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One thing that's bothered me ever since I first really noticed it: While Mego's Isis has those intricate, and annoyingly hard to find sandals, her TV and comic counterparts had boots! I couldn't find any pics of Joanna Cameron's Isis footwear online (hard to believe) but I've recently re-read Backissue's Isis article of a few issues ago, and she definitely has on short boots. The comics gave her some more standard super hero boots.
So why did frugal Mego go out of their way to make such intricate, and inaccurate footwear, when they could have just used Uhura boots?
Is it possible that Mego originally planned on using these for Wonder Woman? Wonder Woman wore sandals in the comics from the late 40s up til the mid-60s. All her figural interpretations from Ideal in the 60s, including the Super Queens doll, the JLA figurine, and the hand puppet have sandals. And we know some of other early efforts were directly influenced by Ideal's Captain Action line (esp. Robin). In the comics, she briefly switched back to boots before dropping her costume all together for her non-powered "mod" period in the very late 60s. She was only briefly back in costume (with boots) before Mego first issued their WW figure.
So could Mego have originally planned these for WW, but decided against it when they kept her in her all-silkscreen suit, unlike the other 3 Super Gals, who got full costume upgrades? Did they just add the red boots to later issues because it was easier to mold them in red than put the sandals in production? Or maybe they thought there would be issues with the sandals fitting over the bodysuit?
Or could maybe Mego have thought of making Wondergirl in her original outfit, which had sandals instead of boots? This was the costume she wore on the Filmation Teen Titan segments?
Just throwing out some theories here. I may be totally off base. It just seems weird for Mego to tool something like this that is wholly inaccurate when they could have taken the easy way out with the boots, and have been right!
Chris
So why did frugal Mego go out of their way to make such intricate, and inaccurate footwear, when they could have just used Uhura boots?
Is it possible that Mego originally planned on using these for Wonder Woman? Wonder Woman wore sandals in the comics from the late 40s up til the mid-60s. All her figural interpretations from Ideal in the 60s, including the Super Queens doll, the JLA figurine, and the hand puppet have sandals. And we know some of other early efforts were directly influenced by Ideal's Captain Action line (esp. Robin). In the comics, she briefly switched back to boots before dropping her costume all together for her non-powered "mod" period in the very late 60s. She was only briefly back in costume (with boots) before Mego first issued their WW figure.
So could Mego have originally planned these for WW, but decided against it when they kept her in her all-silkscreen suit, unlike the other 3 Super Gals, who got full costume upgrades? Did they just add the red boots to later issues because it was easier to mold them in red than put the sandals in production? Or maybe they thought there would be issues with the sandals fitting over the bodysuit?
Or could maybe Mego have thought of making Wondergirl in her original outfit, which had sandals instead of boots? This was the costume she wore on the Filmation Teen Titan segments?
Just throwing out some theories here. I may be totally off base. It just seems weird for Mego to tool something like this that is wholly inaccurate when they could have taken the easy way out with the boots, and have been right!
Chris
Interesting subject though...why DID Mego do some of the things they did? Like "How many takes does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop"..."The world may never know". 
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