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  • filmation batman fan
    The Man of Many Voices
    • Aug 30, 2005
    • 964

    Wayne Foundation Bat Shield Inquiry

    I recently found my Mego Wayne Foundation that I got for my birthday in 1979. I got it out of my mom's house after she passed away in 2014. And my playset sat at my bachelor pad and in the garage of my new home after I got married. I was ecstatic to learn that I have a super rare item. As I was slowly putting it together, my pet project was forced to a halt. I was missing parts!!! Fortunately, I found a seller on ebay who had all but one missing part I needed. So I have bought the missing parts and look forward to building this grand item. So here is my question. The missing item is a Bat Shield, which I think was used to move the elevator. The ebay seller said that is the rarest piece of them all. So I would like to know from the Mego specialists on here if they could educate me on the Wayne Foundation Bat Shield, in terms of rarity, it's function, why is it so rare, Is there hope of a repro ever being made, etc. You get the idea. Inquiring mind wants to know.
  • PNGwynne
    Master of Fowl Play
    • Jun 5, 2008
    • 19444

    #2
    Whatever part you need that isn't available is the rarest.

    Some thoughts: I'd be surprised if this is reproduced, but with FTC, who knows? As far as I know, it's the netsuke for the elevator string, and you may eventually find one here, on FB, or ebay. Contacting someone to 3D-print one might be an option. Also, I think you could take the bat off of the grapple of an FTC van and use it as a substitute.

    Congratulations on finding an old friend. I love the blue furniture of the foundation.
    Last edited by PNGwynne; Mar 1, '20, 7:15 PM.
    WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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    • TheMegoGuy
      Museum Super Collector
      • Jan 26, 2014
      • 211

      #3
      The elevator pull is the part that's most commonly missing and very difficult to find. I would guess 90% of sets are missing the elevator pull. It attaches to the end of the elevator string that moves the elevator up and down. To disassemble the set, you have to untie the pull from the string to remove the elevator. Its a small, generic piece of grey plastic cut in the shape of the bat symbol with a hole in it. No doubt it would be the first part a child would lose. Its also the part that would most easily fall out of the box. I have never seen one for sale on its own, or even in a small lot of parts. When I was building my set, I had to purchase an entire other set just to get the elevator pull. I have not seen it reproduced.

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      • monitor_ep
        Talkative Member
        • May 11, 2013
        • 7362

        #4
        wf elevator handle.jpg
        wf.jpg

        Are you talking about the elevator handle for the string? if so yeah that one you will only find if you were to buy one still sealed (the ultra rarest). I lost mine after a few months of playing with it. I bought another one off of ebay and that was the only thing missing.

        Your best bet is to contact LaserMego and ask if he can come up with a duplicate
        Last edited by monitor_ep; Mar 1, '20, 10:00 PM.
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        • TrekStar
          Trek or Treat
          • Jan 20, 2011
          • 8354

          #5
          The Wayne Foundation is such a great item, I never had it but dang, I would have loved it, since I had the mego Batman family
          minus Batgirl, my mego Joker would have had a good time going up and down the elevator.

          How cool it would have been if mego made the Star Trek enterprise the same way, I would have lost my mind.

          my 2020 goal is to try and make an Enterprise setup the in the same way, elevator and all.

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          • Megotastrophe
            Permanent Member
            • Jun 29, 2018
            • 2693

            #6
            did you see the prototype of the Enterprise with the upstairs sickbay? it was here in the museum forever.

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            • Megotastrophe
              Permanent Member
              • Jun 29, 2018
              • 2693

              #7
              did you see the prototype of the Enterprise with the upstairs sickbay? it was here in the museum forever.

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              • Bronxboykev
                Permanent Member
                • Mar 7, 2011
                • 3013

                #8
                try messaging member noelani72 i sent him the dimensions so he could 3 d print one of his own

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                • filmation batman fan
                  The Man of Many Voices
                  • Aug 30, 2005
                  • 964

                  #9
                  Originally posted by monitor_ep
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                  [ATTACH=CONFIG]27613[/ATTACH]

                  Are you talking about the elevator handle for the string? if so yeah that one you will only find if you were to buy one still sealed (the ultra rarest). I lost mine after a few months of playing with it. I bought another one off of ebay and that was the only thing missing.

                  Your best bet is to contact LaserMego and ask if he can come up with a duplicate
                  I messaged Laser Mego. He asked if there are any pics to go by. And I've tried looking it up online. That Bat Shield must be extremely rare in order for there not to be a pic of it by itself.

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                  • filmation batman fan
                    The Man of Many Voices
                    • Aug 30, 2005
                    • 964

                    #10
                    Originally posted by monitor_ep
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                    [ATTACH=CONFIG]27613[/ATTACH]

                    Are you talking about the elevator handle for the string? if so yeah that one you will only find if you were to buy one still sealed (the ultra rarest). I lost mine after a few months of playing with it. I bought another one off of ebay and that was the only thing missing.

                    Your best bet is to contact LaserMego and ask if he can come up with a duplicate
                    I couldn't open that small pic of the Bat Shield. Can you send it again? That way I can forward it to Laser Mego.

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                    • monitor_ep
                      Talkative Member
                      • May 11, 2013
                      • 7362

                      #11
                      Wayne Foundation pull

                      Batman symbol.jpg

                      This is what the pull/tag was. The batsymbol with Batman written in it. I have set it to LaserMego.
                      Visit my wiki site:

                      Comic Books in the Media

                      To view my custom works of both JLU and Megos go to:

                      Monitor_EP Deviantart page

                      Action Jackson Road Trip log

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                      • noelani72
                        27inaleon
                        • Jun 25, 2002
                        • 4608

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Bronxboykev
                        try messaging member noelani72 i sent him the dimensions so he could 3 d print one of his own
                        yup, i have some 3d printed in resin. however, i may modify them because they look to authentic and I wouldn't want them passed off as original.

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                        • TrekStar
                          Trek or Treat
                          • Jan 20, 2011
                          • 8354

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Megotastrophe
                          did you see the prototype of the Enterprise with the upstairs sickbay? it was here in the museum forever.
                          http://www.megomuseum.com/megolibrar.../bridge2.shtml
                          Yes, I have seen that and my goal would be to add more levels maybe putting engineering on the lower level and the bridge on the top level with middle levels for sickbay and the rec room, and the elevator on the the side similar to the Wayne Foundation.

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                          • noelani72
                            27inaleon
                            • Jun 25, 2002
                            • 4608

                            #14
                            here's one of my early test prints.
                            IMG_8003.jpg

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                            • filmation batman fan
                              The Man of Many Voices
                              • Aug 30, 2005
                              • 964

                              #15
                              Originally posted by monitor_ep
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                              This is what the pull/tag was. The batsymbol with Batman written in it. I have set it to LaserMego.
                              Awesome. Many thanks!

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