Action Figures of the Week: Mork and Mindy (Mattel)

Mork and Mindy Acrylic Paints (Craft-Master)

Mork and Mindy GAF Viewmaster

Ben Cooper Mork and Mindy Halloween Costume

Lunch Box of the Week: Mork and Mindy

Trading Card Close-Up: Mork and Mindy

Model Kit of the Week: Mork and Mindy (Monogram)

Board Game of the Week: Mork and Mindy (Parker Bros.)

Theme Song of the Week: Mork and Mindy (1978)

Television and Cinema Verities #82

"It came from Garry Marshall's kid who saw 'Star Wars,' and he went to his father and said, "Dad, why can't they have an alien on 'Happy Days'?" And Gary was like, "I don't know, it will be weird." But I think he did it as kind of a shout out to his son, as a one-off thing, and, I guess, just because it was just so strange. Me acting off of Henry, and Mork is there to kidnap The Fonz. It got a huge reaction."

- Robin Williams discusses the origins of Mork and Mindy (1978 - 1981) at Moviefone (from 2011).

Theme Song of the Week: Mork and Mindy (1978 - 1981)

Lunch Box of the Week: Mork and Mindy

Collectible of the Week: Mork and Mindy Action Figures (1979; Mattel)

Last week, I remembered Mattel's Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977) action figures.  The company used the same nine inch tall action figure molds to create Mork from Ork (Robin Williams), the break-out sitcom star of 1978 - 1979 on ABC's Mork and Mindy.

The Mork action figure came with a "talking space pack" which, when a string was pulled from the rainbow colored device, would emit eight "crazy" catchphrases such as the ever-popular "Na nu, na-nu."

A Mindy figure was also produced, described as "favorite earthling and every best friend of TV's lovable MORK."  Mindy (Pam Dawber) came  complete with long hair that could be brushed (as opposed to a plastic mold, like Helena Russell's figure from the 1999 collection.)

At the same time that these two larger-scale figures were released, Mattel also produced a small 3 and 3/4s inch action-figure of Mork (to fit right alongside your Kenner Star Wars figures) 

This figure came housed in his egg spaceship (or eggship), which could hatch right down the middle and release Mork for more antics.

Model Kit of the Week: Mork and Mindy Jeep (Monogram)

Board Game of the Week: Mork and Mindy (1978; Parker Bros.)