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I could be wrong as I'm Canadian but I'm not sure any kid ever thought "I wish I had a John Paul Jones doll", this seems like bicentennial overload. If you had these as a kid and thought up exciting adventures for Ben Franklin like "The secret of the Bi-Focal Wearing Mummy's Tomb", please correct me in the comments section.





As an adult collector of Mego however, I kind of think these guys are kind of neat in a fun "Dimestore" kind of way.


According to Megolike.com, these guys were made by a company called RT toys you can read more here.

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[Mikey]

I never knew they existed until well into the 1990's when I started collecting Mego's.

If I did know they existed back in the day I probably wouldn't want them because I would think they were too doll-like.

BTW, what's up with Jefferson's hat ?
Looks like he belongs on Hee Haw

[MIB41]

I have all of these loose and several extras boxed. Neat collection if you can find them. I remember those being sold at Rose's department stores in the early 70's and I think I even picked some up at novelty stores in Gatlinburg, TN back then when we would go there for short vacations. It's a fun lot. By the way there was a Thomas Jefferson variant with different fabric used for his outfit from the initial release. Probably just a factory switchover but a variant none the less.

[TrueDave]

Ive heard thier bodies kinda stink. I would like them to make Doctor Who guys or Old World Dr Frankenstien or angry villagers and such, for a Phantom.

[ramsey37]

I actually loved these figures as a kid:

This is me, circa 1976, holding Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas "Hobo Hat" Jefferson. I have a modified Franklin now that I transplanted to one of the later CTVT bodies. I never did care much for the crummy doll bodies these came on, but I liked the costumes. I remember them being sold in K-Marts back in the day. Mom shopped there alot when we were growing up, so alot of my toy memories from the 70's revolve around that store.
George

[MIB41]

Cools pics. Franklin was always my favorite as a kid. Curious though. How did you rig the heads to work on a CTVT body? They would need a plug of some sort inserted in them.

[goldenryan]

i have 5 loose ones, get em for $2 a piece at kane county years ago.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I got a couple. The bodies suck, but they're neat figures. (I'd love to get a Franklin and Washington sometime.)

>what's up with Jefferson's hat ?

He's a witch! Burn him!!!!!

Don C.

[ScottA]

I have 4 MIB. I hope to get the others eventually.

[Toy Talk]

Hmmmm....

I got a couple. The bodies suck, but they're neat figures. (I'd love to get a Franklin and Washington sometime.)

>what's up with Jefferson's hat ?

He's a witch! Burn him!!!!!

Don C.

He's not a witch unless he weighs the same as wood and floats like a duck. But he may have a wart.

[ramsey37]

Cools pics. Franklin was always my favorite as a kid. Curious though. How did you rig the heads to work on a CTVT body? They would need a plug of some sort inserted in them.

I just sacrificed a CTVT head to make a plug like so:
http://www.megomuseum.com/custom/pluglessnecks.shtml
George

[toys2cool]

I would like to get the Franklin and Washington

[Meule]

Didn't know there were that many

[jwyblejr]

I saw something like these in Woolworth's back in the late 80s early 90s.

[clemso]

Not familiar with these, did they use them in your history lessons?