Mego Talk - Finished Customs http://megomuseum.com/community/ A place to post and discuss completed custom works. en Sat, 18 May 2013 13:32:25 GMT vBulletin 60 http://megomuseum.com/community/images/misc/rss.png Mego Talk - Finished Customs http://megomuseum.com/community/ Custom Mego Carnage http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85956-Custom-Mego-Carnage&goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 20:27:38 GMT Just finished it today. Wasn't going to share, had to post it though.

CUSTOM OF THE WEEK? :grin:


]]> Finished Customs zechmilla http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85956-Custom-Mego-Carnage Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider! http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85953-Johnny-Blaze-Ghost-Rider!&goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 18:19:36 GMT Image: http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn243/DwaynePinkney/GhostRider_zps49619398.jpg ]]> This was a collaboration between me and Chris...head is a TZ Jason Foster with hot glue flames. Paints by me, outfit by both of us.
The orange "glow" on the underside of the skull is a paint effect, and the flames glow in the dark!

]]> Finished Customs enyawd72 http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85953-Johnny-Blaze-Ghost-Rider! Type3Toys-Ghost Rider!!! http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85952-Type3Toys-Ghost-Rider!!!&goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 17:40:26 GMT Image: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/Type3Toys/T3T-GhostRider001.jpg Image: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/Type3Toys/T3T-GhostRider005.jpg Image: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/Type3Toys/T3T-GhostRider006.jpg Image: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/Type3Toys/T3T-GhostRider007.jpg ]]> Just finished this guy...
Based on the art of Mike Ploog, Type3Toys presents the Ghost Rider! Custom Type3 resin body, machine sewn suit, even the leg and arm piping is sewn in, and original head sculpt. The super natural box was made by The Toyroom.







]]> Finished Customs HumanWolfman http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85952-Type3Toys-Ghost-Rider!!! The Searchers - John Wayne box and Figure http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85927-The-Searchers-John-Wayne-box-and-Figure&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 21:41:41 GMT







John Wayne as Ethan Edwards from "The Searchers"

The head is by Black Knight. The screen-accurate shirt was made by Brian Leitner and the box is by the Toyroom. They all did bang-up work on this guy. ]]> Finished Customs madmarva http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85927-The-Searchers-John-Wayne-box-and-Figure Custom of the Week - 5/13/2013 - Hawk from Buck Rogers http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85909-Custom-of-the-Week-5-13-2013-Hawk-from-Buck-Rogers&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 12:02:18 GMT http://megomuseum.com/community/show...om-Buck-Rogers http://megomuseum.com/community/show...ighlight=Twiki http://megomuseum.com/community/show...ight=Draconian]]> This week the spotlight falls on the latest extension of Zica's Buck Rogers line by Mikeoz. For someone who hasn't sculpted much, Mike sure knocked this one out of the park. The neat, clean look is another production-worthy effort.







And previous efforts:









See the original threads here:

http://megomuseum.com/community/show...om-Buck-Rogers

http://megomuseum.com/community/show...ighlight=Twiki

http://megomuseum.com/community/show...ight=Draconian ]]> Finished Customs EMCE Hammer http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85909-Custom-of-the-Week-5-13-2013-Hawk-from-Buck-Rogers <![CDATA[PAUL NASCHY AS "THE WOLFMAN" (El Hombre Lobo)]]> http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85857-PAUL-NASCHY-AS-quot-THE-WOLFMAN-quot-(El-Hombre-Lobo)&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 22:50:16 GMT Greetings boils and ghouls! The following essay showcases a recently "unearthed" action figure of "Paul Naschy as the Wolfman" from the 1970s, made by the Spanish branch of the MAGE toy company. As far as I know, the one in my collection is the only one in existence. I thought I would use this opportunity to write about why I love Naschy, and fondly reminisce about the long- since closed, but wonderful, "House of Monsters" store in Chicago.

Enjoy!

Matt

PAUL NASCHY: THE AGONY AND THE ECSTACY

There was never a one like Paul Naschy. There will be another Paul Naschy. At times, I am not even sure if Paul Naschy was a Paul Naschy. He seemed so much larger than life. His movies and anecdotes involving them always sounded so unbelievable.
Naschy's films and plots and performances gain much in the recollecting-- when they are distilled down by memory into a phantasmagoria of strange images and shocking moments and pitiable misery and heartfelt pathos, so that only the best parts remain.

