Oh Lord, that's really close Pali!
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Close but not a "Nailed it" situation. He's never pictured with a yellow helmet, that little detail would be a clincher for me.Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions
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Just to add a little more sugar, Mr. Mystery even has a minor variant… a second flight suit of a different blue material/color. I need to snap a pic for reference.Comment
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I don't know if that's the inspiration, but I want it to be.WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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OMG!!! That really looks like him in that comic!!! Could that be the Mystery Dude? Now I really have to have one of these figures to add to my collection. I'll have one before Christmas if it's the last thing I do!!!sigpicComment
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I think you're right about that Joe!!!sigpicComment
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So, this is Buck Danny...he's Superman to Dan Cooper's Shazam. He was actively published through the 1970's until the writer died in '79. Danny returned in '82 and comes back every few years.
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Blonde the hair, and this really fits the Tex Willer/Jet Jungle mold.
1. Bruce Head with AJ parts
2. International comic book character
3. Regional market release
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he head looks pretty legitsigpicComment
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^Not meant as a trick. I was trying to show how, like Jet Jungle, all he needs is a hair color change. I couldn't find an CTVT Blonde Wayne. I'm not even sure they made one.
I was pulling up Dan Cooper pics and he has a helmet with the same visor shape, but none are yellow. Looking at the pics, it hit me as odd that Lion Rock had all these military pieces that could have been applied to create a really sharp Buck or Cooper figure. But then Lion Rock has an entire contingent of knockoffs.
So now I'm tending to believe this was meant to be a knockoff for french-belgium market. Where some company bought Mego parts from HK, paid for some low-end sewing and mashed Buck/Cooper elements into "Fighter Pilot". Something happened to the company where they didn't pay, and Mego got left with this unclaimed, unfinished mess.
The timing is right. Buck/Cooper was on a role in the late 70's when these parts were in production. Mego goes under in early 80's, so the HK warehouses have to be liquidated, where these were sitting for years.Last edited by hedrap; Oct 12, '18, 1:39 PM.Comment
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^ The Barry Allen AE head is a blond Wayne sculpt.WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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