{"id":3831,"date":"2013-07-13T13:49:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T13:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/?page_id=3831"},"modified":"2021-05-24T19:27:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T19:27:03","slug":"human-torch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/human-torch\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Torch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"galleryimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/HumanTorchArt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- RIGHT LINKS BOX STARTS HERE --><\/p>\n<div id=\"linksright\">\n<div id=\"rightbox\">\n<ul id=\"linklist\">\n<li id=\"menutitle\"><a href=\"#\">HUMAN TORCH LINKS <\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"<li\" class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#intro\">1976 Introduction <\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menutitle\"><a href=\"#\">PACKAGING <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#box\">Window Boxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#1975\">1975\/78 Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#1975\">1979 Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#grand\">Grand Toys Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#palitoy\">Palitoy UK Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#harbert\">Harbert Italy Card<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"intro\" name=\"intro\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">1976 Introduction<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/FantasticFourHWad.jpg\" alt=\"Fantastci Four Mego Heroes World Ad\" width=\"450\" height=\"286\" align=\"left\">The Human Torch was released in the great 1976 wave of WGSH and represented a challenge to Mego: &#8220;How do you make a figure of a character that is on fire?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mego could have copped out and created a Johnny Storm figure using the Mr Fantastic outfit but they rose to the occasion and created the Torch figure that was fully<em><strong> &#8220;Flamed On!&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite the knocks this figure takes, it is actually quite well done. The Head sculpt is a faithful rendition of the character, the body suit a convincing attempt to capture the essence of the comic.<\/p>\n<p>He was released on 1975 and 1979 US cards as well as window boxes, but like all Fantastic Four figures is most commonly found on 1979 Pin Pin French cards which were widely distributed at a discount in the early 1980s. Sadly, it is these figures that suffer from vinyl migration in the heads, AKA zombie disease and Human Torch bodies of that variety tend to be very fragile at the knees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/76-Mego-Page.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/76-Mego-Page.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Fantastic Four\" width=\"463\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/76-Mego-Page.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/76-Mego-Page-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/76-Mego-Page-768x998.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/76-Mego-Page-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/76-Mego-Page-900x1170.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mego Human Torch was released in 1976.The Human Torch was introduced in 1976 as part of the last wave of new 8&#8243; WGSH characters that included the Mighty Thor and Conan.&nbsp; These would be the last new 8&#8243; WGSH based on Marvel characters that would be introduced by Mego.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"box\" name=\"box\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Window Boxes<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/packaging\/humantorchbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- 1979 SECTION STARTS HERE -->The Human Torch was released in a window box in 1976, the only variation to the box is the insert colour, which vacillates&nbsp;from blue or orange.&nbsp;Harbert, Mego&#8217;s then distributor&nbsp;in Italy also added an Italian language sticker to the boxes and this can be found on the secondary market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7346\" style=\"width: 1322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7346\" class=\"wp-image-7346 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed2.jpg\" alt=\"Back of the Mego Human Torch WIndow Box\" width=\"1312\" height=\"2416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed2.jpg 1312w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed2-163x300.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed2-768x1414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed2-556x1024.jpg 556w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed2-900x1657.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1312px) 100vw, 1312px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back of the Mego Human Torch WIndow Box<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7345\" style=\"width: 1442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7345\" class=\"wp-image-7345 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed.jpg\" alt=\"Front of the Mego Human Torch WIndow Box\" width=\"1432\" height=\"2404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed.jpg 1432w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed-768x1289.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed-610x1024.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/humantorchboxed-900x1511.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1432px) 100vw, 1432px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front of the Mego Human Torch WIndow Box<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"1979\" name=\"1979\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">1979 Card<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Human Torch was released on three known card backs,<\/p>\n<p>1975 trademarked card back&nbsp;with scowling heroes (of which there are two minor variants)<!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p>1979 Trademarked card back&nbsp;with smiling heroes (which was also released by Pin-Pin of France)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mego Human Torch on a number of different cards\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/megohumantorch.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Mego Human Torch on his 1975 US card and a 1979 Pin Pin card (France) where he is La Torche Humane.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the early 1980s, Mego liquidated Superhero product meant for the French market into the United States. These toys are often mistaken for being &#8220;Canadian&#8221; but are actually from France.&nbsp; It is common to find the Pin Pin carded figures with large red clearance stickers like the ones above.<\/p>\n<p>Pics courtesy of Dan (Dumbldor)<\/p>\n<p><!-- grand SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"grand\" name=\"grand\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Grand Toys Card<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><!-- palitoy SECTION STARTS HERE --><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-754x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-768x1043.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-1131x1536.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-1509x2048.jpg 1509w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-560x760.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-260x353.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-160x217.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtorch-scaled.jpg 1886w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This extremely rare Grand Toys card for the Human Torch is a true rarity, the first I&#8217;ve seen since I saw it hanging at Dominion Playword in the 1970s. Grand bought very limited quantities of this assortment so instead of creating their own card, they used Pin-Pin Cards from France (which were bilingual, important to Canadian laws) and put their own label on it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The major irony of this is, the French Pin Pin toys cards have often been mistaken as being Canadian in origin, making this myth at least partially true, as long as it bears this elusive Grand Toys sticker. Many thanks to Mark S for this wonderful opportunity to showcase this incredible rarity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-838x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"838\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-838x1024.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-1257x1536.jpg 1257w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-1676x2048.jpg 1676w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-560x684.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-260x318.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/grandtoystorch-160x196.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"palitoy\" name=\"palitoy\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Palitoy Card<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoy-Torch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoy-Torch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1842\" height=\"1734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoy-Torch.jpg 1842w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoy-Torch-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoy-Torch-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoy-Torch-1024x964.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoy-Torch-900x847.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1842px) 100vw, 1842px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the United Kingdom, distributor Palitoy Bradgate chose only to carry the Human Torch and The Thing (I guess that makes them the fantastic two?).&nbsp;This green card which is unique to the English market is the most difficult packaged Human Torch item to find. Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\">PlaidStallions.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- harbert SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"harbert\" name=\"harbert\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Harbert Italy Card<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mego Fantastic Four on Harbert Italy Cards\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/harbertfantasticfour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"215\"><\/p>\n<p>In Italy, Harbert just placed an Italian language sticker over the US Mego cards and boxes until they eventually produced their own line of cards. Below is a nice set of those stickers on their own, cards and stickers are courtesy of Dan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Harbert Mego Fantastic Four Stickers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/harbertstickers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"437\"><\/p>\n\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HUMAN TORCH LINKS 1976 Introduction PACKAGING Window Boxes 1975\/78 Card 1979 Card Grand Toys Canada Palitoy UK Card Harbert Italy Card 1976 Introduction &nbsp; The Human Torch was released in the great 1976 wave of WGSH and represented a challenge&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/human-torch\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":94,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3831","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7698,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3831\/revisions\/7698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}