This 1980's Action Comedy series was a sleeper for ABC, it was also the last licensed product that made it out of Mego. (well half of it anyway) .
Prototypes for the eight inch Mego Greatest American Hero line are extremely rare, The first two Ralph prototypes were found at a flea market in a dollar box, one such figure ended up in the collection of Toy Collector Extraordinaire John MacGonagle.
This carded Pam actually surfaced in Scotland of all places, courtesy of Max Espie. As you can see below, it's a production sample.
Here is a 1981 trade article describing Mego's launch of Greatest American Hero
Mego turns to "hero" in licensing effort" (advertising age June 1981)
New York- Mego Corp lucked out when it snared the licensing rights to "Dukes of Hazzard" before that TV series became popular and it's hoping lightning will strike again with "The Greatest American Hero".
(Mego VP of Marketing Alan) Chernoff said Mego will have it's "Greatest American Hero" action figures out in the shortest possible time span, six months, giving it an October retail introduction.
To capitilize on the series while it is hot, Mr Chernoff said Mego will use bodies from unsold ""CHiPs" figures and costumes from past Superman figures.
"CHiPs" is a Mego's other TV property and not nearly selling as well as "Dukes" the exec said. Reusing old dolls figures for new characters is not new, for example, Mr Chernoff noted that Mego reworked it's Diana Ross dolls into current Coppertone Candi.
