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

    8 inch Darth Vader?!

    THIS caught my interest today.....



    A hyper-real Vader in 8 inch scale.

    Cha-ching!
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  • Spectator
    Museum Patron
    • Feb 4, 2019
    • 108

    #2
    Not for $80, thanks.

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    • pmwasson
      Maker
      • Sep 12, 2007
      • 4864

      #3
      Very interesting!

      From the picture, it does look like plastic and cloth which sounds Mego-y to me!
      Last edited by pmwasson; Feb 15, '19, 12:20 PM.
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      • Spectator
        Museum Patron
        • Feb 4, 2019
        • 108

        #4
        Originally posted by pmwasson
        From the picture, it does look like plastic and cloth which sounds Mego-y to me!
        Yes, but the level of detail does not look Mego-y at all, IMO. And well it shouldn't at that price-point. For the same reason, I suspect the construction and articulation of the underlying figure body will be nothing like a Mego, either.

        It's too bad- I'd be all over truly Mego-like 8" Star Wars at a Mego-like price.

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        • Hedji
          Citizen of Gotham
          • Nov 17, 2012
          • 7246

          #5
          Maybe Not Megoy, but you customizers out there are gonna have a ball.

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          • cjefferys
            Duke of Gloat
            • Apr 23, 2006
            • 10180

            #6
            So if it's 8 inch "scale" does that mean this would be around 9"+ then?

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            • Spectator
              Museum Patron
              • Feb 4, 2019
              • 108

              #7
              Originally posted by cjefferys
              So if it's 8 inch "scale" does that mean this would be around 9"+ then?
              I was wondering the same thing. Mego Vader should not be 8".

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

                #8
                I assumed (and could be wrong) that Vader is 8 inches because it is a 6 inch line of figures.
                Check out my website: Megozine Covers - Home

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

                  #9
                  For $80 I'd hope for a little more polish. The cape is only partially hemmed, and his "chaps" are just cut fabric. I'd rather pay $20 more for a Bossart level figure.

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                  • LonnieFisher
                    Eloquent Member
                    • Jan 19, 2008
                    • 10814

                    #10

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                    • newlyknighted
                      Persistent Member
                      • Feb 21, 2010
                      • 1625

                      #11

                      According to this article on February 6, Darth Vader is likely to be 10.98" long. I could not track down the listing on walmart.com however.
                      I post in thy general direction!

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                      • Mr.Marion
                        Permanent Member
                        • Sep 15, 2014
                        • 2733

                        #12
                        The Takaras were mego size.

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                        • LonnieFisher
                          Eloquent Member
                          • Jan 19, 2008
                          • 10814

                          #13
                          He's only 7" tall. Too short for Mego size.

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                          • enyawd72
                            Maker of Monsters!
                            • Oct 1, 2009
                            • 7904

                            #14
                            Originally posted by EMCE Hammer
                            For $80 I'd hope for a little more polish. The cape is only partially hemmed, and his "chaps" are just cut fabric. I'd rather pay $20 more for a Bossart level figure.
                            I agree. The cape is supposed to have a strip along the bottom, and the helmet seems off to me somehow. For $80 they need to do better.

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                            • Werewolf
                              Inhuman
                              • Jul 14, 2003
                              • 14616

                              #15
                              Not Mego like. They have a rubber skin and a metal armature.
                              You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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