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I agree but for different reasons. Why is a custom body never manufactured by the company were talking about factor in to the discussion? I thought we were naming bodies made by Mego, not customs made with a mego-style? I don't see why ppl are so touchy about it.
If someone has made a custom body inspired by the Mego type 1 and type 2 bodies and logically called them type 3 then why would that affect anyone referring to the REAL thing using the logical term. Collectors have united on using type 0/1/2, so not calling the next one in line a 3 imo is a bit much to ask for a professional courtesy to our friend.
I intend on calling them type 3 and I also intend on continue calling John's cool customs "type3toys". If anyone feels strongly one way or the other, here's a suggestion: call it whatever ya want.Check out my website: Megozine Covers - HomeComment
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I'm either going with Type 2K and most likely I'll just continue saying "the new one with the reverse neck plug."Expectation is the death of discovery.Comment
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male neck plug
hard plastic torso and pelvis
solid limbs made out of a flexible material different from the torso and pelvis
flexible hands that grip better than original Mego ever did
different innards
different pins connecting joints
lower center of gravity due different weight distribution
The evolution is significant IMO. Also, IMHO, there's nothing "original" about referring to a scratch-built body as "type 3" when there's already an established type 0, 1, and 2. If I threw together an engine and some sheet metal and called it a "Mach 15" and said the name was an "original idea" people would laugh. All that being said I don't see why the new bodies aren't simply referred to as "the new bodies." I am a simple caveman collector and your complicated debates frighten and confuse me.Comment
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^You're right on the changeups. To me, those are modern adaptations of the T2 build. Like T0 to T1: the same thing but metal joints.
When it comes to T3, what John is doing carries on from what Flatt was doing. The articulation, the dimensions. If the new Mego's had ball mount necks, swivel biceps, etc...they would be T3 in design. John would still be Type3, just as ZICA and Type S are themselves.Comment
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Now that I think about it, John's body is more of a Type2F. Charlee's first efforts were Mego/LJN hybrids with his own hands and feet. I'll call that Type0F. I'll call the Flattworld bodies Type1F, and the Farley bodies Type2F. Somebody can come along and make an 8" scale hyper-articulated body with knees and elbows like the 14" Mego knee joint, and it can be called Type3F, as but whoever creates it must have a last name that begins with the letter 'F.'
If I had created a body like John's, I'd prefer that people referred to it as a 'Steve' instead of a type 3. I refer to all of the figures I own of John's as "Farleys." I call my Jason Roberts figures "BKs" and my Scott Pierce figures "Axels." I've got "Dunsels" and "McDaves" and "Grimjohns" and "Houghnagels."
No, you're not getting that three minutes of your life back.Comment
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I forgot that there really are several variants if the T2 figure:
what is OMBC? original body, BC? cave men?
Fat Bodies.
Trek bodies. Does a different lower leg make it differernt enough?
other body variations? (Lizard)
Foreign versions?
Colors?Comment
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Don't even think about calling it Type 3. Farley has been using that for years and is legally his "brand". So just cut it out right now!Check out ALL my customs at https://www.facebook.com/megowgshcustomsComment
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If I had created a body like John's, I'd prefer that people referred to it as a 'Steve' instead of a type 3. I refer to all of the figures I own of John's as "Farleys." I call my Jason Roberts figures "BKs" and my Scott Pierce figures "Axels." I've got "Dunsels" and "McDaves" and "Grimjohns" and "Houghnagels."Check out ALL my customs at https://www.facebook.com/megowgshcustomsComment
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I suggest we call them something else. We have type o, type 1, type 2 vintage and now type 2 new.
I have Type 3. I have had Type 3 since January 2004. That's 15 years of Type 3.
Please, someone come up with an original idea for a body name, like I did 15 years ago when I named the body I designed the Type 3.
Thanks.
but i will side with you if you feel we can get some money out of the naming rights.Comment
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