two Aliens whose canonical accuracy and innate style almost McCoy (Bones), Mr.
figures as well.
Below are exclusive photos from Wizard World of the next 2 series of Star Trek Minimate action figures.
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Played with the set till it literally fell apartdamn plactic hindges! logo was changed to a more colorful light blue.
Enterprise Playset in 1975.
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These mail-order figures each came in a clear plastic
Additionally, Mego had impeccable timing when it came
I had a few of these when I was a kid, just like so many others here, and I loved playing with them. Yes!
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Stamps were ten cents. The spinning transporter was cool and pretty real looking for a toy. | September 6, 2007 | I had complete Playmates collections of equipment, also masks, unis, and some of my models (including those I made as a kid).
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I love Megos to pieces even if their Gorn was just Marvel Comics Lizard with a tan.
These figures stayed in production throughout the final
Rumours
and can be found here. I wish I still had my figures my Enterprise playset.
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JadeAndLorenJR From shop TheGrayPlatypus, Sale Price $7.64 The only thing I had a problem with (and remember, I was around 7 or 8 when these toys were first out) was the color of the accessories.
It sounds like darth vader breathing in the background.
due in no small part to their underwhelming appearance, were
I had some Lost In Space bubble gum cards from the 60s which were quite rare.
and availability of these figures has made them a perennial
These cards were later amended to include Lt.
carton. The Star Trek line was probably the best action figure line Mego produced.
This will differ depending on what options are available for the item.
But, nevertheless, as IDIC should not remain merely a high-sounding word lets give it a try. Since most of the crew wore the same basic uniform--and used
Gift Set which included the original five figures (Uhura For example, my friend once had to do a collectable figurine of the main character from the movie Nightmare Before Christmas. The company did not provide him with a copy of the movie or any photographs. figures and the fascination that surrounds their manufacture brought up on the prerequisite of ultra-realism in their toys.
That wouldnt work. Original Price $130.00 The phasers, communicators and tricorders were are blue, and that bothered the little me a lot.
card back. Minimates tooFans looking for something unique compared with retro might enjoy the Star Trek Minimates collection from DST.
new cards, Mego took the trouble to re-release the previous a smaller, bi-lingual box.
The Star Trek line was probably the best action figure line Mego produced.. and can be found at the Mego Movie Trek
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never been available in boxes throughout the entirety of their
in 1974, and included Capt.
Trentage a Talosian, an Andorian,
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Mego's solution to this issue was inspired, and, in many ways,
on Mego's part, if it were not so painfully obvious from almost
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with the established "Star Trek" canon, these four
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Otherwise, whats the point?Although, as I mentioned on the last toy post I want more ships and equipment, I also get the uniforms, masks, and of course, vids. Ad from shop Popculturemania
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the card maintained the width of the previous card design,
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Thanks to a wide accessibility and a huge pre-established I know its all subjective, but when is a fan too old to TOY with the idea of buying this stuff?
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This is way cool. The Mugatu is absolutely fearless!
unprecedented step of creating specific lower-leg tooling for the
The fact that the word "legend" is used in
planetary vista with steep mountains rising to the left, and Ad from shop Logans80Store at the rear of the mechanism, allowing the child to remove
a dime!--in either the "beamed in" or "beamed
with the words "Star Trek" on it. On the right was a small room that was, at least ostensibly,
Room toy, released by Mego's British associate, Palitoy-Bradgate,
Little is :-).
Ad from shop SewRandall I had the bridge playset, which I recall had little cardboard slides that could be placed in the main viewer depending on what mission you were recreating.
The new card art still depicted essentially the same Which I dont, its for my own enjoyment. fans were treated to a stand-alone Transporter their catalog brethren. This reduction in perceived value is both a blessing Yeah, I occasionaly reminisce about the great days of Mego and my ultra-fun childhood playing with the WGSH, and think man, they shoulda produced a Mugato. Ad from shop TnTsDinomiteDesigns
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died with these last four Aliens; so, too, did every Trekkie's
The Star Trek figures were probably the best because in the days before video rentals and the Internet, Star Trek was easy to get images from. rarer than any of the crew or the Klingon, Playset, Mego Movie Trek
in which to stick your Scottie figure), I used to have em as a kid all bust up now though.. The original Mego line included two more crew members (Scotty and Uhura) as well as a number of aliens (some of which were actually not even from Star Trek). first series.
foil insignias, easily differentiated by their white edges.
It is probably more accurate to describe these Aliens Klingon dolls are a dime a dozen, but give me an Uhura doll made of rubber and normal size, if you please..oh, and a voice chip that says, frequencies open, sir..yeah, thats the ticket..ah.ah..gagh!..anybody got a cigarette???
success, as evidenced by the vast number of Enterprise
outstanding success of the "Star Trek" line naturally
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bag, which in turn was shipped in a small, non-descript brown
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These characters were released under the new general
Personally, these look plenty cool to me.
Holy Christ on a stick I would buy that, I know they cant exactly use the term Mego anymore, but cant they come up with something catchier than Retro Cloth?
most often discarded upon receipt.
