Mystery Astronaut

[glimpy]

Is this guy's jumpsuit supposed to be buttoned up front or back?

[glimpy]

That's interesting too - I was just thinking of the lack of the belt - If he was finished to be (whoever he was supposed to be) - he would probably have had a belt. I don't think Mego would have just had the elastic showing like that.

That's a very reasonable assumption

[josephcardone]

no belt.

That's interesting too - I was just thinking of the lack of the belt - If he was finished to be (whoever he was supposed to be) - he would probably have had a belt. I don't think Mego would have just had the elastic showing like that.

[palitoy]

no belt.

[glimpy]

Well - he seems to be going for $250 + Nowadays

I would say that a mint one in a baggie would be around $350 - maybe more since you don't see many anymore LOL

Did this mystery man originally come with a white cloth belt?

[glimpy]

^Not meant as a trick. I was trying to show how, like Jet Jungle, all he needs is a hair color change. I couldn't find an CTVT Blonde Wayne. I'm not even sure they made one.

I was pulling up Dan Cooper pics and he has a helmet with the same visor shape, but none are yellow. Looking at the pics, it hit me as odd that Lion Rock had all these military pieces that could have been applied to create a really sharp Buck or Cooper figure. But then Lion Rock has an entire contingent of knockoffs.

So now I'm tending to believe this was meant to be a knockoff for french-belgium market. Where some company bought Mego parts from HK, paid for some low-end sewing and mashed Buck/Cooper elements into "Fighter Pilot". Something happened to the company where they didn't pay, and Mego got left with this unclaimed, unfinished mess.

The timing is right. Buck/Cooper was on a role in the late 70's when these parts were in production. Mego goes under in early 80's, so the HK warehouses have to be liquidated, where these were sitting for years.

Yeah that's cool. I'm not real Keen with the mystery man dude. But I've learned a lot on this thread I'll tell you. And I'm still going to get one before Christmas

[PNGwynne]

^ The Barry Allen AE head is a blond Wayne sculpt.

[hedrap]

^Not meant as a trick. I was trying to show how, like Jet Jungle, all he needs is a hair color change. I couldn't find an CTVT Blonde Wayne. I'm not even sure they made one.

I was pulling up Dan Cooper pics and he has a helmet with the same visor shape, but none are yellow. Looking at the pics, it hit me as odd that Lion Rock had all these military pieces that could have been applied to create a really sharp Buck or Cooper figure. But then Lion Rock has an entire contingent of knockoffs.

So now I'm tending to believe this was meant to be a knockoff for french-belgium market. Where some company bought Mego parts from HK, paid for some low-end sewing and mashed Buck/Cooper elements into "Fighter Pilot". Something happened to the company where they didn't pay, and Mego got left with this unclaimed, unfinished mess.

The timing is right. Buck/Cooper was on a role in the late 70's when these parts were in production. Mego goes under in early 80's, so the HK warehouses have to be liquidated, where these were sitting for years.

[glimpy]

I photoshopped the blonde color onto him.

Ahhh... a trickster. You had me falling for it

[josephcardone]

Hmmm - this is really getting interesting!!

[hedrap]

I photoshopped the blonde color onto him.

[glimpy]

Blonde the hair, and this really fits the Tex Willer/Jet Jungle mold.

1. Bruce Head with AJ parts
2. International comic book character
3. Regional market release

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Is this another version of him? Or is this the head from CT TV
he head looks pretty legit

[hedrap]

Blonde the hair, and this really fits the Tex Willer/Jet Jungle mold.

1. Bruce Head with AJ parts
2. International comic book character
3. Regional market release

Buck Danny Mego.jpg

[hedrap]

So, this is Buck Danny...he's Superman to Dan Cooper's Shazam. He was actively published through the 1970's until the writer died in '79. Danny returned in '82 and comes back every few years.
Buck Danny.jpg

[glimpy]

DAN COOPER??? wasn't that the guy's name who hijacked that airplane back in 72 or something? D.B. COOPER aka Dan cooper. Talk about Mysteries...