This was one of an inaugural line of 8", Mego-style action dolls from Hasbro, along with Green Lantern and Green Arrow (they must have had a lot of green fabric lying around).I'm guessing, by making them Mego-esque, Hasbro was trying to appeal to the older collectors market (the kind of people who even remember Mego), but they were sold at Toys 'R Us and Target stores. Probably a little too goofy looking for younger kids, the line died relatively quickly after a couple more releases for the line (Superman, Batman). Too bad, since they were nicely done and I was interested to see where they might have gone with it (Hawkman? Anthro? B'Wana Beast?).
Farewell, DC Superheroes line, we hardly knew ye.
This line could have done better if they had have made Aquaman, Lantern and Green Arrow the Target Exclusives and made Batman/Superman mass market.
ReplyDeleteIt made no sense to make the best selling characters hard to find....