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Vintage Mego 2: Germany Comic Action Heroes and MC Toy

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  • Wee67
    Museum Correspondent
    • Apr 2, 2002
    • 10586

    #16
    Oh, and there's a toy store near Seelscheid, Germany called Toys Company MC-

    WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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

      #17
      Spielzug is the German word for "Play", so it's very commonly used, in fact the store that sold the "Comic Super Helden" via Comic Books was a toystore in Fulda called "Spielzug".

      My friend Eddy did discover the name of LionRock's sales agent for Europe and the guy who likely brokered some interesting foreign variants. Not sure if he's still with us and he appears in his fifties in the Youtube footage I found from 1980.
      Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

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

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

        #18
        Originally posted by Wee67
        Oh, and there's a toy store near Seelscheid, Germany called Toys Company MC-

        I think MC Toy probably folded before 1980, it had no retail component (confirmed on the phone call) and Hans-Peter Wollmann has operated a clothing store for over 30 years.
        Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

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

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        • Wee67
          Museum Correspondent
          • Apr 2, 2002
          • 10586

          #19
          Originally posted by palitoy
          I think MC Toy probably folded before 1980, it had no retail component (confirmed on the phone call) and Hans-Peter Wollmann has operated a clothing store for over 30 years.
          I assumed there was no relation. Just thought it was a funny little search return. I leave the real detective work to you and your agents. If there's any good info out there, you've always been able to track it down.
          WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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

            #20
            Sorry I was in analytical mode and didn't see you were merely pointing out a similarity, i get like that.
            Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

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

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            • Hedji
              Citizen of Gotham
              • Nov 17, 2012
              • 7246

              #21
              This was terrific! Love these guys. Let me give that video a Like.

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              • Figure8
                Museum Patron
                • May 18, 2016
                • 114

                #22
                [QUOTE=palitoy;1401182]Spielzug is the German word for "Play", so it's very commonly used, in fact the store that sold the "Comic Super Helden" via Comic Books was a toystore in Fulda called "Spielzug".

                Let me be very German and correct you: 'Spielzeug' is the German word for 'toy', it literally means 'stuff' (Zeug) to play (spiel) with. Loved that video of course. To my shame I really don't know enough about the history of German Mego licenses. I only recently found out that Airfix actually released the Superman Movie figures over here! I always thought that none of Mego's 'clothed' superheroes had ever been available in Germany. I would have gone crazy if I had seen any of those in a German toy store (or 'Spielzeugladen') back in the day!

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

                  #23
                  [QUOTE=Figure8;1401234]
                  Originally posted by palitoy
                  Let me be very German and correct you: 'Spielzeug' is the German word for 'toy', it literally means 'stuff' (Zeug) to play (spiel) with. Loved that video of course. To my shame I really don't know enough about the history of German Mego licenses. I only recently found out that Airfix actually released the Superman Movie figures over here! I always thought that none of Mego's 'clothed' superheroes had ever been available in Germany. I would have gone crazy if I had seen any of those in a German toy store (or 'Spielzeugladen') back in the day!
                  Gosh my German has really slipped since my grandmother passed.

                  I find it interesting how the German market seemed more interested in the Knights and Western characters than the Superheroes. Everywhere else in Europe seemed to lead with them.
                  Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

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

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                  • Agent4125
                    Museum Super Collector
                    • Aug 23, 2007
                    • 182

                    #24
                    Originally posted by palitoy
                    ...
                    My friend Eddy did discover the name of LionRock's sales agent for Europe and the guy who likely brokered some interesting foreign variants. Not sure if he's still with us and he appears in his fifties in the Youtube footage I found from 1980.
                    That's interesting.
                    Was this sales agent also involved in the European releases of the Johnny Action line (Lion Rock WWII soldiers)?
                    What did the Youtube video show?

                    In Germany the Johnny Action figures were marketed as "GESTERN WAR'S", by a company called "Schildkröt GmbH".
                    "Schildkröt" was a former manufacturer for dolls, but I read that in the 1970s they stopped producing dolls in Germany.
                    The "Schildkröt GmbH" also distributed the 12 inch GI Joe line ("ACTION TEAM").
                    Does anyone have more information on this? Is there any connection to the other distributors (MC Toy, Airfix)?

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