Everything we know about Mego’s plans for Planet of the Apes

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  Last night, in a Mego Ambassadors live stream, Marty Abrams himself announced in a pre-recorded message that Mego had signed a deal for the Planet of the Apes license. This brings a lot of joy to a large percentage of Mego collectors who have lobbied for a return to the forbidden zone since the…

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[Mikey]

Wonderful !!!

Fingers crossed for a blue variant Dr Zaius

[shazam7208]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! Loving it, but sure sounds expensive! Going to have to start saving now!

[Timothy2251]

Has Confessional been informed?!? The lad is all about Apes, what with the massive collection he's built, so he's gots to know about this!

[TrekStar]

This is great news, I’m starting to save now.

[Liu Bei]

This is great news, I’m starting to save now.

Agreed, and boy do I hope they break out the vintage sculpts. I really don’t want to see a heavy focus on the most recent trilogy. They are good movies, but not nearly as toyetic as the originals.

[glimpy]

I never knew of a blue variant.

[apes3978]

I never knew of a blue variant.

There was never a blue variant of Zaius made by Mego...

I'm guessing (and correct me if I'm wrong) that Mikey was referring to hoping that Mego does a blue variant of Zaius, based on the blue garb he's dressed in on the Addar model kit box, one of the banks, and some of the other non-Mego merchandise from the 70s.

[Confessional]

Addar Zaius would rock!, but me thinks the Fox-Mousehouse isn't going to allow such artistic license. With recent Apes licensing, you see either highly stylized or true to character, with nothing in between as the vintage artwork depicts.

[palitoy]

So the first figure has been announced for March. It's a reproduction of Zaius, I have been told that original creations are being worked on but a straight reproduction is the easiest to get out the door.

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[Confessional]

Well, that's predictable for sure, but maybe Mego can do something with the outfits (changes of color/textures/designs/accessories) to make them more screen accurate. That would be a worthy change to encourage more sales.

NECA's Soldier Ape and Taylor sold pretty well; it was the low sales of the Classic 7" line that halted production. I hope Mego payed attention to that loyalty, with the constant feedback to go beyond a basic repro. NECA, Mezco, Weta, Funko, etc. have been keeping the fires burning; Mego needs to pour the gas on!

[palitoy]

NECA's Soldier Ape and Taylor sold pretty well; it was the low sales of the Classic 7" line that halted production. I hope Mego payed attention to that loyalty, with the constant feedback to go beyond a basic repro. NECA, Mezco, Weta, Funko, etc. have been keeping the fires burning; Mego needs to pour the gas on!

I have no concrete things to reveal but from my conversations, I get the vibe they have interesting plans for the line and it won't be all reproductions.

[TheVintageToyKid]

We need Taylor and his two astronaut pals.

[TheVintageToyKid]

We also need Eric Braeden and the Ape-onauts from Escape From the Planet of the Apes.

[Chris]

Hope they do deluxe figures and variant figures based on the cartoon. I'm in. I will even buy their Zaius re-re-release.
I pray this line is a smashing success. Can we push this ahead of the Covid vaccine? The world needs these figures.