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  • LonnieFisher
    Eloquent Member
    • Jan 19, 2008
    • 10814

    Mystery Astronaut

    What info is on the back of the Bruce Wayne head that is used for the Mystery Astronaut?
    Thanks!
  • Blue Meanie
    Banned
    • Jun 23, 2001
    • 8706

    #2
    I don't think there is any copyright info. Eyes are sky blue. Just be careful. I think CTVT made repro's that are just really inferior to the originals. Neck plugs rip very easily and the head is just smaller and plastic is just awful.

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    • josephcardone
      Persistent Member
      • Jun 10, 2010
      • 1046

      #3
      Yeah. The back of the head is blank

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      • tllgn
        Persistent Member
        • Feb 6, 2010
        • 1690

        #4
        I have one of these .the mego mystery astronaut doesn't appear to be marked..great figure.whoever he is

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        • glimpy
          Loco Chango
          • Feb 5, 2012
          • 682

          #5
          Originally posted by josephcardone
          Yeah. The back of the head is blank
          How much could I pick up one in a baggie for?
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          • josephcardone
            Persistent Member
            • Jun 10, 2010
            • 1046

            #6
            Well - he seems to be going for $250 + Nowadays

            I would say that a mint one in a baggie would be around $350 - maybe more since you don't see many anymore LOL

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            • glimpy
              Loco Chango
              • Feb 5, 2012
              • 682

              #7
              Originally posted by josephcardone
              Well - he seems to be going for $250 + Nowadays

              I would say that a mint one in a baggie would be around $350 - maybe more since you don't see many anymore LOL
              Thanks Joe. Whenever you get any yellow Robin shorts let me know
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              • josephcardone
                Persistent Member
                • Jun 10, 2010
                • 1046

                #8
                Originally posted by glimpy
                Thanks Joe. Whenever you get any yellow Robin shorts let me know
                I will

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                • Blue Meanie
                  Banned
                  • Jun 23, 2001
                  • 8706

                  #9
                  Originally posted by josephcardone
                  Well - he seems to be going for $250 + Nowadays

                  I would say that a mint one in a baggie would be around $350 - maybe more since you don't see many anymore LOL
                  Spot on about pricing on this figure. Very hard to find all original....let alone baggied too.

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                  • glimpy
                    Loco Chango
                    • Feb 5, 2012
                    • 682

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Blue Meanie
                    Spot on about pricing on this figure. Very hard to find all original....let alone baggied too.
                    Do you still own that Kresge RM Robin?
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                    • glimpy
                      Loco Chango
                      • Feb 5, 2012
                      • 682

                      #11
                      I guess this dude is still a mystery. I heard he came out about 77 or so. I wonder if mego was responsible for him being put out on the market?!!
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                      • josephcardone
                        Persistent Member
                        • Jun 10, 2010
                        • 1046

                        #12
                        He is still a mystery - LOL - I wonder if the question of what this was has been posed to Marty Abrams (even though I am sure it is a long shot).

                        I don't know why but I think I remember this figure in the disount stores in the late 70's or early 80's in New York City. If I remember they were like $1 and just in a bin (no explanation of what it was). Like many of us, I had been into Kenner Star Wars - so did not have much interest - except that he would be cool with the Star Trek guys that I was no longer playing with

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                        • palitoy
                          live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                          • Jun 16, 2001
                          • 59204

                          #13
                          I saw one Mystery Astronaut where the purchaser had meticulously dated the package and where he bought it.

                          Big Reds, a close out store in 1977.

                          It's a type one body, this is two years after Mego abandoned it, so it opens the doors to factory seconds or a closeout of something Mego made but abandoned from the mid-1970s.

                          He has no markings on his head, so i refuse to accept that this was an attempt to make a license in any fashion.

                          The helmet and suit are unique to the figure.

                          Always the same story, a big dump bin of figures in baggies.

                          I've shown him to several former Mego peeps, there is never anything concrete. One person told me "Maybe it was something we were doing for the Apes?" but we can see the prototype astronaut pictures and he's never anywhere near this.

                          Someday, we'll know where this came from and then I'll retire.
                          Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

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                          • josephcardone
                            Persistent Member
                            • Jun 10, 2010
                            • 1046

                            #14
                            The interesting thing too - remember that Jet Jungle I found last year - he has no markings either. Just more speculation - LOL - maybe a foreign figure that never made it - this seems to have been there "go to" head that was re-used many times

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                            • palitoy
                              live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                              • Jun 16, 2001
                              • 59204

                              #15
                              Originally posted by josephcardone
                              The interesting thing too - remember that Jet Jungle I found last year - he has no markings either. Just more speculation - LOL - maybe a foreign figure that never made it - this seems to have been there "go to" head that was re-used many times
                              I certainly couldn't dismiss that. Seeing as Tex Willer was created for the Italian market.

                              I'm just not up on international characters that are pilots.

                              wait, here's one:
                              Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

                              Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
                              http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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