Wonder Woman action figure from 1976

This is Wonder Woman from Mego's Comic Action Heroes line of 1976. The strangely masculine head on the left was quickly replaced by the one on the right. The unfortunate body style remained unchanged. You can purchase the original mint-in-packaging for around $150 to $200 on eBay. (via SuperPunch)

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http://twitter.com/fossilfuels Funk Daddy

Predecessor of He-Man, we salute you.

But stop saluting us in that manner, eh?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=714073824 Kenneth Spencer Brown

She’s a man, baby!
- Chuck
  
  It’ll turn out that the version of the story where she’s been female all along has been the secret reboot of the Wonder Woman story line, thus covering up the original story of a TS superhero.
peregrinus

Looks like she’s about to do a wonder dump.
- http://twitter.com/incarnedine_v Dan Hibiki
  
  she’s on the invisible toilet holding an invisible plunger.
http://ae4rv.com/ royaltrux

Looks like she’s ready to beat off some criminals.
- Brainspore
  
  She generally ties them up first.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Freethinkersanon Christopher

Wonder Woman is seen here prepared to battle three of her nemeses: The Bishop, who will be beaten, The Monkey, who will be spanked, and The Chicken, who will be choked.
- Mitchell Glaser
  
  And my favorite: the Dolphin, who will be flogged.
  - http://www.gyrofrog.com/ Gyrofrog
    
    Lest we forget Mr. BoBo, who shall be honked.
    - http://twitter.com/EssBen Ben Rosenthal
      
      it’s enough to make a bald man weep.
http://www.bartontees.com/ Barton Tees

Ehh, Right’s an improvement, but not by much. What I’m saying is……..it doesn’t do wonders for her…….
jimh

She’s wearing her bracelets, but they didn’t get painted- giving her fatter wrists. Is it me or does the one on the left look like Harvey Keitel in drag?
- EH
  
  I’m gonna guess either Big Jim or Oscar Goldman.
  - jimh
    
    You nailed it- the steely gaze of Oscar Goldman! Or, just a generic face from the “little green army men” mold…
- t3kna2007
  
  I’m going to say Robert Stack on the left and George W. Bush (/me makes warding sign) on the right.
dragonfrog

“unfortunate” – “looking like someone who could actually do action-hero stuff” ?
- dragonfrog
  
  apropos: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=336
- David Pescovitz
  
  No, “unfortunate” as in it looks utterly bizarre, inhuman, and nothing like any of the Wonder Woman comic character designs.
  - http://www.kmoser.com kmoser
    
    It is a Wonder Woman design. Who says the comic book version is canonical?
    - http://twitter.com/fossilfuels Funk Daddy
      
      For a criteria or a standard of judgement I would say that the comic book version is the norm.
  - Grass lung
    
    Looks like a man to me, but not necessarily inhuman. Long arms, top-heavy, broad shoulders. Comments here seem to agree: “man-like” is thus “unfortunate” for a woman. And “superhero-like” seems to fall in.
    That said, there’s never been anything flattering, to toys of either gender, about a closed fist with a cylindrical hole drilled in.
    - Antinous / Moderator
      
      Long arms – check.
      Bandy-legged – check.
      Does she have hairy ears? She might be Wonder Orc.
huskerdont

Why is Wonder Woman wearing Depends?
- jimh
  
  Rejected kid’s joke:
  Q: Why is WW wearing adult diapers?
  A: It depends.
Steve Taylor

Those are *really* short legs. I’ve met a few humans and they have quite different proportions.
- DisGuest
  
  I can’t tell whether those are short legs or extraordinarily long arms. The hands are humungous.
  Maybe the wonder is that the woman has some orangutan blood?
http://twitter.com/bradgall Brad Gall

I think I had that figure, if I remember correctly the odd posture is because she was part of set with the Invisible jet. So to get her to fit in the jet and operate the controls she ended up with that weird form.
Boundegar

Does it mark me as irredeemably gender-typical if I find this Wonder Woman less attractive than other Wonder Women?
oldtaku

Is that… a star cameltoe?
welcomeabored

The model for the more masculine Wonder Woman appears to have been Darren McGavin.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569000/
Donald Petersen

Right now I have the weirdest bo… okay, never mind, it’s gone.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Right now I have the weirdest bo..
  
  Is misshapen and made from discolored plastic, yes?
  - Donald Petersen
    
    I’m callin’ the cops and pullin’ down the shades even now.
sburns54

That’s the rare “happy endings masseuse’ version.
BarBarSeven

They all squatted & had that weird right hand that looked like they were jerking off. The figures were great! My fave was Hulk & Spider-Man. http://www.megomuseum.com/heroes/ca.shtml
Aargh-a-Knot

It’s Tim Robbins as Wonder Woman! No. OK. Next!
pjcamp

Only a dude would be doing that with his right hand.

What’s the opposite of “child bearing hips” anyway?
- Brainspore
  
  Only a dude would be doing that with his right hand.
  
  I’d ask for the reasoning behind that assumption but I’m afraid the answer would go into TMI territory.