I have always thought that the reason I feel such a strange kinship with Paul Naschy-- and what sets him apart amongst his contemporaries-- is that he was the only one of the Euro-Cult filmmakers who was a "Monster Kid" at heart. Paul Naschy loved the old Universal monster films-- especially the "monster rally" ones (House of Frankenstein etc..). It was clear in every frame of his greatest movies. Although he had several different directors, and sometimes some screenplay help, a Paul Naschy film always felt, sounded and looked like a Paul Naschy film. He was an auteur.

Naschy's real name was Jacinto Molina. Similar to Japan's Beat Takeshi, he would use his own name for screenplay and directing credit, but his stage name for acting. He has often been called the "Lon Chaney of Spanish Horror." He played the Wolfman (El Hombre Lobo) in close to a dozen films of varying quality, Dracula, a Mummy twice, Frankenstein's Monster once, a Hunchback, Mr. Hyde, and in arguably his greatest film, "Horror Rises from the Tomb," a headless medieval Knight (in a sly re-working of Universal's 'The Thing That Wouldn't Die')

Because Naschy had such a love for film, and Monster films in particular, his films remain watchable when a lot of sleaze from that era looks as though it would be vastly improved by being melted down to make guitar picks. Don't get me wrong. All of Naschy's films aren't good. He made a couple of masterpieces, also a couple very good movies, and then there is a lot of dreck. But even in the dreck, I can sense that even though he made a bad film, he clearly wanted to make a good one. I never get the sense from Paul Naschy that he is wasting my time (unlike with, say, Jess Franco)-- he wants to so much to entertain me, that when he fails he does it as only the talented can--spectacularly.

(boxed figure)


(out of the box, but safely chained up!)

(close-up of face)

The "Lawrence Talbot" of the Naschy Wolfman series was called "Waldemar Daninsky." Like Talbot, he was frequently, though not always, of noble birth. Like Talbot, he was aware of his state, and pitied it, but feared to end his life. He had good ole' Lon's same sense of poor timing with regard to keeping track of when the moon was going to be full. Never more disastrously than when he got stuck in a faulty elevator with a hapless nurse in "Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf"


A typical transformation scene for Naschy. It shows him straining greatly. And if he weren't so earnest, it would be silly. Occasionally Naschy would employ the same lap dissolves so beloved in our old Universals



What is odd about the Naschy Werewolf flicks is that although he always played the same Daninsky character, there was never any continuity between movies. Daninsky's origin story, and time-period setting, changed from film to film. Each movie was a variation on a theme. Much like today's super-hero movies, he would re-boot his franchise with each new offering.


(box back showing the lovely poster art from "Fury of the Wolfman" aka the "Wolfman Never Sleeps")


Naschy's first Werewolf film was called "The Mark of the Wolfman", released over here as "Frankenstein's Bloody Terror" in 70mm (and using, as Ray Castile likes to put it, that special film processing technique that makes 70mm look like 16mm). Nonetheless, it was decent hit on the drive-in circuit. It didn't have Frankenstein, but it DID have a Baron Meinster-ish vampire, and, of course, Waldemar Daninsky.



This was followed two years later by "Assignment Terror." This is a bad movie made by an undeniable monster kid. Aliens, wishing to invade earth, try to discover what makes the old classic monsters so scary. So they resurrect the Mummy, Frankenstein and the Wolfman to find out. Naschy plays all three monsters. It features the final screen appearance of Michael Rennie. Although it is near unwatchable, it nonetheless gave us some lovely poster art



(The MAGE co. clearly made these other characters for foreign markets as well. We have previously seen the Coffin Joe figure in Raymond's collection... who knows what else is out there?)


Naschy's most famous Werewolf film came next, in 1971. It was called "La Noche Del Walpurgis". But is more commonly known as "Werewolf vs. The Vampire Women". (aka Werewolf Shadow). In this one, Daninsky does battle with Countess Bathory (!). It was his biggest stateside hit. It is a fan favorite, and many, including Naschy, think it is the high point of the series. Naschy so admired it, he remade it 10 years later as the superior "Night of the Werewolf" (aka The Craving). WVTVW features the most famous and iconic of the Naschy Wolfman make-ups.





Naschy's make-up would change from film to film after this. Some think it reached its apotheosis with "Curse of the Devil" with make-up clearly inspired by "Curse of the Werewolf", although I prefer this earlier, more crude version


"Werewolf vs the Vampire Women" contained, like most of the Daninsky Wolfman movies, a sprinkling of sex and sadism. It is kind of jarring to see it in films with a child-like sense of plotting, but, well, that's what makes a Naschy film a Naschy film.
This ballyhoo element would be most obvious in Naschy's next two Wolfman outings: "Fury of the Wolfman" and "DR. Jekyll and the Werewolf"


"Dr. Jekyll vs the Wolfman" is, for me, the best in the Daninsky series. It was the first one I ever saw.

