Mego The Waltons

John Boy and Mary Ellen came boxed in two packs and in single packs.

A testament to the Licensing Giant that Mego was, the Waltons was a bit of a departure for the Action figure giant.

However it was not a gamble, as Neal Kublan explained when interviewed, the license came cheap (Mego was often brought licenses as they had such a great track record), the tooling for the 8" figures already existed so the Waltons offered Mego a low risk attempt at the girl's market.

Click on the pics to see original Mego Waltons Ads and the Waltons sections of every Mego Catalog!

As a TV series the Waltons was a ratings smash, it spawned many imitators and created a pop culture reference with "Good Night John Boy!". With this kind of heavy exposure, no doubt the Waltons paid off for Mego, maybe not something on the scale of "Planet of the Apes" but nonetheless....

The large farmhouse playset fetches a good dollar among doll collectors (courtesy of Troy).

The farmhouse TV commercial capsulized (courtesy Mike Farrence)