Comparisons between Mego, Diamond Select and nuMego

[apenutncc1701]

I am curious what your opinions are when comparing the 8 inch Star Trek figures made by Mego, Diamond Select and nuMego. Differences in quality, clothes and accessories, etc. I have the original Mego crew plus the Klingon and Gorn, the Diamond Select Sulu and Chekov, and many of the nuMegos. I have been thinking about trying to collect the rest of the Diamond Select figures, but wanted to hear from others first. Thanks for your input.

[LonnieFisher]

There is no nuMego.

[Liu Bei]

I am curious what your opinions are when comparing the 8 inch Star Trek figures made by Mego, Diamond Select and nuMego. Differences in quality, clothes and accessories, etc. I have the original Mego crew plus the Klingon and Gorn, the Diamond Select Sulu and Chekov, and many of the nuMegos. I have been thinking about trying to collect the rest of the Diamond Select figures, but wanted to hear from others first. Thanks for your input.

The Mego re-releases are better than the Diamond Select Retro Cloth figures, in terms of quality. The original Mego releases from back in the day have the highest quality of the three, especially the soft goods.

[PNGwynne]

There is no nuMego.

Well there is, just not a preference to call it that.

Regarding Diamond Trek vs Mego Corp Trek releases, there are some differences in detailing, fabric choices, and fasteners. Where all or some are "improvements" may be a matter of taste. The command color is more accurate (amber vs Diamond's yellow) on the Chekov and Sulu re-releases. The new Mego bodies are rigged better IMO. The Diamond Kirk heads are better than the Mego Corp. head in paint detailing. The Mego Corp Romulan bodysuit has a much nicer silver weave than the Diamond one, but the belt is loose pleather instead of velveteen and the figure itself is much paler. The Mego Corp. Gorn, in olive, to me is preferable to the green Diamond one.

Not much beats vintage IMO, and the closer new releases are to the originals, the more I usually like them.

[Liu Bei]

Well there is, just not a preference to call it that.

Regarding Diamond Trek vs Mego Corp Trek releases, there are some differences in detailing, fabric choices, and fasteners. Where all or some are "improvements" may be a matter of taste. The command color is more accurate (amber vs Diamond's yellow) on the Chekov and Sulu re-releases. The new Mego bodies are rigged better IMO. The Diamond Kirk heads are better than the Mego Corp. head in paint detailing. The Mego Corp Romulan bodysuit has a much nicer silver weave than the Diamond one, but the belt is loose pleather instead of velveteen and the figure itself is much paler. The Mego Corp. Gorn, in olive, to me is preferable to the green Diamond one.

Not much beats vintage IMO, and the closer new releases are to the originals, the more I usually like them.

Yeah, the coloring on the Mego Gorn is miles better. Not sure what happened to the Kirk head on the new Mego Kirk, but that new sculpt coming out will rectify all.

[ODBJBG]

Mego > DST > nuMego

[TrekStar]

Of the three choices for me personally it’s original Mego. It’s crazy to choose something that was made almost 50 years ago compared to a very similar item made within the last 3 years. But I also enjoy the type S bandless bodies too, Diamond Select bodies to me seem thicker with tighter bands.