People everywhere love the idea of owning unique collector items that will really look good within their households. There is a certain doll zone that will sell many products to these wonderful human beings who take such pride in antiques. Everyone around knows all about the great company called Mego that was in existence so many years ago. This is one industry that really sold good looking action figures to everyone who lived around this great planet.

Decades ago this particular toy industry was not doing so great with their toys. It seemed as though their current play items were not doing so great with small or teenage children. In order to fix this problem Mego decided to take their toy line in a very different direction. Some of the top people at this company realized that teenage boys really loved super heroes. This is when Mego contacted DC comics to obtain a license for certain characters. Shazam, Batman, Superman and Robin proved to be the most popular among youngsters.

In a short period of time Mego produced these figures in eight inch versions. Later on Batman, Superman and Robin were presented to retailers in a twelve inch model form. Production companies in other countries decided to also make their own versions of these heroic figures. The figures had to be a little different than the originals because of copyright laws.

The Latin version of Superman has darker features and his costume is a bit different from the American version. At the time a person could also obtain the foreign one at a less expensive cost since production expenses were lower. Celebrities all around wanted to have their faces attached to one of these very unique statues that were very popular.

They focused on shows like "The Dukes Of Hazzard, " "The Walton's, " "Happy Days, " "Three's Company, " "Laverne and Shirley, " "Star Trek" and "Starsky and Hutch." All of these action statues looked very similar to their characters on television. Even though Mego did a great job with the faces of the male figures their female images were not that great.

They would recycle past female figure heads from bigger statues that were on the market. This was a great way to save money since it was more expensive to produce a new face. The smart individual will notice that Daisy Duke from the Hazzard collection looks nothing like the actress who played the part.

Any person with eyes could see that Mego made a huge mistake when they created the eight inch version of Wonder Woman. She had a baby face and did not come with any accessories. Batgirl, Supergirl, Cat Woman and Isis were all made from the same head mold. Each of these items looked silly to the serious collector.

This particular movie was an instant flop while "Star Wars" made millions of dollars at the box office. The "Star Wars" figures went on to be produced by Kenner. Famous celebrities also had their faces attached to some of these Mego twelve inch items. Cher insisted that they remake her features several times before she allowed this company to sell her statue. Since she was such a big star they agreed to her terms.