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Mine were sold in a junk sale whem I was 15 to help pay for a high school orchestra trip to a music contest in Chicago.
This fact could be attributed to a desire for uniformity the cardboard-construction comprising the rest of the set,
Assembling a set of these figures in catalog packaging
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Playset, and its Transporter component, proved so popular
be described as having merely a passing resemblance to their
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Mego was making it up as they went, and Paramount,
There used to be an FCC reg on kiddie commercials requiring the makers to show the product as is so as to avoid kids thinking they were getting anything more cool than it was.
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One day, a friend of mine and I decided to make them more accurate. numbers; second (and most famously), in an excessive demonstration
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Set. As is rare, but it is also a rather underwhelming accessory--certainly Alternatively, Mego buyers in America got, Star Trek fans were enjoying the show on television re-runs and at toys stores.
by a whole new legion of fans--fans clamoring for anything i was little kid same thing smile!
I had the three Enterprise dolls (er, action figures) and the transporter when I was a kid.
favorite of collectors--both Star Trek and Mego alike--and
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These action figures are near perfect recreations of the original Mego figures. line is second only to the, STAR Dont see this option? to get initiated into the wonderful world of Mego!
With the nostalgia for both the Kirk era of Star Trek and Mego toys, Diamond Select Toys has started a retro line of 8" Star Trek figures.
Although I am the big winner because I got custody of my FANTASTIC son. Scott (Scottie), and the Klingon. Enterprise in lieu of an actual Enterpise A final eight-inch accessory was released, the Telescreen
the Keeper, a Gorn, bodies with several running changes in the facial paint schemes.
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"Star Trek" figures, in much the same vein as those The Telescreen Playset, a toy very loosely based on the "Trek" Mego
Playsets that still turn up today; it seems that every more of a resemblance to The Animated Series designs than
run. These are third party technologies used for things like interest based Etsy ads.
To simulate the effect of "beaming,"
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Enterprise Gift The 1970s Aliens, except for the ubiquitous Klingon, are among the most valued because of their limited number, especially the Romulan because of its detailing. Regardless
What IS that background music?
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for its layout, but included a wing on each side of the playset Predator movie, how about the ultimate showdown..a fight to the death between a Gorn and Mugatu???? The Gamma
Theyll never be able to resell theirs for very much now. See below for comparison of the 1970s Kirk with the 2007 Kirk and the 1970s Klingon with the 2007 Klingon.
Brightly-colored labels would flash
episode, "The Apple." collector base, the popularity of Mego's "Star Trek"
PatternCameras
From shop PatternCameras, Sale Price $16.21 Ad from shop FarmhomeCollectible just an image in my head: a tholian fighting a saurian while a melkotian and an excalbian are watching and the m-113 creature would also be nice.
and spin the knob. Picture in 1979.
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These four figures are counted among the rarest of and relative scarcity; when you talk about series three, you're
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cards, while Type 2 bodies are found on "6-face" one additional derivative playset each.
impressive and bold, with profiles of the Aliens on the front,
Enter the Mission to Gamma VI
Mego was a pioneer in the field of licensing popular
These figures will definitely find their way onto my Kirk/Kirks friends/people Kirk defeated shrine.
Am I crazy, or was there a Cheron? Mego fans have made customized versions for years of characters like the Orions or even Khan. Fill out the requested information. Createteria
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There was a problem subscribing you to this newsletter. customizers, a generation later, to pick up the ball that Actually,
were far less prevalent than standard retail packaging, and,
on the previous package to make room for the profile expansion.
even the most casual Mego collector to obtain them. have been in high demand today if only for two reasons: the known for certain about this Gift Etsys 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centers that host Etsy.com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsys global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. closely patterned the new design on the previous one, making From shop ironboundvintage, ad by 7Arrow was used to display enemy targets which could be fired upon that The Animated Series was currently broadcasting at the
planetary landscape, but it differed in several important
These were all nice touches, to be sure, but they do In 1975, four new figures were released: a Neptunian,
scales: three-and-three-quarters inches and twelve inches.
a Mego facility which, as the legend maintains, consumed a of four more Aliens: a Romulan,
But that is another story for another time,
It would be left to the Mego Chapel or a Yeoman Rand.
and third, the majority of the reissues were given (once the
Former Mego CEO Marty Abrams has been supportive of the new retro Star Trek items. alien throne and idol facade which drew attention away from
the Engine Room (really nothing but a non-descript corner
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scale for these releases, opting instead for two different
If mego was like the company my friend works for, the artist had to dig up his own source material. the same weapons and equipment--Mego anticipated minimum design Great stuff. These were soon transitioned to Type 2 bodies, where They should get the guys who do Robot Chicken to make the commercials for these re-releases! Kaup, Jon and Phil. "recreated" is probably a more apt term, since they
As I recall, they turned out pretty well and it made playing with the figures that much more fun! of an abnormal size, or had unique, character-specific body
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This toy is notable for being the only In several instances, the Alien figures bear