Facts, Fallacies, and Rumors about Eight inch figures
Assortment Numbers/Stock Numbers
| First Series First Mix | 1974 | 6 - Kirks 6 - Spocks 3 - McCoys 3 - Scottys 6 - Klingons | 5-face Card " " " " |
| Second Series Crew Second Mix | early 1975 | 5 - Kirks 5 - Spocks 3 - McCoys 3 - Uhuras 3 - Scottys 5 - Klingons | 6-face Card " " " " " |
| Second Series Third Mix (First Aliens) | 1975 | 2 - Kirks 2 - Spocks 2 - McCoys 2 - Uhuras 2 - Scottys 2 - Klingons 3 - Keepers 3 - Neptunians 3 - Gorns 3 - Cherons | 6-face Card " " " " " First Alien Card " " " |
| Second Series Fourth Mix | late 1975 | 6 - Keepers 6 - Neptunians 6 - Gorns 6 - Cherons | First Alien Card " " " |
| Third Series Fifth Mix | late 1975 /early 1976 | 2 - Keepers 2 - Neptunians 2 - Gorns 2 - Cherons 4 - Romulans 4 - Taloses 4 - Andorians 4 - Mugatos | Second Alien Card " " " " " " " |
| Third Series Sixth Mix | late 1976 | 6 - Romulans 6 - Taloses 6 - Andorians 6 - Mugatos | Second Alien Card " " " |
| EMCE Retro Wave 1 | 2007 | 4 - Kirks 4 - Klingons | First EMCE Retro Card |
| EMCE Retro Wave 2 | 2007 | 4 - Spocks 4 - Andorians | First EMCE Retro Card |
| EMCE Retro Wave 3 | 2008 | 4 - McCoys 4- Romulans | First EMCE Retro Card |
| EMCE Retro Khan | 2008 | 8 - Khans | Special Khan EMCE Retro Card |
| EMCE Retro Wave 4 | 2008 | 4 - Scottys 4 - Keepers | Second EMCE Retro Card |
| EMCE Retro Wave 5 | 2008 | 4 - Uhuras 4 - Mugatos | Second EMCE Retro Card |
| EMCE Retro Wave 6 | 2009 | 4 - Chekovs 4 - Cherons | Second EMCE Retro Card |
| EMCE Retro Wave 7 | 2009 | 4 - Sulus 4 - New Gorns | Second EMCE Retro Card |
| EMCE Retro Wave 7 (alternate packing) | 2009 | 8 - Sulus 8 - New Gorns | Second EMCE Retro Card |
In total numbers the Gorn, Neptunian, Keeper, and Cheron on Series Three card are the rarest.
However, if you look at each figure not considering the card, the Third Series is the most rare.
It is the general consensus that the Andorian and Romulan were the most popular of the Third Series Aliens. So they were bought up, played with, and in many cases destroyed. That is why they are so rare.
There is a rumor about a Mego fire which destroyed many of the Series Three figures. This is FALSE. It is also not true that the Third Series was only available in Europe. (Although some of the ST:TMP figures were only available in Italy.)
There have been a least one (I have heard rumors of another) warehouse find of Kirk, Spock, and the Klingon. This has caused the price of these three to remain somewhat constant while the others have continued to increase.
Assortment/Stock Numbers
Mego made Assortment/Stock numbers very easy. The Stock Number is the same as the Assortment Number unless there are different products within an assortment. In this case they added '/#' to differentiate the different products.
See all the Assortment Numbers/Stock Numbers.
| Item | Assortment Number/Stock Extension| Kirk | 51200/1 | Spock | 51200/2 | McCoy | 51200/3 | Uhura | 51200/4 | Scotty | 51200/5 | Klingon | 51200/7 | Keeper | 51203/1 | Neptunian | 51203/2 | Gorn | 51203/3 | Cheron | 51203/4 | Romulan | 51204/1 | Talos | 51204/2 | Andorian | 51204/3 | Mugato | 51204/4 | Enterprise Playset | 51210 | 3.75" Kirk | 91200/? | 3.75" Spock | 91200/? | 3.75" McCoy | 91200/? | 3.75" Ilia | 91200/4 | 3.75" Decker | 91200/? | 3.75" Scotty | 91200/? | |
| Item | Assortment Number/Stock Extension| Kirk | 99788/17664 | Klingon | 99788/17? | Spock | 99788/17667 | Andorian | 99788/17688 | McCoy | 99788/17670 | Romulan | 99788/17671 | Khan | 99788/17699 | Uhura | 99788/17736 | Mugato | 99788/17737 | Scotty | 99788/17715 | Keeper | 99788/17716 | Chekov | 99788/17752 | Cheron | 99788/17753 | Sulu | 99788/17768 | New Gorn | 99788/17686 | |
| Item | 5-Face | 6-Face | Aliens 1(Black) | Aliens 2(Blue) | EMCE| Kirk | x | x | x | Spock | x | x | x | McCoy | x | x | x | Scotty | x | x | x | Uhura | x | x | Klingon | x | x | x | Keeper | x | x | x | Cheron | x | x | x | Gorn | x | x | Neptunian | x | x | Mugato | x | x | Talos | x | Andorian | x | x | Romulan | x | x | Khan | x | Chekov | x | Sulu | x | New Gorn | x | |
Packing Ratio for Eight Inch figures
Facts, Fallacies, and Rumors about Eight inch figures
Assortment Numbers/Stock Numbers