Mego released 9 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century figures, based on the movie and TV show, in 1979, All figures feature rubber-band construction ,All figures exhibit 10 points of articulation: neck, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, and knees, and also released six accessories for the 3 3/4-inch Buck Rogers line: Star Fighter, Laserscope Fighter, Draconian Marauder, Land Rover, Star Searcher and the Star Fighter Command Center.
In the year 1987, Air Force captain William "Buck" Rogers tests the Ranger 3 spacecraft. His flight was to last only 5 months, but a meteor storm damages his life-support systems, freezing him solid, and casts Ranger 3 into an orbit which returns it to Earth--over 500 years later. Soon after Buck departs, Earth is devastated by a nuclear war caused by a renegade group of U.S. military officers. In 2491, Buck, who has survived due to the freezing, is revived and tries to adjust to life on 25th-century Earth. Earth is coming under hostile attack by the Draconian empire.