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  • Brue
    User without title
    • Sep 29, 2005
    • 4241

    Body designation?

    We first had Type 1 bodies (briefly with plastic rivets then metal)
    We moved on to Type 2 after the first few WGSHs

    John Farley has called his hand made custom bodies type 3 toys

    David Lee has produced Type o bodies (I think that's hat he called them)

    New Megos: They look mostly like a T2 body. But I have not stripped one down. I bekieve the head attaches differently. Different mold? Different materials? Different ways to attach limbs an joints? CAn parts be interchange with T2 megos the way EMCE, CTVT/FTC can?

    Are the considered T2? Modified T2? T3? Something else?
  • LonnieFisher
    Eloquent Member
    • Jan 19, 2008
    • 10814

    #2
    Type 0 was the first all plastic Mego body.

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    • SeattleEd
      SynthoRes Transmigrator
      • Oct 24, 2007
      • 4350

      #3
      That David Lee body is Type S.

      The New Mego body is the same as a Type 2. Only difference is the head attachment as you stated so works with all other parts interchanged. I've already made hybrid bodies.

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      • Brown Bear
        Still Old School
        • Feb 14, 2008
        • 7057

        #4
        With all due respect to Farley’s cool customs, the natural answer is type 3 which is exactly why he named his customs that.

        Mego Corp has type 1 and 2 so Mego Corp moves to 3. Very simple debate if u ask me.

        But this sounds like the sort of thing adult collectors love to bicker about so I’ll go heat up some popcorn in the microwave and pop back for more responses.
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        • Brue
          User without title
          • Sep 29, 2005
          • 4241

          #5
          Originally posted by Brown Bear
          With all due respect to Farley’s cool customs, the natural answer is type 3 which is exactly why he named his customs that.

          ... Very simple debate if u ask me.

          But this sounds like the sort of thing adult collectors love to bicker about...
          1st - I want in on the bickering.
          B - I want in on the winning side of the class action law suit for unofficial naming rights
          Last edited by Brue; Feb 11, '19, 1:21 PM.

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          • LonnieFisher
            Eloquent Member
            • Jan 19, 2008
            • 10814

            #6
            "MC 1" Since it's a new company...

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            • jwyblejr
              galactic yo-yo
              • Apr 6, 2006
              • 11141

              #7
              I say we call it the "New2" or "N2" for short.

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              • jimbutsu
                Memory *is* RAM!
                • Apr 11, 2002
                • 4158

                #8
                Type 2K.
                "If you take a dog which is starving and feed him and make him prosperous, that dog will not bite you. This is the primary difference between a dog and a man."

                - Mark Twain

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                • EMCE Hammer
                  Moderation Engineer
                  • Aug 14, 2003
                  • 25679

                  #9
                  I'll talk to Brian. I think the best thing to do is go through every single reference on the museum and change them:

                  V1 - Plastic pin AJ body
                  V2 - Metal rivet body
                  V3A - Standard plastic body
                  V3B - OMBC body
                  V3C - Fonzie body
                  V3D - Fist Fighter body
                  V3E - Rascals body
                  V3F - Titans body
                  FV1 - Female body
                  FV2 - Female body
                  FV3 - Female body
                  FV4 - Female body

                  *****I can't keep the small female bodies straight. I think there are four.

                  I would refer to the new Mego bodies as T'Paul and T'Pol and John's bodies as Furley.

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                  • Type3Toys
                    Home Of The Type3 Body
                    • Jan 18, 2005
                    • 619

                    #10
                    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.
                    Last edited by Type3Toys; Feb 11, '19, 3:17 PM.
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                    • thunderbolt
                      Hi Ernie!!!
                      • Feb 15, 2004
                      • 34211

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Type3Toys
                      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.
                      Amen, the type 3 needs to be left out of this discussion.
                      You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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                      • hedrap
                        Permanent Member
                        • Feb 10, 2009
                        • 4825

                        #12
                        Type 3 is Farley's. You can't invert a neck plug and call it a 3rd version.

                        I'm with Jimbutsu. 2K works the best.

                        Didn't we have this debate?

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                        • thunderbolt
                          Hi Ernie!!!
                          • Feb 15, 2004
                          • 34211

                          #13
                          Originally posted by hedrap
                          Type 3 is Farley's. You can't invert a neck plug and call it a 3rd version.

                          I'm with Jimbutsu. 2K works the best.

                          Didn't we have this debate?
                          Probably had it a few times.
                          You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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                          • ODBJBG
                            Permanent Member
                            • May 15, 2009
                            • 3143

                            #14
                            Definitely had this debate before.

                            Type 3.

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                            • TRDouble
                              Permanent Member
                              • Jul 10, 2012
                              • 2525

                              #15
                              Type 2.1 !

                              (I really don't care, as long as it's functional...)

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