A while back after finishing Zython I was flicking once more through my new and fabulous Knockoffs christmas gift book and found a another rare cheapo toy I just had to make.
The original and elusive toy appears both in the Plaid Stallions Knockoffs book and the related Mego Museum website.
Here it is, the fabulously cheesy 1970's Kmart Princess with new Long Hair doll in original Mego Logan's Run garb. The maker's clearly wanted to use up male Mego Logan 5 outfits rather than kit her out in the more diaphanous slip Jessica 6 wears in the 1976 movie.
After all, this is a knockoff and nothing to do with Logan's Run.
[you can read all about Mego's attempt at Logan's Run toys on the brilliant Mego Museum site].
Image: Mego Museum
I looked around for an original Princess Long Hair doll and found a few for sale but they were all too dear for a tight-fisted Yorkshireman!
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I also found this modern repro Logan's Run jumper made professionally for 12" dolls on eBay by BlackAshKitBash. Beautiful work but ten pounds would make me cry.
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image; BlackAshKitBash
I decided to start from scratch and raided my doll stash for a suitable 12 inch Barbie clone.
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A few swags of felt and cloth later and hey presto!
The boots came courtesy of Ebay from a very inexpensive seller. I coloured them black,
All she needs now is a card and blister. I will have to be extra nice to Bill!
What do you think readers?
I'll have to watch the film again now. Do you like Logan's Run? Book, film or series? Any toys?
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A Fawcett Footnote:
As a footnote, this project reminded me that Farrah Fawcett starred as Holly 13 in Logan's Run too wearing a glittery dress..
and that I once found a huge doll that I thought was Farrah in yes, a glittery dress [it wasn't Farrah!]
You can read my blog entry at the time about this find here.
Farah's stint in Logan's Run has inspired others to make custom figures of her. Here's a neat one I saw on Figure Realm by Nightwing1975 with Holly 5 in an equally glittery dress, a project which also includes an Action Man dressed as Logan 5! Now why didn't Palitoy think of that!
What do you think?
Image: Figure Realm
Coming full circle, Farrah even had her own Seventies knockoff too called Tanya/ Sport Girl ripping off Hasbro's Charlies Angels range. Don't fawcett!
I had no memory of sequels to the Logan's Run movie other than a poor TV show.
ReplyDeleteAs the original book ia about teenagers the older cast of the movie undercut the whole premise for me.
Your character dolls are a treat to see. Very creative.
Thanks Terran. To be honest I'm unsure if I've seen the film at all!
DeleteWhat a bizarre original knock off!
ReplyDeleteNice reproduction! I feel a stronger Logan's Run connection on the package art would be nice (it's not like your going to be sued!)
I wonder if you could find some suitable vintage painted imagery or even (choke!) use AI to generate a suitably tacky background image!
Cheers Looey, lll have to stick with the original card art s that's what's inspired the make-over. No AI for me, Bill's a skilled graphic illustrator.
DeleteArrgh! I tried to buy that Plaid Stallions book and got hit with the double whammy of stupid UPS shipping costs AND exchange rates.
ReplyDelete"A $25 book? Thank you, that will be
A$ 79, please! Hey! Where are you going?..."
My daughter got it for me at Xmas Looey. I think she got it from the US too!
DeleteShe needs a Sandman doll to wander round with now!
ReplyDeleteThe basic premise was that to keep a fixed population, nobody was allowed to live beyond 30. 'And Logan is 29..' went the strapline! Come 30th birthday, the population were invited to join the Carousel, which as I recall was a big whirly disk that people floated up into and were presumably disintegrated. Anyone who bottled it and decided they were not going for immolation and tried to run, were pursued by the Sandmen (as in The Sandman from the nursery rhyme, coming to put you to sleep). I recall the series, better than the film, I always loved the cool guns with the muzzle flare, and REM, the robot who was played by that goofy looking guy Garry, from The Thing who nails the norwegian dude chasing the dog at the beginning. Michael York in the film version was always a bit of a wet lettuce for me and needed a harder edge. Cant recall Farrah being in anything other than Charlies Angels! Bill
DeleteYou can buy working replicas of those flame guns, which is scarier than the film was!
DeleteWhat, with actual flames Kev?
DeleteThanks for the review Bill. Age 30 eh. Not old that. I can imagine millions were runners!
DeleteFarah Fawcett was famously married to Lee Majors.
DeleteYep, the gun emits actual flames. It has a gas cartridge in it!
DeleteYour doll looks exactly like the original - well done.
ReplyDeleteI have seen the movie, and I remember the TV show, which I liked. Sandmen were like Police, and it was their job to hunt down those that who tried to escape, and left the domed city. Logan and Jessica were Runners.
Thanks a lot Paul. I really must watch the film.
DeleteAnother terrific series of custom figures Woodsy! I think we both need to set up racks to display all of our rack toys!
ReplyDeleteYay! A rack! That would be cool! Like in a Mom and Pop store on the corner!
DeleteAlthough easy enough to do some pegboard from the big box store (Home Depot, etc.) and metal hangers and voila' a store rack display. HOWEVER, I personally have absolutely no wall space out in The Cave to do one (and I'm pretty sure Bettina doesn't want me to put one in the living room or bedroom!)
DeleteYes, our house is bursting with stuff too Ed! Ha ha
DeleteFarrah was also in the genre sci fi movie 'Saturn 3' with Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel.
ReplyDeleteOf course! That was a strange film Mish.
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