Six Million Dollar Man Mystery

[MightyMegs]

Still waiting for my brother-in-law to get the chance to visit his parents. The wait is beginning to drive me crazy, but he's ultra busy and old toys really aren't his priority. Trying not to think about it until they are actually in front of me.

Too busy for toys? INCONCEIVABLE! lol

[Seriousin]

Still waiting for my brother-in-law to get the chance to visit his parents. The wait is beginning to drive me crazy, but he's ultra busy and old toys really aren't his priority. Trying not to think about it until they are actually in front of me.

It's kind of a cool story. I purchased a house recently and my brother-in-law came over - so I gave him the grand tour. At my previous residence, I didn't have the room to properly display my toy collection and this was the first time he had seen any of it. My brother-in-law is just a couple of years older than I and we enjoyed many of the same action figures and toys growing up. While reminiscing, he said that his mother is a bit of an organized hoarder, never throws anything away and had carefully saved his childhood collection - which he was completely unaware had any value at all.

While viewing my displays, he spotted my Six Million Dollar Man shelf. One of mine is still boxed and he explained that, at his parents he has one that saw very little play and that, as a child, the box itself was kept shelved is currently in "perfect - like new condition." As he continued to look at my display, he said - "Why are the suits on all yours red? That looks pretty cool! The one I have, in the box, is in a blue suit." I asked him if he was positive and he said he was quite sure. He also stated that since his mom keeps everything - that there are many original boxes in the collection.

Sadly, there doesn't seem to be any Megos. Six Million Dollar Man, Evel Knievel, Star Wars and Hot Wheels are what he remembers.

We continued to chat and I explained that vintage figures and toys do, many times, have quite a bit of value. His parents live a few hours away and the next time he has the opportunity to visit them (he's currently busy in seminary school) - he'll pick up the toys and bring them to me. After receiving, I'll figure out the value(s) of the collection. The higher value items (boxed) - I will be auctioning for him. Affordable items (that I want) - I will be purchasing at a mutually fair discount (selling the remainder). The lower valued items (loose, common Star Wars, etc) I will be allowed to keep as payment for setting up the auctions.

I'm honestly not the biggest SMDM collector, so I'm not a huge authority on the line. I just know the ones I had as a child (etc.), so when he said, "blue suit" - I figured his memory was a bit foggy and really didn't really give it a second thought. That is until I came across this thread. After seeing it, I attempted to do a little online research and found very little information - except that it was possibly a department store exclusive like the Montgomery Wards' Secret Identity sets.

I'm crossing my fingers that the collection is as nice and well kept as he remembers. I've been in similar scenarios before and people usually don't accurately remember and/or completely exaggerate for the sake of storytelling. I know my brother-in-law and his family pretty well, so even if it's not a blue suit SMDM - I'm feeling pretty good what he's telling me about the collection as a whole.

[Mr. Hollywood]

Thanks for the compliment!

Pulsar is a great figure, and Hypnos his enemy is always a fun one too. I have had all these figures since the 70's when my parents bought them for me. I recently located my SMDM back pack/ radio which I will add to the photos soon.

I am trying to find a solid Bigfoot for the right price right now. Its one of the few figures I never had the chance to get back in the day.

[MightyMegs]

That's a GREAT collection!

I've often thought about picking up a Pulsar figure... since he's one of the few that are in the same scale as Steve.

[Mr. Hollywood]

A few quick shots of my current SMDM collection. Of course I have all the accessories to each piece shown, they are just put away so the display is not too "cluttered".

[MightyMegs]

Daaaaaaang....

[rchatlin]

Here are few pics I saved from years back.

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[Mr. Hollywood]

Man this thread is really turning into SMDM eye candy fest!

[Actorman]

The HUGE Lesley Gore bouffant hair flip on Jaime in that box art is hilarious!

[MightyMegs]

I've never seen one compared before... I know he has a Mego style body, so I just assumed he was Mego sized...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cat_pat...pool-mikepower

[LonnieFisher]

http://www.elhombrenuclear.20m.com/photo.html

This has some pictures of the Lili Ledy compared to the U.S. version.

[Mr. Hollywood]

Are you sure? I alays though the Star Wars ones, as an example, were normal full sized figures. I would suspect that these would have followed suit. Then again I have never seen one of these in person so...............who knows.

[MightyMegs]

I think the LiliLedys were actually Mego sized figures to boot...

[Mr. Hollywood]

I found this photo of the Mexican release SMDM. Look a different version of blue track suit. It seems there were MANY variations of this figure. Something I never knew.

[Mr. Hollywood]

The suit looks legit, but the stars? What the frig!