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  • tmthor
    God of Knock-offs
    • Nov 29, 2005
    • 881

    Jimi Hendrix question

    How come no strap on the guitar ?
  • ZombieJimC
    Persistent Member
    • Mar 12, 2014
    • 1246

    #2
    Why does he come with a left handed guitar? He actually used a right handed one and flipped the order of the strings.

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    • Psykodelik Vampyre
      Museum Patron
      • Jan 22, 2018
      • 109

      #3
      And it was a Stratocaster, not an Ibanez!
      https://www.reverbnation.com/psykodelikvampyres

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      • Psykodelik Vampyre
        Museum Patron
        • Jan 22, 2018
        • 109

        #4
        I hate to be negative, but this Jimi figure isn't very accurate in many ways...the Bela Lugosi Dracula was as spot on as the Jimi isn't.
        https://www.reverbnation.com/psykodelikvampyres

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        • MIB41
          Eloquent Member
          • Sep 25, 2005
          • 15631

          #5
          Originally posted by tmthor
          How come no strap on the guitar ?
          That's so you can lay it on the ground and burn it while he plays it. But seriously that is a valid question. If they make more musical legends with guitars, I hope they'll address that omission. Good point.

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          • tmthor
            God of Knock-offs
            • Nov 29, 2005
            • 881

            #6
            Originally posted by MIB41
            That's so you can lay it on the ground and burn it while he plays it. But seriously that is a valid question. If they make more musical legends with guitars, I hope they'll address that omission. Good point.
            I just think Posing him with the guitar would be easier with a strap

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            • MIB41
              Eloquent Member
              • Sep 25, 2005
              • 15631

              #7
              Originally posted by tmthor
              I just think Posing him with the guitar would be easier with a strap
              Absolutely!

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              • Nostalgiabuff
                Muddling through
                • Oct 4, 2008
                • 11290

                #8
                so make one! that's what I will do. I also note that classic tv toys has guitars for sale now

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                • pmwasson
                  Maker
                  • Sep 12, 2007
                  • 4864

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Nostalgiabuff
                  so make one! that's what I will do. I also note that classic tv toys has guitars for sale now
                  I thought I heard the CTVT ones were too small. Has anyone bought one and checked the size?
                  sigpic LaserMego

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                  • MIB41
                    Eloquent Member
                    • Sep 25, 2005
                    • 15631

                    #10
                    Originally posted by pmwasson
                    I thought I heard the CTVT ones were too small. Has anyone bought one and checked the size?
                    If its the generic ones (meaning not KISS related) they are WAAAAAY too small.

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                    • KOMonger
                      Banned
                      • Feb 17, 2015
                      • 267

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Psykodelik Vampyre
                      And it was a Stratocaster, not an Ibanez!
                      This guitar is based off his Monterey Pop Strat. Just sculpted (badly?) enough to avoid copyright/licensing. This is conjecture only.
                      Last edited by KOMonger; Aug 3, '18, 3:36 PM.

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                      • cjefferys
                        Duke of Gloat
                        • Apr 23, 2006
                        • 10180

                        #12
                        Actually, that's a good point that I never thought about. I guess that if it looks too much like an actual guitar brand, licensing would be required. The 1/6 scale Pickups guitars from around twenty years ago were very accurate replicas of Gibson, B.C. Rich, etc. guitars but yeah, I'm pretty sure those were licensed.

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                        • Psykodelik Vampyre
                          Museum Patron
                          • Jan 22, 2018
                          • 109

                          #13
                          Not to mention the face looks more like Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed) than Jimi as well...just wish they had gotten it a little closer than this.

                          (As I said, the Bela as Dracula is superb, very well done!)

                          And he played a white Strat at Woodstock.

                          Please don't get me wrong, I love what Mego is doing, but a little disappointed in this one.

                          Maybe a Monterey Pop Festival one in the future will be more accurate...
                          https://www.reverbnation.com/psykodelikvampyres

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                          • Mikey
                            Verbose Member
                            • Aug 9, 2001
                            • 47242

                            #14
                            Love Jimi's music but question why anyone would think he (as an action figure) would sell more than a few units outside the Mego collecting world

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                            • TRDouble
                              Permanent Member
                              • Jul 10, 2012
                              • 2525

                              #15
                              Well, my (almost 20 year old) daughter is a Hendrix fan and when I showed her the Mego Hendrix, she thought it was cool. I had picked up a second one at a second Target because I'm not sure if and when I will open it, and the second one was posed better in the package.

                              Anyway, when I told my daughter I had a second one, she was happy to take it off my hands!

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