what is the most unnessary mego line?

[Bo8a_Fett]

They never did get round to the "Bobby wakes up in the Shower" playset?

[PNGwynne]

I'd watch the Waltons weekday afternoons in reruns but there's no way I'd ever even think they'd make good toys. Seriously...the show was set during the Depression in Virginia...how much fun is that for a kid to re-enact with action figures?

That's a good point--I mean, I liked the show as a kid but discovered the Megoes as an adult and admire them.

As a kid, I wanted (& had) WGSH, Oz, Mad Monsters, POTA, & Knights. The Waltons sure couldn't compete with those!

[toys2cool]

how about laverne shirley lenny squiggy? they should've made them 8 inch to be compatible with the happy days gang!!

Good call on that D plus they were so ugly looking

[cjefferys]

Lenny and Squiggy don't look too bad, but Laverne and Shirley: good lord!! Didn't I read somewhere (probably here!) that the weird looking sculpts had something to do with the fact that they were originally designed as 8" figures, but were then changed to 12", and something strange happened to their heads in the conversion?

[palitoy]

Lenny and Squiggy don't look too bad, but Laverne and Shirley: good lord!! Didn't I read somewhere (probably here!) that the weird looking sculpts had something to do with the fact that they were originally designed as 8" figures, but were then changed to 12", and something strange happened to their heads in the conversion?

You probably read it here, that's what the original sculptor told me. He was furious that they ruined his work like them, according to him the 8" versions are actually quite cute.

[cjefferys]

Thanks Brian, I thought so. What can I say, once I get a piece of Laverne and Shirley trivia in my head, it stays there. It's a gift.

[Bionic Joe]

You know if you take two solider apes with the net and pole and add a 10,000BC caveman you have the hunt scene from PLANET OF THE APES

[goldenryan]

Dallas.
I know they never completed the line, but seeing the prototypes
Why would Mego think that anyone would want to buy Dallas Figures.
Someone must of got the rights to that one very cheap.
Glad they woke up and pulled the plug.

i first heard about them in bonvita book, can't say i'm disapointed they were never made, but 12' would of been even worst

[clemso]

Our Gang, what was that all about?

Clem

[batmanmc]

flash gordon . never got into him second vote would be laverne and shirly they should have been 8''. mike

[fallensaviour]

They could have dumped all 9' and 12" lines.I remember as a kid they (12)were too big to do anything with except hulk he was cool.
Nines I thought why ???

Waltons rocked,you just had to give john boy earps guns and holster and he was ready to go.

Love Boat should have been dumped as well.

[Timothy2251]

Love Boat should have been dumped as well.

What? But - but - all the cool kids were TOTALLY into "Love Boat" toys when I was a kid! Star Wars? BAH!!! Star Trek? Oh, I think not, he said, tongue firmly planted in cheek. Why I used to get HUNDREDS of girlfriends because I was the only kid on my block to have both Issac AND Gopher in my toychest, buddy!

That's how I met my wife... Morgan Fairchild... yeah, that's the ticket!*

*Thank you, Jon Lovitz, and yes, the "Love Boat" line was right up there with the Captain and Tennile in terms of Mego really coming up snake eyes on what the kids wanted back then. Oh, if only somebody would've convinced Mr. Abrams that Star Wars was going to be gangbusters!

[spotter]

2 words - Waltons Truck. When you look at the rudimentary almost minisized Batmobile we got for wgsh that truck was a lot of tooling and a lot of plastic that could have been placed into anything new for wgsh and probably sold more

[Werewolf]

Love boat
Captain and Tennille

[ScottA]

Love Boat because they weren't 8" figures.