It is said that heroin addicts keep taking heroin in an effort to regain the feeling of the first time they ever used-- but that it can never be as good. Paul Naschy is like that for me.


I can remember exactly where I was at the time when I saw it. It was in the old "House of Monsters" store in Chicago. My fellow monster fiend Barry ran it out of the famous Flat Iron building in Wicker Park. It was tucked away on the second floor.


"H.O.M." was the greatest place on earth for me at that time. Barry was an ophthalmologist by day, and ran the shop on the weekend with his buddy Damien, who was a resinhead and a Japanese Vinyl kaiju enthusiast. The shop was full of old posters, vintage monster toys, books, videos, model kits, Japanese vinyls, and resin. On the largest wall was a huge 3-sheet for "Valley of the Zombies" which would occasionally be taken down to make room for an even more eye-popping 3-sheet of "Return of the Vampire." In the corner of the shop, by the window overlooking Damen ave., was a television. It was continuously showing monster flicks. Some would be old school Universals, some would be giant rubber monster bashes. I was in medical school at the time. But no matter how busy my week was, or how burnt out I became, I always carved out 2-3 hours to go hang out in their shop on Saturday. Even if it was just to watch a movie.

Barry had a large collection of rare monster books. I was living on student loans at the time, (and my wife's meager salary as a Chicago public school teacher), so I couldn't afford most of the books. I bought the ones I could, but most I read in the store. Barry never gave me crap about essentially using his shop like a public library. As time went on and I made a little money, I started spending more there to make-up for my freeloading days. He and Damien taught me a lot about foreign horror movies. From Bava, to Dario Argento, to Japanese Monsters to even the rare US and British stuff. No one did more to broaden my exposure to foreign horror than Barry. He was an inexhaustible supply of information. I miss alot of things from my past, but few as much as I miss "The House of Monsters."

So one day I walk into his shop and he has on "Dr. Jekyll vs the Wolfman." I couldn't believe what I was seeing. In this humdinger of a plot, Daninsky, seeking a cure for his lycanthropy, travels to modern-day London to find the grandson of Dr. Jekyll. The Doctor reasons he can suppress the Werewolf tendencies in Waldemar by injecting him with the Mr. Hyde serum. If the Mr. Hyde personality wins out, Dr. Jekyll will then give the anti-serum to transform Daninsky back into human form. The only problem is the good doctor has a treacherous assistant named Sandra (after the character in "A+C Meet Frankenstein"--monster kid influences again!) who has other plans. Needless to say, Hyde escapes, and we are treated to Naschy prowling around the sex-shop districts of London ca 1971, in some of the most effective Hyde make-up ever out on screen. HIs few short appearances as Hyde in this film, make it clear that Naschy doing a full retelling of the story was a missed opportunity. The film's best moment comes when Hyde picks up some swinging young bird in a discotheque. When she goes off to the bathroom, he transforms back into Daninsky. The girl comes back, puzzled that her date seems to have disappeared. Unfortunately for her, and several other disco patrons, it's also a full moon!

(Werewolf in a discotheque, wearing a Mr. Hyde cape. They don't come much crazier than this!)

From there, the film speeds quickly to its "House of Frankenstein"-ish conclusion, where the Wolfman can only be killed by a bullet fired from the gun of someone who loves him.


(The MAGE toy is clearly trying to evoke this early Naschy make-up)

From then on, I was a Naschy fanatic. I saw every one I could get my grubby hands on. Some approached the greatness of Dr. Jekyll vs.. (eg "Horror Rises from the Tomb"; "Curse of the Devil"). Some, the less said about them the better ("Fury of the Wolfman").

I didn't wish for this to turn into an exhaustive analysis of the Naschy filmography. There are many great sites that already do that. And thanks to the DVD explosion of the mid-2000s, much more is known about Naschy now than back in the day. Many of his films have had loving restorations. Last year, a gorgeous coffee table book was published about the poster-art for Nachy films. It is worth every penny of it $55 price tag


Naschy is now gone. House of Monsters is gone (although Barry still sells on Ebay under the tag "Kingomonsters"). But for a moment, just a moment, as I held the Mage Toys "Naschy Wolfman" figure complete in my hands, the memories all came back in a lovely torrent, as though nothing had ever changed and moved on. Like Proust's madeline cake, I had bade Time return and stand still.

This is a custom toy.

This is why I make custom toys.

