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If you have it, go get your Mego Commercials tape #1 and cue up the S&H spots and crank the soundtrack thru your stereo. One of these days I may actually add some annoying sound loops to this site for the sole purpose of making sure that funky bass song accompanies this page. While you’re at the commercials, watch and enjoy again the kids JUMPING OFF buildings to jump the badguys just like their TV heroes! Oh, those were the good old days.<\/p>\n
In 1978, Mego released this line based on the hit TV show with a blonde and brunette detective team. Sold quite well. I will confess disinterest in them, but as always, a few hours playing with them
\non the computer has made me a believer.<\/p>\n
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Original Reproduction Artwork of the Mego Starsky and Hutch Crew.<\/p>\n
I think the added thrill is seeing a mint set all posed together. Toss in the Ford Torino<\/a>? Suddenly, this looks fun. But let’s also investigate the players individually and get to know them up close and personal, shall we?<\/p>\n First, the SUPERFLY Huggy-Bear models the Starsky and Hutch Card art with a cool painting of the Grand Torino parked on the grimy asphalt of a dingy back alley where dreams are cheap and life is cheaper. Ahem.<\/p>\n Det. Dave Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) Carded S&H set courtesy of Scott Arendsen And Tom. Det. Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson (David This is a Canadian Grand Toys carded Starsky courtesy of Mark Schmidt. As you can see Grand merely stickered the US product to make it bilingual. All five of the Starsky and Hutch characters were available in Canada Huggy Bear (Antonio Fargas) The Huggy Bear\u00a0Mego figure has a lot of the character that it portrays, but it’s\u00a0a minor oversight that they didn’t include one of John Boy Walton’s\u00a0floppy denim hats that are more suited to Huggy.\u00a0Mister Fargas was in many of the important “blacksploitation”\u00a0films of the Seventies including “Shaft” and “Cleopatra\u00a0Brown”. He also appeared in “Pretty Baby”, “I’m\u00a0Gonna Git You Sucka” and had a regular role on “All My\u00a0Children”. He will always be Huggy Bear to us, though. Capt. Harold Dobey (Bernie Hamilton) Carded S&H set courtesy of Scott Arendsen<\/p>\n In addition to his role as the gruff but lovable police Captain,![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/shcdbk.JPG\")
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<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nStarsky<\/div>\nReturn to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nMssr. Glasser’s credits include “Fiddler on the Roof”,
\n“Butterflies are Free”, and TV’s “Single
\nBars, Single Women”. He has been directing of late,
\nmost recently behind the camera of “Kazaam”, with
\nShaq O’Neil.
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/Shstars.jpg\")
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\nUK Dual Box by Palitoy, the boys actually carry guns, Starsky can often have
\na Space:1999 body and Hutch has the UK issue leather vest(courtesy
\nof Bill Frost)
\n![\"Mego](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/palitoytwo2.jpg\")
\nThe boys as they appear in the two, all nicely tucked into baggies. Selling them this way is so nice and logical.(courtesy
\nof Bill Frost)
\n![\"Mego](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/palitoytwo3.jpg\")
\nA good look at the insert that seperates the buddy cop team.(courtesy
\nof Bill Frost)
\n![\"Mego](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/palitoytwo4.jpg\")
\nAn inside shot of the two pack (courtesy
\nof Bill Frost)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nHutch<\/div>\nReturn to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/shhutch2.jpg\")
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\nSoul)
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/Shhutch.jpg\")
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\nUK Dual Box by Palitoy, the boys actually carry guns, Starsky can often have
\na Space:1999 body and Hutch has the UK issue leather vest(courtesy
\nof Bill Frost)
\n
\nThe boys as they appear in the two, all nicely tucked into baggies. Selling them this way is so nice and logical.(courtesy
\nof Bill Frost)
\n
\nA good look at the insert that seperates the buddy cop team.(courtesy
\nof Bill Frost)
\n
\nAn inside shot of the two pack.(courtesy
\nof Bill Frost)<\/p>\n![\"GRAND](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/grandstarsky.jpg\")
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\n![\"GRAND](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/grandstarsky2.jpg\")
\nClose up of the Canadian sticker.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nHuggy Bear<\/div>\nReturn to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/shhuggybear.jpg\")
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\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/Shhuggy.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nDoby<\/div>\nReturn to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/shdoby.jpg\")
\nUnder-appreciated as a minor character in a lesser line, Captain Dobey
\nis nonetheless one of the better facial sculpts. The outfit, a kind of
\ndenim leisure suit, is classic to it’s time.
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/shdobyface.jpg\")
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\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/Shdobey.jpg\")
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\nMr. Hamilton was featured in episodes of the Dick Van Dyke show,
\nand the Twilight Zone. Film roles included Shambu in “Tarzan
\nand the Perils of Charity Jones” (1967) followed almost immediately
\nwith the part of Chaka in “Tarzan and the Four O’Clock Army”
\n(1968) Mr. Hamilton apparently stopped working after Starsky and
\nHutch.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n\nChopper<\/div>\nReturn to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/shchopper.jpg\")
\nThe figure of Chopper<\/span> is not based\u00a0on any one actor, but is more a combination of various bad guy\/tough\u00a0dude characters on the show. He is a pastiche, if you will. Nonetheless,\u00a0I’m pretty sure I’ve seen him in reruns of Hawaii 5 O, Mannix, Barnaby\u00a0Jones, and several other Quinn-Martin productions.
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/teevee\/images\/Shchop.jpg\")
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