| In this article we're going to cover one of the rarest | | | | natural hair color was dark brown. The wig didn't |
| collectible dolls in history, the classic Mike Hazard | | | | quite cover his hair completely so you could see |
| Double Agent. | | | | some of the brown sticking out but it was still pretty |
| During the 1960s, cloak and dagger and spy stuff | | | | cool. |
| was all the wave with shows like Mission Impossible, | | | | Then there was the beard, mustache and glasses. |
| The Man From Uncle, I Spy and of course movies like | | | | This was actually one piece as the three were all |
| James Bond. Well, the toy companies took care of | | | | attached. It was difficult using the beard and glasses |
| their end as well. | | | | with the wig because the glasses didn't fit very well |
| One of the most popular dolls of that era was Mike | | | | over the face because of the thickness of the wig |
| Hazard, Double Agent which was manufactured by | | | | and if you tried to use them together it actually |
| Louis Mark Company in 1967. The doll was 12 inches | | | | looked pretty stupid. |
| in height and was solid as a rock. The body was | | | | Then there was an actual new face that you could |
| made of very hard plastic. If you were to hit | | | | place over the original face. It only covered the front |
| somebody over the head with this doll you would | | | | so that you could use the wig with it. Also, if you |
| probably give them a concussion. This was the most | | | | wanted, you could put the beard and glasses on over |
| solidly put together doll in the history of toy | | | | the new face. It just did fit. |
| manufacturing next to professional ventriloquist | | | | Mike Hazard also came with a few cool hats. They |
| dummies. The body color was a strange dark blue. | | | | wouldn't fit very well over the wig but if you used |
| There were actually five different series of Mike | | | | them on the original head they fit just perfectly. The |
| Hazard dolls made in 1967. The only real differences | | | | hats were a beret and a Clark Kent style hat. |
| were not so much in the dolls themselves but in the | | | | Hazard also came with a really nice trench coat that |
| boxes. There was the original box, the sunburst box, | | | | was made out of material, the only thing in the set |
| the international box and then a couple of variations | | | | that was. Everything else was made out of plastic. |
| of the three of them. | | | | As for weapons, he had weapons galore from pistols |
| The lure of the doll was not so much in the look of it | | | | to machine guns to a futuristic gun. He also had a |
| but what you could do with it. As accessories went, | | | | contraption that looked like a weapon but was |
| Mike Hazard was loaded with them. His nickname was | | | | actually a listening device. |
| "master of disguise" and he was that. Included with | | | | Needless to say, this was one cool figure. But it didn't |
| the figure were a number of great disguises that you | | | | last long and today is considered a very rare |
| could mix and match in many different ways. | | | | collectors item. Mint in a sealed box will bring you |
| To start with, he came with a great blond wig. His | | | | about $1500. Not bad for a $5 toy. |