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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

I've been saying Mego in my head just because I'm a dumb American.

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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

And it was a tough sell at first in the US because, like you said, the video game craze, for lack of a better word, had kind of come and gone.

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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

Well, I think Mego is probably how they say it in the UK.

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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

Oh, is that where it came from?

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

No, they're American.

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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

I say Mego.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

This was 1985.

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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

To be honest, I have no idea.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

Parents were still not, you know, they were like, I'm glad that went away, basically.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

I'm sure there is a right way that Tommy Mego would love to tell you about, or Tommy Mego.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

And now we have these PCs in our homes, and my kid can play Oregon Trail or whatever, and they seem happy enough with that.

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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

But yeah, I've said Mego in my head, but I don't know which one's correct to tell you the truth.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

And Nintendo knew all this was going on.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

All right.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

They knew it was going to be a tougher sell.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

We'll just proceed thusly.

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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

I'll say Mego.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever

So they knew they had to come up with something awesome.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

You say Mego.

Stuff You Should Know
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures

Let's just call the whole thing off.