In 1979 Mattel produced a line of action figures based on The New Adventures of Flash Gordon cartoon that was made by Filmation, the cartoon sadly only aired for 2 seasons. All 8 figures are 3 3/4" (1:18 scale) and feature a solid construction more like a vintage Kenner Star Wars figure than say a Hasbro GI Joe from the ''80s and articulation ranges from 4 to 5 points depending on whether or not the figure had a swivel neck or not.
Series one which is the most common if you looking to collect this line features Flash Gordon, Lizard Women, Ming, and Thun. Series two which is a little harder to track down was only Dr. Zarkov and Beastman and finally, series three is the hardest of the three series to find features Captain Arak and Vultan.
Series One
Flash Gordon
Ming
Ming from a Local Shop i saw recently
Lizard Women
Thun
Series 2
Dr. Zarkov
Beastman
Series 3
Captain Arak
Vultan
Vehicles
Rocket Ship
The Rocket Ship which is a plastic blow-up Blimp similar to what would come out later in the TMNT line from Playmates, the cockpit is detachable and becomes a shuttle with wheels with a yellow/orange cockpit with wheels
Parts list
Clear canopy
Modular Space Shuttle
Label sheet
2 wheels/ axel units
Rocket motor
Nose cannon
Plastic inflatable ship
Ming's Shuttle
The second vehicle was Ming's Space Shuttle which was the same piece of plastic used for the Rocket ships cockpit but repainted green instead of yellow/orange. Ming's Shuttle is the harder to find of the to vehicles from this line.
Clear canopy
Modular Space Shuttle"
Label sheet
2 wheels/ axel units
Cannon
Catalogue Gift Sets
the figures were also released in some multi-pack threw store Catalogues
sets included were:
Card backs
All 8 figures from Flash Gordon were packaged on the same card with the only difference being the background colour behind each character with the name above the bubble and the Card-backs were updated when the last 2 figures were released
Version 1 with the first 6 figures produced( Above)
and the second version with all 8 figures from the line ( below ) .
