IN HINDSIGHT: No-brainer toys that should have been made, but weren't!

[enyawd72]

Do you ever wonder why some obvious huge money-making toys were never produced for some of your favorite classic toylines or properties?

1. Mego: Magnetic 12" Spider-Man. This is probably the most obvious one and has always completely baffled me. If any superhero needed to be able to stick to your fridge, it was this one. What was Mego thinking?

2. Milton Bradley Operation: Six Million Dollar Man. With all the gimmicky versions of Operation that have been made in recent years, this would have been the perfect choice for a special version. Remove all the faulty bionic components without lighting up Steve's eye. They'd have sold thousands of these things.

What are your ideas?

[PNGwynne]

Great ideas--the Operation: SMDM is inspired.

Of course, Mego 8" Flash, Green Lantern, & Dr. Doom.

[Werewolf]

Dale Arden in Mattel's Filmation Flash Gordon line. They made a Lizard Woman but no Dale. Makes NO sense.

[enyawd72]

Dale Arden in Mattel's Filmation Flash Gordon line. They made a Lizard Woman but no Dale. Makes NO sense.

Well, to be fair, the Lizard woman hissed, cracked a whip, had a badass weapon, and a tail.

Dale just fainted a lot and said "Oh, Flash!"

[darkmonkeygod]

Wind-up scuba-diver style Creature From the Balck Lagoon toy. I used to dream of this as a child and hunt for it at toy stores. I still want it.

[johnnystorm]

Anything from the Wild, Wild, West...a gun set, the train, disguises

Wonder Woman's invisible jet

Walt Disney's Scarecrow of Romney Marsh toys

Marx style Batman TV figures (who wouldn't want King Tut or Egghead?!)

[Figuremod73]

Star Wars figures in the 8 inch format

[PNGwynne]

Anything from the Wild, Wild, West...a gun set, the train, disguises

Wonder Woman's invisible jet

Walt Disney's Scarecrow of Romney Marsh toys

Marx style Batman TV figures (who wouldn't want King Tut or Egghead?!)

I like the way you think!

[Werewolf]

Transformers G1 Arcee
Kenner Star Wars Tarkin
Mattel BSG Apollo
Tomy Tron Yori

[PNGwynne]

Sid & Marty Krofft action-figures

[Bruce Banner]

Wonder Woman's invisible jet

Well, Mego did at least produce it as part of the CAH line.

[Nostalgiabuff]

Mego Batboat. I mean come on, they made everything else for Bats. I think I am going to have to customize one.

[Boywonder0]

Mattel Retro Action Robin

[thunderbolt]

Rocketeer movie tie in action figures. We got a Bendy and an Applause inaction figure.

[4NDR01D]

John Carter figures, specifically Tars Tarkas.