Mego Buck Rogers
Original Line Artwork for the 3" Buck Rogers line including the playset
Rumour has it this line was bought as a favor to a licensing agent who had helped Mego out in the past.
Despite this Mego put high quality into the Buck Rogers line, the 3" figures are more articulated than Kenner's Star Wars line and the 12" figures set a benchmark for Mego production. Sadly, the line suffered somewhat because it based itself solely on the pilot movie, the main villain figures only made sporadic appearances on the series (King Draco was never actually seen!)
Click on the pics to see original Buck Rogers Ads and the Buck Rogers sections of every Mego Catalog!
The Buck Rogers 3 3/4" Figures were sculpted by Bill Lemon, a veteran of the business, Lemon is described as having a great eye for detail and it shows with these figures clean and attractive sculpts.
MOC Twiki and Buck (thanks to Greg Mason).
Ardalla, Wilma and Twiki(courtesy Mike Farrence)
Draconian Guard MOC, Draco MOC Tigerman MOC(All courtesy of Troy)
Dr Huer MOC, Kane MOC (All courtesy of Troy)
Draco, Dr Huer, Buck, Kane, Tigerman (courtesy Mike Farrence)
12" Buck Rogers and Killer Kane display great likeness and attention to detail.(Micheal Farrence)
12" Draco is a beautiful figure (courtesy of Troy) Below is walking Twiki for the 12" line (also courtesy Troy)
Despite the series short run, Mego sold the toyline for two years and made a number of vehicles and playsets. Mego even attempted to sell the Star Trek Mission to Gamma 6 playset as a "Draconian Fortress" but it was not meant to be sadly......
Despite the series short run, Mego sold the toyline for three years and made a number of vehicles and playsets. In the early eighties Mego planned to extend the line using vehicles from the sagging Micronauts line including Microrail city. The Star Searcher was released in a Buck Rogers box (despite the fact that the instructions still said "Micronauts") but buyers didn't bite when the series didn't return for fall 1980. Mego also tried to repackage the Star Trek Mission to Gamma IV as the "Draconian Fortress" but sadly, it didn't fly.
Original Line artwork for the Buck Rogers Vehicles
Laser Scope Fighter MIB
Star Fighter MIB is the most desirable piece in the series, proving it's one of Science Fiction more enduring designs.
The Buck Rogers Command Center playset is another styrene piece similiar to the Star Trek TMP Enterprise Bridge and the Pocket Heroes Batcave As you can see, in order to complete the playset you must first mangle the box. Don't expect pics of that anytime soon. 
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