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That's a very reasonable assumptionsigpicComment
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This topic has been discussed many times over the years. The theory I like the best is that it was meant to be one of the Navy Blue Angels for some kind of promotion at airshows that never materialized.
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Here are the two I have. The first is mint in a baggie. The suit is done up at the front.
The loose one has the suit done up at the back. Unfortunately the loose one does not have a helmet.
I also have a Tex Willer, which as everyone knows, shares the same head.
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Funnily enough, there is currently a loose naked Mystery Astronaut up on eBay:
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Here are the two I have. The first is mint in a baggie. The suit is done up at the front.
The loose one has the suit done up at the back. Unfortunately the loose one does not have a helmet.
I also have a Tex Willer, which as everyone knows, shares the same head.
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I saw one Mystery Astronaut where the purchaser had meticulously dated the package and where he bought it.
Big Reds, a close out store in 1977.
It's a type one body, this is two years after Mego abandoned it, so it opens the doors to factory seconds or a closeout of something Mego made but abandoned from the mid-1970s.
He has no markings on his head, so i refuse to accept that this was an attempt to make a license in any fashion.
The helmet and suit are unique to the figure.
Always the same story, a big dump bin of figures in baggies.
I've shown him to several former Mego peeps, there is never anything concrete. One person told me "Maybe it was something we were doing for the Apes?" but we can see the prototype astronaut pictures and he's never anywhere near this.
Someday, we'll know where this came from and then I'll retire.Comment
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There used to be a website with the legend of Big Reds but I can't find it. They were still selling old stock Megos into the early 2000s.WANTED: Removable Mask ROBIN on Kresge style cardComment
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