Little House

[silveralex]

I recently introduced my ten-yr old daughter to Little House on the Prarie.
It's her favorite show now and she watches episodes every day.

Got me to wondering - why Mego (or someone else) never made figures. Realize it's not action-y , but there are Waltons figures, after all.

Any customs of these around? I may want to try to come up with some for my daughter, so any ideas for them welcome.

[Mikey]

I would have rather had Little House than Waltons figures.

Was a big fan until Mary went blind

[PNGwynne]

lol I feel exactly the opposite--I enjoy the Waltons, but not LHP.

Both shows def. ran on too long.

[silveralex]

I have never seen an episode of the Waltons
I watched Little House as reruns (channel 11 , here I think) in the early 80s

[Earth 2 Chris]

Little House was a HUGE staple in our house. My sister would have been all over dolls.

Waltons was so much more depressing. I know it was the depression, but Little House was far more upbeat, despite everyone going blind at some point.

Chris

[warlock664]

Waltons was so much more depressing. I know it was the depression, but Little House was far more upbeat, despite everyone going blind at some point.

Chris

Seriously? I feel just the opposite.

On Little House , someone is always suffering a tragedy: the crops are ruined by a storm, Pa falls out of a tree and can't finish a job risking his team of Oxen, Mary goes blind, Ma & Pa's infant son dies, Mrs Garvey along with Mary's baby burn up in a fire started by Albert's smoking, Albert dies from leukemia or cancer, and to end the series, they blow the whole town up. Yeah, definitely upbeat!

[kingdom warrior]

I was a Walton's fan my sister and I had the figures, I only Have mary Ellen and she's now a custom Star trek babe lol......Little House is more my Wife she would kill for figures. she's a huge fan...

[jwyblejr]

Just as much problems on The Waltons. John Boy or Grandpa(still don't know who) burns down the house. Grandma has a stroke. Grandpa died before Pearl Harbor. Jim Bob finds out he had a twin brother who died. However many of the sons were lost or POWs during WW II. And don't get me started on The Baldwin Sisters and the problems they had with their "recipe."

[warlock664]

It's important to remember both of these shows were dramas, of course.

[cjefferys]

Never liked the Waltons, but my family watched Little House every week. I think Little House dolls would have gone over really well, I wonder why no one tried.

[Iron Mego]

Little House all the way for me.

[Werewolf]

Mego probably didn't make any Little House dolls because Knickerbocker already had the license. They weren't 8 inch Mego-like but Knickerbocker did release a couple of dolls

[Mikey]

Never liked the Waltons, but my family watched Little House every week. I think Little House dolls would have gone over really well, I wonder why no one tried.

They actually did make a Laura and Carrie dolls

Not action figures - real dolls

[bobws]

Watched both and loved both shows. Was also mad when mary went blind, as she was the main reason i watched the show.
The robably didn't go for this license as there was too many girls. Really the only men were Pa and thestore keeper, eah later was victor french character and father murphy. But mainly The 3 daughters 2 mothers and nelly. it would have had to be a real doll line.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Until I discovered the Mego figures in the late 90's I didn't know they were two different shows.

Don C.