Here is an interesting You Tube video, which looks at the 1970s doll line by Mego for the US TV series The Waltons (1972-81). The range included six dolls based on the main characters; two playsets (another was planned but not released); and a toy farm truck.
These Mego toys were not the only Waltons products out there. There was a die-cast Waltons truck from Road Stars, a metal lunchbox, and a Whitman Authorized Edition TV tie-in hardback book, and a View-Master set.
Have you got any Mego dolls?
Paul Adams from New Zealand
I had grown a bit beyond Mego figures by the time they appeared. I distinctly remember the Star Trek and Planet of the Apes lines, but having had the better produced Palitoy Action Man, I felt they were shoddy. Oh how I laughed when Action Jackson appeared, making Mego figures look like a Rolls Royce in comparison!
ReplyDeleteMuch later in life, I got a reproduction Star Trek Uhura which was pretty good, apart from her excessive afro hairdo! I also have some of the reproduction Space 1999 figures, but I still think 12 inch figures have better scope for detail, as seen in the Blue Box and Dragon offerings.
I've only ever seen Action Jackson in books Looey. Is it not as well made as say Big Jim? When I visit Germany I always find something from Big Jim's world. He must have been popular there.
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