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  • VulcanFanatic
    Banned
    • Jan 24, 2009
    • 99

    New Star Trek mego line, issues in quality

    I've been a Mego fan since the early 1970's. I enjoyed Planet of the Apes, Star Trek and Super heroes 8" figures as a kid. I've bought the new Star Trek Mego figures and glad to see Mego back but I am not that happy that some quality issues are showing up in the Star Trek figures. The uniform collars on Spock, Chekov and Sulu are not the same quality as the original, and stick up and just don't look right. As I said, I am glad to see Mego's back but I hope they don't end up tarnishing their image by putting out subpar product. I expect better quality than what I am seeing. Also, the 14" Star Trek figures shown at Toy Fair look awful with the STTMP sculpts and TOS uniforms.
    Last edited by VulcanFanatic; Feb 18, '19, 8:57 AM.
  • Mego-Amigo
    Persistent Member
    • Jun 22, 2011
    • 1037

    #2
    The warped 8 inch Kirk head needs to be fixed.

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    • VulcanFanatic
      Banned
      • Jan 24, 2009
      • 99

      #3
      Originally posted by Mego-Amigo
      The warped 8 inch Kirk head needs to be fixed.
      I hadn't noticed this, is it with the Mirror Kirk or Green tunic Kirk? I have them both, no issues with mine.

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      • Mego-Amigo
        Persistent Member
        • Jun 22, 2011
        • 1037

        #4
        Both are warped.

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        • VulcanFanatic
          Banned
          • Jan 24, 2009
          • 99

          #5
          Originally posted by Mego-Amigo
          Both are warped.
          I will have to look at mine more closely. Another thing about the Kirk's that I wonder about, why the hair color difference? One has black hair, one with almost reddish brown.

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

            #6
            Originally posted by VulcanFanatic
            I hadn't noticed this, is it with the Mirror Kirk or Green tunic Kirk? I have them both, no issues with mine.
            There is a sunken area on top of the head and over the bridge of the nose. It's easy to see if you have a vintage for comparison.

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            • VulcanFanatic
              Banned
              • Jan 24, 2009
              • 99

              #7
              Originally posted by EMCE Hammer
              There is a sunken area on top of the head and over the bridge of the nose. It's easy to see if you have a vintage for comparison.
              Oh, I took a look at my Kirk's, and I see what you mean. I sold my original Mego's and EMCE figures several years ago so I couldn't compare but Kirk does look different than the original . I wish they could have made these figures with the exact same molds and got the uniforms right.

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              • scott metzger
                Persistent Member
                • Jul 9, 2007
                • 2088

                #8
                I think we were seeing the results of an unfortunately necessary rush to production here. It's been stated that they had to hustle to get the stuff to market for Target, so I think some aspects of production suffered. I'd look to things like the Cheers head sculpts to see what they're really capable of. I do hope they take the opportunity to fix the Kirk head; I think it's a possibility, as it will likely be re-used many times in the future, justifying the expense of new tooling, methinks.

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                • Mego-Amigo
                  Persistent Member
                  • Jun 22, 2011
                  • 1037

                  #9
                  I hope we get a reissue of the green shirt Kirk and mirror Kirk in the future with corrected heads.

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                  • Eric
                    Museum Patron
                    • Jan 11, 2008
                    • 146

                    #10
                    Belts that hold the phasers (w/o a rubber band) would be nice.

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                    • Treadwell
                      Museum Super Collector
                      • Dec 31, 2018
                      • 160

                      #11
                      ^this!

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                      • LonnieFisher
                        Eloquent Member
                        • Jan 19, 2008
                        • 10814

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Eric
                        Belts that hold the phasers (w/o a rubber band) would be nice.
                        Agreed!

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                        • MEGO Kid
                          Museum Super Collector
                          • Nov 5, 2018
                          • 153

                          #13
                          I'd like them to fix the belts so the phaser goes in the front and the communicator goes in the back, like they are supposed to

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                          • Treadwell
                            Museum Super Collector
                            • Dec 31, 2018
                            • 160

                            #14
                            Good point!

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                            • VulcanFanatic
                              Banned
                              • Jan 24, 2009
                              • 99

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Eric
                              Belts that hold the phasers (w/o a rubber band) would be nice.
                              I agree with that too. The original belts held the phaser without a rubber band and the new ones should too.

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