]]> Finished Customs mjaycox http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85857-PAUL-NASCHY-AS-quot-THE-WOLFMAN-quot-(El-Hombre-Lobo) <![CDATA[70's Captain Britain]]> http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85856-70-s-Captain-Britain&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 20:34:37 GMT Image: http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n341/JMC-1/IMG_1076_zps7b2981b8.jpg Image: http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n341/JMC-1/IMG_1075_zpsb0b2bf01.jpg ]]> Hi,

I just finally got around to finishing this 70' custom Captain Britain. I always liked this version (a 70's kid :) ) The head (thanks BK!) has been modified to swivel. The body is a castaway with swivel arms. The suit is machine sewn and I made the amulet out of some odds and end thingy and chain. The gauntlet stickers and lion are from Lasermego (thanks). Hope you like.


]]> Finished Customs JMC http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85856-70-s-Captain-Britain Kid Colt Outlaw...you pick the head! http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85845-Kid-Colt-Outlaw-you-pick-the-head!&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 16:38:43 GMT Image: http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r623/Megoknight/003-20.jpg [/IMG]]]> Made a Kid Cold Outlaw, just don't know which head to use. I like the retro Aquaman, but need a youthful, blonde Kirby type head. Mego Aquaman was an idea, but I just go...thats aquaman. I'll buy a head if I have it sooooooooo.....let's hear your ideas. PS. Didn't wanna do WIP since more people look at this.
[IMG][/IMG] ]]> Finished Customs megoknight http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85845-Kid-Colt-Outlaw-you-pick-the-head! Nuclear Man -- Superman IV http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85841-Nuclear-Man-Superman-IV&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 11:54:11 GMT Image: http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r91/anjhuf/DSCN5065_zps51684d1b.jpg Image: http://www.impawards.com/1987/posters/superman_iv.jpg Image: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S8ZTEEbupFo/TJomsWlzvqI/AAAAAAAAAKY/0Uid6CJuD1w/s1600/ModernTalking.JPG Image: http://www.supermaniv.com/supermanivdel/Superman_IV_Deleted_44.jpg Image: http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/6/65423/1446724-thequest.jpg I hope you enjoy this obscure villain as mush as I do and, as always, thanks for looking. Peace, Love and Megos! Austin]]> This week I present for your viewing pleasure Nuclear Man from the last of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies.

I took a few liberties with his costume design because images on the net are not all that clear (kind of like Superman IV itself).

The head is a Flash Gordon head from Black Knight; boots from CTVT; LJN swivel arm body to give him a more "buff" look; paints and suit by yours truly.





I hope you enjoy this obscure villain as mush as I do and, as always, thanks for looking.

Peace, Love and Megos!

Austin ]]> Finished Customs megowgsh http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85841-Nuclear-Man-Superman-IV The Amazing Screw-On Head!! http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85830-The-Amazing-Screw-On-Head!!&goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 22:07:51 GMT Image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/tboltcustoms/DSCN3944_zpsae8fcbde.jpg I've been putzing along on this one for years, did the head first, then had to find the perfect body for him. Finally found an artist's doll that was in scale, added lots of sculpey and paints. Hands are from a Gundam model. Screw is a anchor I found at Home Depot. The head has a magnet to allow interchangeable bodies, but for now he just has Lucky 13 Image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/tboltcustoms/DSCN3943_zpsbea82258.jpg Image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/tboltcustoms/DSCN3942_zpscda9f1ff.jpg Image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/tboltcustoms/DSCN3941_zps70ced004.jpg Image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/tboltcustoms/DSCN3940_zps5dcfd977.jpg Image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/tboltcustoms/DSCN3938_zpsb67edd57.jpg ]]>
I've been putzing along on this one for years, did the head first, then had to find the perfect body for him. Finally found an artist's doll that was in scale, added lots of sculpey and paints. Hands are from a Gundam model. Screw is a anchor I found at Home Depot. The head has a magnet to allow interchangeable bodies, but for now he just has Lucky 13




]]> Finished Customs thunderbolt http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85830-The-Amazing-Screw-On-Head!! The Beatles- Abbey Road (THE FAB FOUR IN MEGO) http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85819-The-Beatles-Abbey-Road-(THE-FAB-FOUR-IN-MEGO)&goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 03:28:34 GMT I see a lot of people tackling the Beatles in Mego form and they always go for the younger years. I wanted to go for a little something like maybe their last and final days when they were older and one of the greatest albums "Abbey Road" was released.
I spent months getting these head sculpts to how I wanted them. John Lennon really looks like John Lennon under that beard. You can find he customs in progress when I was working on them and asking for advice. I went with a beard with Lennon because that's how Abbey Road was even though it may have taken away his features.
I hope all Beatles fans can appreciate my hard work and my nightmare of sculpting and hell I went through. I was told to look up that nice box guy on here and I hear if i am nice to him and give him money he could design individual packaging for these four. Maybe?












