{"id":2969,"date":"2013-04-02T20:57:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T20:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/?page_id=2969"},"modified":"2014-08-13T05:12:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T05:12:46","slug":"the-new-avengers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/the-new-avengers\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Avengers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The
\nNew Avengers<\/span> was a 1977 follow up to the wildly successful
\n60’s Television series simply titled "The Avengers<\/strong>".<\/p>\n

Back for more action was Patrick
\nMacnee<\/span> as debonair secret agent John
\nSteed<\/span> in this new series he was joined by the lovely
\nPurdy (Joanna Lumley<\/span>) and
\nMike Gambit (Gareth Hunt)<\/span>.
\nThe series is mostly and unfairly maligned as not living up
\nto the high kicking days of Mrs.
\nPeel<\/span> but still produced some memorable episodes until
\nthey decided to film the second season in Toronto (the less
\nsaid, the better)<\/p>\n

British toy distributor Denys Fisher<\/span>,
\nworking with Mego, had planned to release a series of 12"
\nAction dolls based on the series. The dolls were to have an
\n"action" karate-type feature. For whatever reason
\n(poor response to the show, lukewarm interest from retailers),
\nthe plug was pulled on the line save for the 12" Purdy fashion
\ndoll (below) and her outfits, plus a Denys Fisher board game.<\/p>\n

However, evidence has come to light that a Steed figure may
\nindeed have been produced….<\/span><\/p>\n

UPDATE!<\/b> The Museum received this email from a South African collector that adds more weight to the theory. Martin writes in and says " I had these new avengers action men when i was a kid ,i had the gambit dressed in a karate suit,my brother had
\nsteed in a suit and a bowler hat with umbrella and my little sister had the purdy" <\/i><\/b> This was sent in to us before this Gallery was launched so it does indeed seem to tell that these figures were produced for South African consumption.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Bowler Hat
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

A few years ago, collector John
\nBonavita<\/a> received a letter from a South African die cast collector
\nwho informed John that the New Avengers figures not only existed
\nbut that he had them as a child.<\/p>\n

To prove his point, the collector sent John the only thing left
\nfrom his Steed doll, the trademark Bowler
\nhat<\/span>!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The hat, modeled here by an old Fighting Yank doll (oh, the irony…),
\nis a tantalizing mystery item that one day may lead us to the unseen
\naction figure. With the recent South African discovery of
\nMego Jet Jungle<\/a> it seems that now more than ever there are some
\nmissing pieces to the Mego puzzle yet to be found….<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Thanks to John Bonavita for sharing this amazing artifact!<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

This Denys Fisher catalog page<\/span>
\nthat showcases the unproduced Steed and Gambit figures. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The Denys Fisher Purdy Doll<\/span> was
\nthe only figure released in the UK for the New Avengers<\/em>
\nline<\/p>\n\n

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The New Avengers was a 1977 follow up to the wildly successful 60’s Television series simply titled "The Avengers". Back for more action was Patrick Macnee as debonair secret agent John Steed in this new series he was joined by…<\/p>\n

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