I'm a sucker for 3.75" o-ring action figures. Granted, Micronauts were imported Microman toys- but even the original Micronaut aliens outdoes any Kenner figure. I think the the reason Star Wars figures were huge sellers was because of the popularity of the movies. Even when you take the Micronauts out the game, the Black Hole and Buck Rogers figures were better designed figures than SW figures (despite the lack of weapons). I think the articulation really sells it for me. Even with Micro Aliens- how can you go wrong with glow-in-the-dark brains, interchangeable weapons, removable wings, etc. There's much more playability. Even the non o-ring 'Star Trek: the Motion Picture' figures gave were pretty impressive for the day, especially the aliens. People have speculated what Mego would've done with a Star Wars line. Most think Mego would've gone the 8" route- but imagine if they made Star Wars figures in the 3.75" format! With o-ring! With bendable arms and legs!
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Mego's 3.75 inch figures were all around better toys than Kenner's SW figures
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Both had their good points.
3.75 inch is my favourite scale for figures, and Kenner, Mego and Mattel all made great figures at that scale.
I love both Kenner and Mego's 3.75 inch output.
And yes, it certainly would have been interesting to see what Mego would have done with the SW license, particularly whether they would have produced figures in the 3.75 inch scale.Last edited by Bruce Banner; Aug 1, '12, 4:24 AM.PUNY HUMANS! -
I agree, they both had their good points.....Mego had the better articulation, but Kenner had such an expansive line and, like you said, the movie to back it up. The Micro Aliens are some of the best figures ever designed and my personal favorite 3 3/4 figures ever. But I think that it was Hasbro that built on what Mego started with articulation and then blew it out of the water with the G.I Joe line. Those really are some of the best designed 3 3/4 figures. They took what Mego and Kenner had going for them and created one of the best toylines of all time.You will always be your child's favorite toy. ~Vicki LanskyComment
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Thinking EMCEE needs to get into the 3.75" game. Would love to see Battlestar Galactica figures done in this scale. Bring on Blue/Silver Spar Squadrons and those pesky cylon raiders!Comment
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>The best in the bunch were the Buck Rogers line.
Y'know.... I hated the show as a kid, but loved the figures. Micronauts were my absolute favourites. Kinda cheating, since they were only half Mego but I still count them.
I didn't like the first run heroes though. The squatting thing bothered me as a kid. Bothered me with the MOTU guys as well a few years later.
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For customs tho these guys are headed in the right direction. Only 1 style of figure with more planned. This would make a nice Hawk to go with Buck Rogers:
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Hmmmm....
It's been done before:
Funny thing, the custom blanks are considered collector's items; making them WAY too expensive to use for customs any more.
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>you could say they deliberately tanked it because they didn't want to do it in the first place
I don't know if that's the case, or if they just didn't know what to do with the idea. Microman customs have been made since the 90's at least; and I could see Takara wanting to get in on the idea. The idea of blank figures is great; but I can see adjusting production volume being a trick since the market is small, but dedicated.
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Both had their good points.
3.75 inch is my favourite scale for figures, and Kenner, Mego and Mattel all made great figures at that scale.
I love both Kenner and Mego's 3.75 inch output.
And yes, it certainly would have been interesting to see what Mego would have done with the SW license, particularly whether they would have produced figures in the 3.75 inch scale.sigpic
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