I was always surprised that there wasn't a female version of Major Matt Mason. I think Mattel missed a trick personally since girls were no doubt swept up in the space race as much as boys. Or?
Marx did it for the McDare range making the line a family affair. They even got a dog!
I'm not saying that Matt needed a female companion as such, a Mrs. Mason. After all he did have mates. When I say mates I mean the Northern England idea of friends!
There was Callisto and Captain Lazer to knock about with as well as Seargant Storm. Not sure about Scorpio. Was he a baddie? Little Or, bless him, never even got to the toy shops.
So, if you were running Mattel back then what name and rank would you give to a female version of Matt Mason?
Well, there's Jo Ann Harvey in the MMM Big Little Book (no rank) whom I've always thought was the closest contender. I've even contemplated making a figure of her, but that'd be a lot of work (copy an original MMM figure to cut up and reshape for making moulds, there'd need to be a new head sculpt and on top of that I'd be hard put to make a wire frame and get that correctly set inside the moulds). Anyway, that's how I'd've liked to do it.
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Thanks for that Paul. O once had that book for about six months before I sold it at a toy fair. Never read it either so Jo Ann is a great bit of info, thanks. Sounds like you've given a figure quite a bit of thought and I imagine it could get quite technical actually making it happen. If anyone can do it its you Paul.
DeleteMarx did Jane Apollo, Moon McDare only had the dog! Did Rick Riley have a female Aquanaut companion?
ReplyDeleteI'm getting my Janes and Moons mixed up! ha ha. Wonder why Moon only got a dog for his trouble but Johnny got a Jane? As for Rick, yes, its Rachel and she works on Countdown now!
DeleteI'd have added Astrophysicist Astrid Anderson to the MMM team :)
ReplyDeleteLove it Tone. Topical and European. Made me think of Paleo-Scieniist Sandy Cutter, continuing the Mason theme!
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