My first Mego was a bearded Action Jackson in the sky blue jumpsuit. This was sometime in 1972-1973. I was still living in Queens, NY but I'm not sure if it was when I was in kindergarten or before. I recall my mother returning home from work one night and giving me the "doll". I don't know why it was given to me. It wasn't Christmas or my birthday. But this new toy was a welcome addition to my toy collection. I didn't own any G.I. Joes but I did have a large collection of Marx's Johnny West figures and horses. I really didn't have much for AJ to do other than knock down blocks and Lincoln Logs that I set up. Sometime later my mother gave me 2 AJ accessory uniforms: "Western" and "Snowmobile". I would have loved "Secret Agent", "Army", or "Aussie Marine". Somewhere along the way I received two more Action Jacksons. I recall brown hair, clean shaven and either blonde or redhead clean shaven.
But they weren't my last Megos...
But they weren't my last Megos...
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