I just started getting the Happy Days original mego toys where I can find them. I think they are great, and Fonzie might be the best mego I have seen with his specialized thumb motion.
Anyhow I have avoided the Repro Happy Days toys I have seen. Does anyone know enough to explain the differences? I was surprised the Museum didn't include the side by side I think they usually do.
So far I have Fonzie and Richie.
When you click on the link, on the top right, click on any figure you want to know about.
Mego Happy Days Accessory Check : Mego Museum
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Accessory check compares all the reproduced parts of those figures. Some items on the CTVT happy days figures are not included, since they are original. The heads on the CTVT figures are totally new sculpts, so they aren't pictured in accessory check. Otherwise, most of the other parts are.
Dont you think that folks would like to compare the new and old Fonzie for instance?
The accessory check already does make the comparisons for the original and repro items. Since the heads aren't repro'd, they really don't need to be there. And if one was interested in seeing what they look like they could go to Classic TV Toys' website and view them.
Scott
Accessory Checks primary goal is to provide a checklist of accessories that go with each figure and to give detailed information on how to tell if those accessories are original. Since the resculpted heads aren't part of a checklist needed to complete an original figure, it's not included. It is Mego Accessory Check after all.
Actually, I was borderline on including those heads when those pages were made, but I asked a few opinions to get other points of view and it pretty much the same response from everyone I asked, don't include them, they are not Mego parts or reproduction of Mego parts.
Could they be included there with a new classification so people can see them side by side?
Bob
Originally Posted by Dave Mc
Even tho the figures definatly go in a different direction, the first wave looks like its some kind of attempt at a repro of the first wave. I really enjoyed the Fonzie as a kid and so far I have Fonzie and Richie vintage.
I am curious if the repros are good since i had gotten some space 1999 stuff from the same company that broke right out of the box.
Most certainly they are not "good". At least the bodies. HD was the first wave of CTVT stuff, and those bodies are the most prone to breaking.
The clothes are fine, but I find the head sculpts with the big toothy grins kinda creepy.
yeah the happy days and space 1999 figures didnt look right to me but the mummy and frankenstein looked sweet.
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