Vintage Mego: 12" Robin

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Vintage Mego takes a look at one of my favourite figures from my childhood, the Mego 12″ Robin. A figure that had many iterations worldwide, we talk about all the worldwide variations and chart its history.   Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine Here: http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ Our Facebook Group MegoMania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/ MegoMuseum Forums: http://megomuseum.com/community/forum.php

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[Earth 2 Chris]

One of your best, and perhaps my favorite of your videos! I coveted a 12" Magenetic Batman and Robin for years. I finally got a beater set when I was in college, thanks to my Mom. I've since gotten a nice magnetic Batman, and the non-Magnetic 12" Robin. The 9 1/2 Robin eluded me for a long time too, and I still need his shoes, belt and gloves, but he's a great figure! Love both the older Robin headsculpts.

Great video!

Chris

[TRDouble]

I was in 8th grade maybe? when I went to a comic store that I just started going to a year earlier and he had the Parkdale Batman and Robin new in the box, $12.50 each. He also had Giant-sized X-Men #1 for $50 and I had just gotten into the X-Men after reading the Wolverine Mini-series.

I had to pick between the two and my Mom would not understand me paying $50 for a single comic book, so I opted for the 12" and 9.5" Batman and Robin (which I still have, albeit, not mint-in-box anymore!). I'm still not mad at that choice I made, even though we know what happened with the value of Giant-Sized X-Men #1. That Robin is such a great figure! I wish FTC repro-ed those and the Parkdale Superman, which is the one that eludes me. I had the movie 12" Superman as a kid... blah!

[Slawsb]

Robin

I was in 8th grade maybe? when I went to a comic store that I just started going to a year earlier and he had the Parkdale Batman and Robin new in the box, $12.50 each. He also had Giant-sized X-Men #1 for $50 and I had just gotten into the X-Men after reading the Wolverine Mini-series.

I had to pick between the two and my Mom would not understand me paying $50 for a single comic book, so I opted for the 12" and 9.5" Batman and Robin (which I still have, albeit, not mint-in-box anymore!). I'm still not mad at that choice I made, even though we know what happened with the value of Giant-Sized X-Men #1. That Robin is such a great figure! I wish FTC repro-ed those and the Parkdale Superman, which is the one that eludes me. I had the movie 12" Superman as a kid... blah!

Well now that FTC has scaled down the Lynda Carter 12" figures to 8" it's probably only a matter of time before we see 8" magnetic Batman and Robin

[TrekStar]

Well now that FTC has scaled down the Lynda Carter 12" figures to 8" it's probably only a matter of time before we see 8" magnetic Batman and Robin

I would definitely be in for that.

[PNGwynne]

I'd always hoped that FTC would reproduce the 9" Robin head in a smaller scale for their Teen Titan Robin. But instead...alack.