Sock! Bam! Splat!

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This unassuming little bit of toy industry news from July 1973 would see the arrival of the Mego World's Greatest Superheroes . A toy line would dominate the action figure aisle for the remainder of the decade. Even back in 1973 there was no love for Aquaman, what's up with that?
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[vulcan2074]

The beginning of an Era. I Love the WGSH.
Sammy

[ScottA]

I wonder if these sold well?

[Meule]

37 years later they're still going strong

[megoscott]

Nice find!

[palitoy]

Nice find!

It's funny, I was breezing through the magazine and thought "nice but uneventful" and of course that's the page I landed on...

[Blue Meanie]

Is it me...or does that Batman look like an early prototype?? Look at the ears on the cowl. It's a shame the pic isn't clearer. Check out the Cape on Bats too...Definitely has to be early protos. Supes has the Ginormous "S" on his chest..

[starsky]

i love that supes!

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

It doesn't matter how many pictures I see of these, or how many I get...they still create a stir in my heart.

And yes Roberto, the ears on Batman do look very interesting.

[drmego]

I would bet dollars to doughnuts that those are prototypes or early production samples.

[palitoy]

The image is from the 1973 Catalog, just poorer resolution, here it is:



I love that Aquaman so very much.

[highquality]

I've seen a few RM Robins that retained the original Super Green, but I can't recall ever seeing a Super Green leggings Aquaman. He would've been spectacular.

[drmego]

Those poses look so different well-lit and in color.

[megocrazy]

We're they really only two Aquaman's to a case or was that just for photo ops?

No actually it was only two as I see under further review. I would think that would cause him to be much higher in value than Supes though you don't see much of a difference in value on the aftermarket for those ratio differences.

[HardyGirl]

Ah...them were the days! Drooling over catalog ads, after school commercials, and the display in your local toy store window.