Mego Cornelius (2021 Edition) - photo review

[MIB41]

Thought I would pull in both vintage and current editions just for fun. I liked the fact that Mego of today made them similar, BUT with enough differences to let Cornelius shine in a different presentation.

[Krypt0nite]

Thanks for the great photos! I love the comparison of the differences between the two. Can't wait to get mine!

[Nostalgiabuff]

thanks for the photos. the painted head actually gives him more of an animated look. is the costume a shade of green or brown?

[monitor_ep]

It seems NeMego went with the Auroa brown outfit instead of the movie green.
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Also kinda disappointed in the feet, was hoping to get the ape feet, could have at least used the werewolf feet.
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[TrekStar]

I like it and love the card as well. Is the good Dr. Zaius coming soon?

[Confessional]

Delighted to have new Apes and I'm diggin' all the color changes. Wish that idea would have been applied to Zaius too. Suppose as a simian fanboy I'm going to be more critical than casual fans…

Unfortunately in the early photos I'm seeing out there, Corny's clothing is poorly cut/styled. Looks like his tunic is very short and even the pants seem ill fitted.

Also the card art… ehhh, it wasn't all that great back in 1998 when it was first used repetitively on commemorative merch for years to follow. Decades later I was hoping Mego would have been inspired by the packaging of recent NECA and Super7 products. Dynamic, original art would have been an excellent and praised addition to the Mego Apes-verse.

Oh, and gods no, I never want to see werewolf feet on an Ape!… Mego has some excellent sculptors working on heads, they can handle Ape feet too.

[TRDouble]

Thanks for the pictures and comparison! I am not an Apes fan, but they look like fun.

[Dark Shadow]

Delighted to have new Apes and I'm diggin' all the color changes. Wish that idea would have been applied to Zaius too. Suppose as a simian fanboy I'm going to be more critical than casual fans…

Unfortunately in the early photos I'm seeing out there, Corny's clothing is poorly cut/styled. Looks like his tunic is very short and even the pants seem ill fitted.

Also the card art… ehhh, it wasn't all that great back in 1998 when it was first used repetitively on commemorative merch for years to follow. Decades later I was hoping Mego would have been inspired by the packaging of recent NECA and Super7 products. Dynamic, original art would have been an excellent and praised addition to the Mego Apes-verse.

Oh, and gods no, I never want to see werewolf feet on an Ape!… Mego has some excellent sculptors working on heads, they can handle Ape feet too.

I agree with you on Cornelius' clothing...cut,length, stitching & fit all seem off to me too. Even still, the fact that The Apes are back makes me very, very happy!

[PNGwynne]

But those were originally Mugato ape feet molds--I never thought they suited a wolf-man.

[apes3978]

While I don't mind the variation in clothing color, the hands just look wrong-Why use a Gorilla colored body for a Chimp?

Also, agreed that the ill-fitting clothing is something that should be addressed... And why not do the pressed in lines that go down from the neck area of his collar? If they could do the hieroglyphic design, they could have (and should have) done the rest of it...

[Dark Shadow]

While I don't mind the variation in clothing color, the hands just look wrong-Why use a Gorilla colored body for a Chimp?

Also, agreed that the ill-fitting clothing is something that should be addressed... And why not do the pressed in lines that go down from the neck area of his collar? If they could do the hieroglyphic design, they could have (and should have) done the rest of it...

I also miss the extra detail in the tunic leather, but I'm really liking the body color changes, just a little paint on the pads & fingers...voila! I think with the body color change they could have dropped the fur on the cuffs altogether and gone with a similar textured fabric that was used on the original Zira.

[rche]

But those were originally Mugato ape feet molds--I never thought they suited a wolf-man.

agreed - the Mugato feet are giant ape feet. If they used rubber like the stuff Gabriel used to use for Lone Ranger, or Mattel's Big Jim Wolf Pak boots, you could probably even have boots/shoes for them. They could also just use formed boots over regular feet, like with Cowardly Lion.

[apes3978]

I'm really liking the body color changes, just a little paint on the pads & fingers...voila!

If I'm reading you correctly, you're saying just paint the dark hands tan to match the head and leave the dark hair on his hands intact? Wouldn't it have been just as easy to paint the fur on his hands brown if they had used tan for the body color?

[apes3978]

I think with the body color change they could have dropped the fur on the cuffs altogether and gone with a similar textured fabric that was used on the original Zira.

If they did that, that'd be getting into ultra detailed figure territory and they'd start charging us a premium for it.

[apes3978]

agreed - the Mugato feet are giant ape feet. If they used rubber like the stuff Gabriel used to use for Lone Ranger, or Mattel's Big Jim Wolf Pak boots, you could probably even have boots/shoes for them. They could also just use formed boots over regular feet, like with Cowardly Lion.

Formed "ape feet" shoes over the regular feet wouldn't be a bad idea.