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  • ABMAC
    User
    • May 16, 2002
    • 9665

    Mmmm… Mego-like

    What does "Mego-like" mean to you?

    To me, it means a semi-realistically sculpted and articulated 8" figure with removable fabric clothing.

    12" figures are "G.I. Joe-like"
  • Megotumego

    #2
    So you are saying that we are ignoring the 18 inch figures that Mego did, the 12 inch figures that Mego did, the 9-10 inch figures Mego did, the 7 inch figures mego did, the 5 inch figures mego did, the 3 and3/4 " figures Mego did and the 2 inch figures mego did?
    Yeah okay I am cool with that.

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    • Megotumego

      #3
      Or Puppet Love Like. Cant forget the Puppet Love. Or the Derby Dachsund. And the Gator Car.

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      • Meule
        Verbose Member
        • Nov 14, 2004
        • 28720

        #4
        Megolike to me is 8" figures, articulated and with fabric clothing. I might go as far as 9" figures, but definitely not 12", that's GI Joe and Barbie to me
        "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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        • Megotu
          jerk
          • Dec 16, 2001
          • 10738

          #5
          Which is to say, the 1/9 scale. True 1/10 scale would be 7.2 inches...which isn't far at all from the true height of a barefooted Male Mego figure without any headgear.
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          • ctc
            Fear the monkeybat!
            • Aug 16, 2001
            • 11183

            #6
            >it means a semi-realistically sculpted and articulated 8" figure with removable fabric clothing.

            Yup!

            >12" figures are "G.I. Joe-like"

            Yup! 3.5" are "Star Wars-like" 9" are "Big Jim-like" 7" are justb weird....

            Even though Mego did figures in pretty much every scale; I think they'll be forever associated with the 8" figure. At least to me.

            Don C.

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            • HardyGirl
              Mego Museum's Poster Girl
              • Apr 3, 2007
              • 13933

              #7
              Even though I did/do have an 18" Lainie doll, I do think 8" figure when I hear MEGO.
              "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
              'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
              Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
              If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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              • Megotu
                jerk
                • Dec 16, 2001
                • 10738

                #8
                Oh I totally agree with Abmac on the 8 inch format as our focus here. I am just genetically pre-programmed to diametrically oppose starbuk on every single post he makes.
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                • megowgsh
                  Customego HoF Curator
                  • Nov 19, 2003
                  • 7420

                  #9
                  Originally posted by ABMAC
                  What does "Mego-like" mean to you?

                  To me, it means a semi-realistically sculpted and articulated 8" figure with removable fabric clothing.

                  12" figures are "G.I. Joe-like"

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                  • Earth 2 Chris
                    Verbose Member
                    • Mar 7, 2004
                    • 32498

                    #10
                    Gotta go with the 8" cloth-costumed figure. This is what Mego pioneered, and produced more lines and figures in this format. I'd include the Hasbro DC and Marvel 9" and Famous Covers in a "Mego-Like" catergory, due to the subject being one Mego is so famous for, and the proximity in size.

                    Chris
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                    • palitoy
                      live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                      • Jun 16, 2001
                      • 59204

                      #11
                      If I may play devil's advocate, Mego made 10", 12" and 6" figures with an emphasis on articualtion. Life's too short to be hemmed down by too many regulations on a toy board, we're going to sound like the board of directors at my parent's condo.

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                      • Hulk
                        Mayor of Megoville
                        • May 10, 2003
                        • 16007

                        #12
                        I'm among the first to admit that when you say Mego, I see an 8 inch figure with removeable clothes. But I have say that I've been converted to those that see any figure with removeable clothes to be Mego-like. For example, in the 12 inch scale, I still see military figures as "GI Joe Like", but I see the 12 or 13 inch DC Direct figures as being Mego-like, in the same way that Famous Covers are. I know, heresy!

                        I don't want a 12 inch forum here, like the Micronauts and 3 3/4 " forum, so if we have to occassionally put up with some other scales here, I'll survive.


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                        • ABMAC
                          User
                          • May 16, 2002
                          • 9665

                          #13
                          I'm not trying to exclude any figures because of their size. I was just curious whether some people consider all superhero figures to be "Mego-like."

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                          • Hulk
                            Mayor of Megoville
                            • May 10, 2003
                            • 16007

                            #14
                            Originally posted by ABMAC
                            I'm not trying to exclude any figures because of their size. I was just curious whether some people consider all superhero figures to be "Mego-like."
                            Articulation alone doesn't cut it for me. Its got to have the removeable clothing for me, and not just a small item like a hat or cape.

                            Exceptions made for the 3 3/4 inch scale of course. Mego made that format viable, Kenner just picked up the ball and ran with it.

                            Good thread to open this forum with.


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                            • Megotu
                              jerk
                              • Dec 16, 2001
                              • 10738

                              #15
                              So the 8 inch Durham Mash figures which had some removable aprons and hats was not Mego like. The 7-8 inch Marx figures which had the plastic hats and chaps and weapons and such but still molded-on clothes were also not quite Mego enough...
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