Megocipsa lovingly celebrates the pants-less world of Mexican Planet of the Apes figures, I can’t tell you how much I love this line (and wish I could complete my boxed set) Scott, the webmaster has used his design skills to recreate the box art into trading cards, which he produced and gave away.
The site is a lot of fun, visit it here.
Just wow. See more at the Mego Museum Forum
I don’t begrudge anyone the likely orgasmic joy that is felt from the new Star Wars trailer that just dropped, nor do I feel deprived of a happy childhood playing with my 3 3/4″ Kenner action figures, they were pretty swell indeed.
It’s just that, as a Mego head, I’ve seen EVERYSINGLEFREAKINGFORMAT of SW figures (many of them poor quality) come and go, save for 8 inch action figures? Not even a lousy attempt like Famous Covers.
Right now Entertainment Earth has 1,177 licensed Star Wars products, including 177 action figures by five different companies. Multiple formats, nothing ever close to Mego scale in almost 40 years.
WHY? You can’t tell me it’s format, if Lucasfilm approved this, high standards aren’t the problem. As evidenced by the page from 1978 (a magazine you should own) they’d look pretty spiffy if done by the right company.
I find your lack of Mego faith disturbing.
MegoMuseum is giving away a Raj Big Bang Theory/Star Trek mashup today, to enter all you have to do is subscribe to their newsletter, click here to check it out.
Am i safe to say that this is the only Mego like Gene Autry custom ever attempted? It’s the first I’ve ever seen and in a world of countless Wolverines and Batmen, this singing cowboy is a welcome oasis.
So I got a nice letter from Calvin, former head honcho at Flatt World last night correcting a couple of points from my piece and sending me a much better photo of the Zorro prototype that I have featured above.
The most interesting new insight I gained was that it was planned to have the Flatt World Zorro figure be in the Sony DVD menu of “The Mask of Zorro”. This would have been a ground breaking promotion for the time.
Calvin also went on to add that this was the figure he was most sad not to see go into production. He also believed the character’s international popularity would have seen this be their biggest hit. The only way to win that argument is likely to join his side.
This photo reinforces how nice the figure would have been.
Yeah so, as promoted here, this weekend was the annual Toronto Toy Show which at one point was THE EVENT in Canada. My how times have changed, read my thoughts and see some of the Mego sightings after the jump.
Sorry, this kind of sucks. A better copy of the commercial can be found on the “Face of Evil” DVD.
The Mego Museum has the best gallery of these toys, visit it often!
Here’s a mego scaled Who custom that I’ve never seen before, Scaroth from the City of death in his alien warrior garb. Sure BifBangPow did Scaroth but he was in his liesure suit, I especially dig the card on this.
This piece was done by a fellow who goes by “Markneto”, see more of his work at his website.
From 2010, Mego Museum founder Scott Adams chats with Paul “Dr.Mego” Clarke about Star Trek figures.
Sources close to us mention that the Bluntman and Chronic figures by Diamond Select/EMCE are set to arrive soon, maybe in time for Christmas. The set even includes the C*ck-Knocker, a character which is way, way down on my “characters played by Mark Hamill that i want in 8″ format” list.
Still, I’m happy for the fans and to see yet another property get the Mego format and it looks EMCE did a nice job as usual, I wish it all the success in the world if only to see Diamond/EMCE take more risks with the 8″ format. *cough* Black Dynamite *cough*
Also, you just know these things will make their way into every scene of the next season of “Comic Book Men”….
You can pre-order all these figures at Entertainment Earth.
It’s a busy weekend if you’re a South Central Ontario resident (like me)
First the Annual Toronto Toy Show is Sunday
Sunday, November 23, 2014
The Toronto Collectors Show
The International Centre, 6900 Airport Rd. Mississauga, ON, Hall 2
Hours: 10 am – 4 pm
Admission: $12, Kids 6-12: $4, under 6: free
This used to be THE toy show when I was younger, in fact it was the first toy show I ever attended in 1986. It’s kind of faded from it’s former glory but I still find some deals there.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
East End ToyCon
Ajax Community Centre, 75 Centennial Rd., Ajax, Ontario
Hours: 10 am – 5 pm
Admission $5, kids 10 and under free
for more info email eastendtoycon@gmail.com
A toy show in Durham Region (about 20 minutes east of Toronto proper) this one holds hope for me, as I know of at least two dealers going who bring some really decent vintage, plus it’s so close to my house I could show up in my bathrobe.
The Mego Museum’s newsletter just came out and it has a contest to win a mint on card Amy Farrah Fowler from Bif Bang Pow. All you have to do is subscribe to enter, if you’re already a subscriber, you’re in. Cool beans!
My family won’t mind that the trip to Disney is cancelled, they’ll understand that this is a giant gap in daddy’s collection. Right?
It’s available here if your family is more understanding than mine.
This is an amazing bit of “Micronaut love” from 2008 on display at the annual Mego Convention Mego Meet.
Where will Mego Meet beheld this year? Like them on Facebook to find out!