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  • MEMEGO
    Career Member
    • Sep 6, 2007
    • 842

    Anyone Know why Mego Never painted the face of there 3 3/4 line of figures

    I was wondering why did mego never bother to paint the faces of there 3 3/4 line of figures? was it just a matter of not spending mony and being cheap? I love the line, however I have also wondered this question.
    Well everyone have a great Holiday season.
  • LonnieFisher
    Eloquent Member
    • Jan 19, 2008
    • 10814

    #2
    To save money, probably.

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    • starsky
      veteran member
      • Aug 26, 2007
      • 6200

      #3
      yeah, but on the backs of the buck rogers figure, buck's face is painted in.

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      • captact
        King of Super Queens!
        • Aug 19, 2007
        • 1997

        #4
        ..not only there faces,..but also body details as well,..like Superman/Batmans emblem, Shazam hands, WW chest, Spidermans shirt, etc...

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        • bizzaro megomauler
          WANTED for card bending
          • Apr 26, 2008
          • 1052

          #5
          that's why i never really got into them, they were cheap looking, and as a kid it annoyed me, Why did they ignore some things (robin had no sleeves, and was bigger than Bats) they totally ignored some of the details, but sprang for metallic paint? That's why Star wars won out in 3-3/4 when it came to my $$$

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          • Nostalgiabuff
            Muddling through
            • Oct 4, 2008
            • 11290

            #6
            I think it came down to technology. Mego would have needed to retool for the face painting to be done. Kenner obviously did do it and the rest is history. Of course, if did not hurt Kenner to have the greatest merchandising license in the history of toys.

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            • megoscott
              Founding Partner
              • Nov 17, 2006
              • 8710

              #7
              It was explained to me by Neal Kublan that it was a technological issue. He said that small details on the 8 inch figures were spray painted using paper masks, but they couldn't do the fine details on the small figures. Copper masks were developed, I assume by Kenner, that made small detail spray painting feasible. That's what I was told.
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              • MightyMegs
                Veteran Member
                • Jan 5, 2009
                • 459

                #8
                I'll take Buck Roger's articulation over Luke Skywalker's painted eyes any day...

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                • ctc
                  Fear the monkeybat!
                  • Aug 16, 2001
                  • 11183

                  #9
                  >on the backs of the buck rogers figure, buck's face is painted in.

                  Those are possibly hand-made prototypes. Or ahnd-painted test shots from the run.

                  Don C.

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                  • bizzaro megomauler
                    WANTED for card bending
                    • Apr 26, 2008
                    • 1052

                    #10
                    Originally posted by MightyMegs
                    I'll take Buck Roger's articulation over Luke Skywalker's painted eyes any day...

                    Let's see who would win in a high noon draw...
                    "wait wait my pistol won't budge....."

                    Lack of weaponry killed that line for me, though I did LOVE the Black Hole line!

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                    • captact
                      King of Super Queens!
                      • Aug 19, 2007
                      • 1997

                      #11
                      Originally posted by bizzaro megomauler
                      that's why i never really got into them, they were cheap looking, and as a kid it annoyed me, Why did they ignore some things (robin had no sleeves, and was bigger than Bats) they totally ignored some of the details, but sprang for metallic paint? That's why Star wars won out in 3-3/4 when it came to my $$$
                      Thats right! Forgot about how terrible Robin looked without the sleeves, and a faceless Joker,.etc...

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                      • captact
                        King of Super Queens!
                        • Aug 19, 2007
                        • 1997

                        #12
                        Originally posted by bizzaro megomauler
                        that's why i never really got into them, they were cheap looking, and as a kid it annoyed me, Why did they ignore some things (robin had no sleeves, and was bigger than Bats) they totally ignored some of the details, but sprang for metallic paint? That's why Star wars won out in 3-3/4 when it came to my $$$
                        no stripes on capt. america,...unpainted tiara on WW,....
                        Last edited by captact; Dec 27, '09, 6:55 PM.

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                        • Rob Disney
                          New Member
                          • Dec 20, 2009
                          • 21

                          #13
                          I remember when comparing the 3 3/4" Megos to Star Wars the weapons made SW figures cool. The fact the mego COA heroes had accessories never really did anything for me cause they couldn't hold them, except for maybe the Joker's cane.

                          Mego's lack of paint detail adds a charm to them. Looking back at Mego the figures are so primitive now, but their box art alone are still miles away from anything that is done today, most toy companies today just don't get it...they should look to Mego as what worked....
                          "Your future is what you make of it, so make it a good one" (Doc. B BTTF pt. III)

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                          • Thor
                            Thunder God
                            • Dec 17, 2009
                            • 679

                            #14
                            Originally posted by captact
                            Thats right! Forgot about how terrible Robin looked without the sleeves, and a faceless Joker,.etc...
                            You know after so many decades my Robin finally fell apart. His crotch area just shattered, that's a tough way to go.
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                            "I've seen things you wouldn't believe."

                            - Roy Batty

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                            • Riffster
                              Atomic batteries to power
                              • Jun 29, 2008
                              • 2487

                              #15
                              I only remember how easily those figures broke, i loved them but I went through a few Robins cause the arms would snap off
                              Looking for Infinite Heroes Robin and Catwoman
                              And Super Powers Batman

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