Dawn/Pippa type)??

[PNGwynne]

I know for certain they were planning a vehicle for Spock and a series of Comic Action sized playsets.

Hmmm...what other CA playsets were considered?

[TrekStar]

I know for certain they were planning a vehicle for Spock and a series of Comic Action sized playsets.

It might have been the vehicle that's pictured on the back of the Mr. Spock museum card called the Vulcan Explorer,
it was never produced.

[TrekStar]

I've never understood the Teen Titans. I don't dislike them, but why them and not Flash, Green Lantern, other Superman foes? Convenient Lion Rock bodies aside, it's bizarre. And new Wondergirl tooling $$ (unless she was an existing Dawn/Pippa type)??

It was very strange that they went with Mr. Mxyzptlk instead of Lex Luthor for a Superman villain, it would have been better if Mxyzptlk was released on a Titans 6" body instead of the 8" body.

[palitoy]

It might have been the vehicle that's pictured on the back of the Mr. Spock museum card called the Vulcan Explorer,
it was never produced.

There is no might of, that is the vehicle described to me by former Mego designer Vinnie Baiera that Robyn created the illustration of.

[palitoy]

Hmmm...what other CA playsets were considered?

I don't know other than the Spider-Man Tower which went nowhere.

[hedrap]

I asked Marty "why Titans" at the Meet. What was the answer, roughly? We had the Lion Rock bodies. That answered half the question.

The other half is "Why Titans and not X-Men" since Mego was in a full Marvel swing. The answer seems to be this...

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Teen_Titans_Vol_1_44

So...WGSH '76 figure sales were down. This is blamed on it being a Marvelcentric line without Spidey or Hulk. What did sell from '72-'76 are the core DC figures and by sheer koinkydink, Titans are revived in Nov '76 with Robin front and center. Mego, meanwhile, has Lion Rock scale bodies on hand and those are good enough to pass as "Teen" size. There was also no need to downsize Robin to 7-inch as most kids either already owned him or could buy the still available stock if needed.

WGSH Robin + New Comic = profit. Except, it didn't because WGSH DC sold thanks to Hanna-Barbera and Batman '66. Now if Titans had an HB cartoon in the style of Scooby or Speed Buggy...

[cjefferys]

In the 1997 Toyfare #2 in an interview with John Bonavita he said Dr Doom was planned but he went a few cents over what Mego could spend on an 8” figure so Doom was cancelled. Mego retooled Doom’s head into Iron Man thus the nose. John said Mego would have used Knights armor for Doom and he would have been an elaborate Mego.

Yeah, on top of what everyone else mentioned, the timeline would also be wonky if this were true. So Dr. Doom was planned before Iron Man and if he wasn't cancelled he would be in a wave that didn't even include the FF (who didn't show up until the next wave)? No, that wouldn't make any sense.

[TrekStar]

There is no might of, that is the vehicle described to me by former Mego designer Vinnie Baiera that Robyn created the illustration of.

Wow, I would have been buying that hands down if I had seen that at my local toy stores.
It looks like something that would have been not to difficult to make actually.

[palitoy]

I asked Marty "why Titans" at the Meet. What was the answer, roughly? We had the Lion Rock bodies. That answered half the question.

The other half is "Why Titans and not X-Men" since Mego was in a full Marvel swing. The answer seems to be this...

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Teen_Titans_Vol_1_44

So...WGSH '76 figure sales were down. This is blamed on it being a Marvelcentric line without Spidey or Hulk. What did sell from '72-'76 are the core DC figures and by sheer koinkydink, Titans are revived in Nov '76 with Robin front and center. Mego, meanwhile, has Lion Rock scale bodies on hand and those are good enough to pass as "Teen" size. There was also no need to downsize Robin to 7-inch as most kids either already owned him or could buy the still available stock if needed.

WGSH Robin + New Comic = profit. Except, it didn't because WGSH DC sold thanks to Hanna-Barbera and Batman '66. Now if Titans had an HB cartoon in the style of Scooby or Speed Buggy...

The answer I've always got is DC wanted new figures and asked Mego to do the Titans. Sol Harrison's son Marty was Mego's art director after all.

The Titans were a dud for Mego.

[PNGwynne]

I don't know other than the Spider-Man Tower which went nowhere.

I like the idea of that. I can't tell you how many times I've wished the POTA Forbidden Zone had been reworked as a NYC Warehouse for 8" Spiderman.

[monitor_ep]

I was never too sure about that auction with the unfinished heads to Megos but there was:

*Older Captain Marvel/Shazam head
*Captain Marvel Jr.
*Alfred E Newman
*New Batman Head

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