Mattel Retro Action Figures Not Made

[rodkeith]

Mary, the Mattel male figure bodies are generally terrible-- floppy and very loosely strung. I switched all of them over to either Doc Mego or Zica bodies at the time. Because generally the heads and costumes were really nice. (By contrast, I still consider the Mattel female body the best one ever made in 8" scale; really wish they'd gotten that Supergirl out so there'd be more of them.)

[Mary Canary]

Do the Star Trek repro figures have the same bodies as the Mattel figures? I am reading in the comments here that folks did not like the bodies used for releases like Lex and Superman. I haven't opened my Mattel Lex yet. My FTC Lex arrived messed up, so I got the Mattel Lex - but now I'm reading people don't like the Mattel bodies. Feels like I can't win. I have a repro Kirk at home that I've never noticed an issue with... wondered if Lex would be similar.

[dr_cyclops]

I love this line for how you can switch out Doc Mego bodies and make a such a great ReMego.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Mattel's distribution continues to be abysmal. Character selection combined with overshipping of the same wave over and over certainly didn't help. Not having a Robin and a Joker in the line really does hurt the line's legacy on the shelf, but I still dig the figures, despite the wobbly bodies. I know Doc had no control over that or most of the other wrong-headed decisions. That was Mattel.

Overall, I think aesthetically these are nicer, and are certainly better produced than most of FTC's output.

Chris

[wise guy]

The local Toy's r us could never sell the LexLuthor and Sinestro's that sat on the shelf
until these discontinued. I bought most of them marked down to $ 5.00 each at
Marshall's, Ross and other discount stores. The Villans ratio and the GL wave didn't help
and the bodies were crap.

[CrimsonGhost]

This is a super wave and could have kept DC Retro Action going if it had been released.

It wouldn't have mattered. There were so many other reasons that the line was cancelled that "character selection" wouldn't have even made the top 5.

[ovenmitt]

This is a super wave and could have kept DC Retro Action going if it had been released.

I collected all RA except Green Lantern wave, great for $20 each.

Dr Mego told Mattel to keep RA mattycollector site exclusives and the line could have lasted longer like MOTU Classic. TRU ruined RA at retail.

I do like what FTC has done with Mego DC sine 2013 reissuing all 23 original Mego DC in the different packaging and making NEW DC, 66 Batman TV and Super Friends and Legion of Doom. And soon will release 12" DC Megos!

I also still have 90s Hasbro 9" DC Super Heroes and JLA and Hasbro 9" Spider-Man Origins when Hasbro got Marvel license in 2006. All for low price of $15 each. Too bad there is not a retail market for ReMego so Hasbro could make Mego 8" Marvel and Star Wars.

[Timothy2251]

Just curious - was the prototype Supergirl a new headsculpt, or was it the same as the Wonder Woman figure that was released?

[TomStrong]

C'mon Mego Detectives!!! There's got to be a better picture!!!

I agree! There’s got to be clearer evidence. I did watch the video and it just made things worse. Now I really wan to see them!

[tllgn]

i bought all of the retro DC action figures ,that were very good ,and most guest starred in robot chickens Dc specials .however FTC DC fills the spot quite well ,so i dont miss them at all.

[Boywonder0]

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Aaah! Here's some screencaps. Those really would've filled out the line nicely. That Supergirl in particular would've been great. Not to mention, would've expanded our ability to customize blonde characters. So sad these didn't see the light of day.

C'mon Mego Detectives!!! There's got to be a better picture!!!

[TRDouble]

I enjoy how FTC's new offerings have more of a true Mego feel to them, but I enjoyed buying the Mattel Retro Action line. We finally got Mego-esque Super Heroes in the correct 8-inch scale! That's something Hasbro and Toy Biz never did.

I think the early body issues definitely hurt the line out of the gate, but like Z-man 307 said, the quality got better, but it was probably too late by then. I would have loved that Robin and Supergirl. We didn't get enough females in the line and Robin needed a 8" update (still does; looking forward to the new FTC version).

Still, nothing beats the Hasbro DC 9-inch line for me. Great head sculpts, great costumes, especially the RC Batman. If only they were in the 8-inch scale.

[Z-man 307]

A lot of great reminiscing and sharing. I collected them all (I think the packaging told me too!), but my favorites (in no particular order) are Green Arrow, Green Lantern (Hal & John), Flash, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Captain Cold, and Batman. The body issues were really fixed starting with Wave 3, so it definitely would have been nice to see what could have been. I buy some of the FTC line, but it just isn't the same for some reason. I appreciate what they are doing and I'm glad to have Cyborg, Grod, Gundy, Brainiac, and for sure a Red Tornado (although I wish he were just a little bit better), but the recreations of the originals are just off enough (suit too shiny or baggy, etc.) that they don't do it for me.

[drogge]

The Luke Cage in Dr Mego's cabinet looks pretty sweet. I wonder if that was intended to be part of a marvel retro set.

[wise guy]

I have a bunch of loose one that I can't sell. The bodies are the worst male remegos ever made but the females are better with Brat doll type bodies