In addition to the 8" figures, Mego also produced 3-3/4" Coy and Vance figures. No "changes" were made with the only difference being the chest portions of the shirts for Bo and Luke were swapped. A 3-3/4" Coy had blond hair, wore a blue shirt, with blue pants. A 3-3/4" Vance had brown hair, wore a tan shirt with blue pants. The 3-3/4" Coy and Vance are much rarer than the 8" versions and just about non-existent.
Mego never bothered to print new cards reflecting their names so Coy was packaged in Bo's card and Vance was packaged in Luke's card. This makes it somewhat difficult to identify a carded Coy and Vance without a decent picture. It also can help in snagging a carded Coy or Vance for a bargain.
Both but can still be found. Luke and 8" figures were produced in much smaller quantities and are much more difficult to find compared to Bo and Luke, Bo worked out whatever monetary issues they had and quickly came back to the show. Coy and Vance were gone as quick as they came. It would make sense that both were packed at the same ratio within a case, but for some reason Vance is much more difficult to find than Coy. With Coy and Vance's fast entrance and exit, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact timing. There are a few things that can generalize the timing based on relative changes. Coy and Vance only came packaged on 1981 cards. Coy and Vance should only appear wearing the short sleeve shirts since they were introduced after the long sleeve shirts with pocket were phased out.
Coy and Vance can be found with metal and plastic snaps on their shirts and pants. Evidence suggests that the transition from metal to plastic snaps for the Dukes was not absolute and it is very possible that metal snaps were used after plastic snaps were already introduced. The majority of Coy and Vance figures will contain plastic snaps, but Coy and Vance with metal snaps do exist and are much more difficult to find. Pictured is a carded Coy with metal snaps.
This may sound like a tongue twister, but here is why components were most likely not completely exhausted before their replacement was used. A Bo Duke can be found on a 1980 card with short sleeves and plastic snaps. A Coy Duke can be found on a 1981 card with short sleeves and metal snaps. If metal snaps preceded plastic snaps and 1980 cards preceded 1981 cards, something had to be re-introduced in order to have both combinations listed above. Confused yet? The bottom line is, aside from the long sleeve shirts and baggy Luke pants, all the variations found on Bo and Luke figures can also be found on Coy and Vance figures The Coy and Vance figures are unique in the fact that they were two temporary additions to the 8" Dukes of Hazzard line. With no Coy and Vance item numbers, no packages reflecting their name, and no appearance in the retail catalogs, it almost seems like they never really existed. Coy and Vance are the scarcest and most limited from a production quantity standpoint. Coy is much easier to find, but Vance is probably the toughest figure of all the 8" Dukes figures to find loose and carded.
