I don't see too much talk about them. I remember in the late 70s seeing them, but never got them, nor knew anyone that had them.
What about their posability? I see the 12" Captain America sometimes on Ebay and have been tempted to bid on one. The only problem is his head seems pretty big compared to the rest of his body.
Does anyone have any loose pix of him for reference?
I dont have Cap 12in but I have a few others and my favorite is 12in Hulk. I have a superman, James Bond, Black Hole Durant, Buck Rogers, Killer Kane, Wonder Woman, Robin with magetic hands, Black Hole Kate, Kirk, Spock, Decker, and Farrah Fawcett. The Durant has the biggest head of all of them and most of them are gray headed except Kane and Supes. I really like the 12in figures and wish I had more. I put the 12in Hulk with all the 8in megos cause he is supposed to be bigger 8in Hulk is too small IMO.
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I understand that the 12" line showed up in Canada first?
I know I totally flipped out when I saw them and to this day my 12" skinny Megos are still among my favourites. Plus you had a Boy Wonder that was to scale with Batman (and with the cooler side part that Burt Ward had). To me the 12" line is as synonymous with Mego as the 8" line. I just wish there had made more Superhero characters, and I'm still deadly curious about Mr Fantastic.
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I don't think I even knew they existed as a kid, but I was moving away from action figures by '78.
WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.
Too obsessed to turn back
Here's a shot of my Mego Cap out of his box.
It's not how hard you hit, but how hard you can be hit and still move forward.
I love the 12" Cap because of his huge cranium: )
I remember seeing the 12" Magnetic Batman and Robin in Circus World at the mall and REALLY wanting them. But at the time I had "out grown" kids toys. If I knew then what I know now....
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Same here.Originally Posted by Wee67
The first time I ever seen or even heard of a 12" Mego Super Hero action figure was seeing a loose Spiderman in a comic shop in the mid to late 80's
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I had the Magnetic Batman and Robin as a kid they are very cool. The Cap head is huge if I had it I would shrink it down some or cut the eyes ears and mouth out and add another head to make a removable cowl, but thats just me I do crazy stuff like that to my toys cause I don't plan on selling them I try to make them better.
The 12 inch figures usually sold better than the 8 inch, but the others
(except for Superman, Batman, Spider-Man) probably did not sell as well
since by 1978 GI Joe was gone and the other 12 inchers were all girl
focused like Barbie and the celebrities. KISS was probably the only
boy 12 inchers that sold well.
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