Thursday, August 22, 2013

One Of A Kind Items In This World

By Essie Craft


There are so many one of a kind items that a person can find if they look long and hard enough. These are the types of things that were made once and after a few years they were discontinued due to a variety of reasons. There were many toy companies in the past which produced such merchandise and they are no longer in business due to bankruptcy problems.

As of today there is a company which produces a mechanical parrot that talks and is able to move its body parts with no problem. It is named "Polly" and is a marvelous invention for young and older people who are living in America. This mechanical marvel is only being sold for a short period of time and when she is taken off the market the company will never manufacture it again.

During the 70's and 80's everyone was talking about the good looking Mego superheroes that were in the toy stores. The company had decided to take advantage of the very popular comic book characters which were created by writers at DC and Marvel. The folks at Mego were living great lives while these superhero toys were on the market and they could have continued to have success if "Star Wars" had not eluded them.

Batman, Superman, Robin, Tarzan and Aquaman were some of the first DC action figures produced by Mego. After sales were so high Mego decided to make even more of these figures that were based upon other characters in these books. In a short while people could purchase Penguin, Isis, Joker, Catwoman, Supergirl, Batgirl and Wonder Woman.

After the fans had realized how great these dolls were they demanded Mego to produce even more figures which represented the Marvel comics company. Mego decided to produce Captain America, Thor, Conan, Invisible Girl, Mr. Fantastic, The Human Torch, The Thing and Spiderman in order to satisfy their customers.

These are all products that were made during a few years and have never been duplicated since their initial appearance. Today all of these products are considered to be collectibles by many people. The one female character which was licensed through Marvel was the Invisible Girl and she is considered to be the most unique figure that Mego produced.

Mego decided to make her face more realistic than the dolls that were made from the DC line. Batgirl, Isis, Catwoman and Supergirl all have the same baby face and they look nothing like the characters within the comic book. Susan Storm from "The Fantastic Four" is the only figure that actually looks like a mature female.

One of a kind items do exist everywhere since there was a good luck ring that the famous Reverend Ike used to tell his viewers about. He would sell this piece of jewelry along with other trinkets that were supposed to bring all kinds of wonders to the individuals who wore them. Later on people realized that this ring did not bring any kind of luck at all and it was quickly discontinued.




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