Early shot (Before George)



This is a shot of the John Lennon sculpt before we decided to add the beard. (and clean the suit) :)
]]> Finished Customs Cosmicman http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85819-The-Beatles-Abbey-Road-(THE-FAB-FOUR-IN-MEGO) BO Duke Carnival of Thrills ..... http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85812-BO-Duke-Carnival-of-Thrills&goto=newpost Fri, 10 May 2013 22:03:51 GMT Image: http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd447/TMANSTOYS/bodukecotmarks001.jpg ]]> Here is my Carnival of Thrills Bo Duke. Thanks to MegoKnight for the decals and Brian L. for the suit. Mego73 made the card. I made the helmet from a PEZ. bo duke cot marks 001.JPG


Attached Images
]]> Finished Customs TMANSTOYS http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85812-BO-Duke-Carnival-of-Thrills Slver Age Green Arrow http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85790-Slver-Age-Green-Arrow&goto=newpost Fri, 10 May 2013 05:12:04 GMT Here Green Arrow from his early JLA days or the Seven Soldiers of Victory if you'd rather.
Head is a shrunk from the DC 8 inch GA figure. CTVT hat. Modifed bow with my suit on a swivel arm body. And a homemade quiver.

]]> Finished Customs bleit1701 http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85790-Slver-Age-Green-Arrow Cyrano Jones and Vina http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85789-Cyrano-Jones-and-Vina&goto=newpost Fri, 10 May 2013 05:04:42 GMT Here are a couple Star Trek customs. Cyrano is made from a MR Cunningham head. I got the recipe and material pattern from the Megos Etc. site. Ed Nagy printed out the jacket and shirt material. Sewing and head paints by me. Beautiful box by Toyroom. Image: https://sites.google.com/site/chickencoupcustoms/Home/tv/st/cyranoboxed.jpg Image: https://sites.google.com/site/chickencoupcustoms/Home/tv/st/cyranoboxed2.jpg Vina is on a Wicked Witch body and regular green hands. Her hair was sculpted by me on a Supergirl head. Image: https://sites.google.com/site/chickencoupcustoms/Home/tv/st/Vina001.jpg Image: https://sites.google.com/site/chickencoupcustoms/Home/tv/st/Vina002.jpg Here are a couple Star Trek customs.
Cyrano is made from a MR Cunningham head. I got the recipe and material pattern from the Megos Etc. site. Ed Nagy printed out the jacket and shirt material.
Sewing and head paints by me. Beautiful box by Toyroom.





Vina is on a Wicked Witch body and regular green hands. Her hair was sculpted by me on a Supergirl head.



]]> Finished Customs bleit1701 http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85789-Cyrano-Jones-and-Vina MegoStyle Curse of Frankenstein has arrived http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85764-MegoStyle-Curse-of-Frankenstein-has-arrived&goto=newpost Thu, 09 May 2013 09:14:16 GMT http://www.distinctivedummies.net/cof.html Curse of Frankenstein Retro 8" Figure Retro Style Clamshell Packaging Pro Print Inner Card Limited to 50 Hand Numbered Image: http://img15.picoodle.com/i559/mrresin/f0gq_866_u9wqb.jpg Uploaded at Picoodle.com Image: http://img10.picoodle.com/i559/mrresin/ffgs_2eb_u9wqb.jpg Uploaded at Picoodle.com Image: http://img10.picoodle.com/i559/mrresin/f0g7_d69_u9wqb.jpg Uploaded at Picoodle.com]]> Finally after the long wait the Megostyle Curse of Frankenstein has now arrived. Standing eight inches tall and again with a pro print backer card this is sure to appeal to Mego Collectors and hammer Fans alike. With the Megostyle Dracula sold out and only a few of the Megostyle Mummy remaining do not miss out on the chance to own this piece.
Shipping May 23rd 2013
For full details go to http://www.distinctivedummies.net/cof.html

Curse of Frankenstein Retro 8" Figure
Retro Style Clamshell Packaging
Pro Print Inner Card
Limited to 50
Hand Numbered

Uploaded at Picoodle.com

Uploaded at Picoodle.com

Uploaded at Picoodle.com ]]> Finished Customs DistinctiveDummies http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?85764-MegoStyle-Curse-of-Frankenstein-has-arrived