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  • palitoy
    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
    • Jun 16, 2001
    • 59200

    Mego Corp FAQ thread

    Due to the widespread misinformation I'm reading, here is my attempt to gather what i know:


    Is Gandalf Cancelled?
    No, he was delayed, that comes right from the president.

    Did Mego say they weren't going to make Scotty and McCoy?
    They did not say that, what they said was that they were slower sellers and Mego needed to be careful when they launched them.

    Why don't they do Planet of the Apes?
    Apes is now owned by Disney, all licensors future and existing (including Super 7 from what i hear) have to deal with the house of mouse. Mego staff have said that they want to do it but they need to negotiate with Disney first.


    Why do Mezco have Planet of the Apes now?
    Mezco does have a pre-existing relationship with Disney.

    Some of the Toyfair heads look big.
    Anything that's pre-production is 5% bigger, it shrinks in the molding process, Mego has a pretty good track record.

    Is that Picard the same one EMCE released with Diamond Select Toys?
    It is an entirely new head sculpt.

    What is in Wave 9?
    Looks like Q, Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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  • EMCE Hammer
    Moderation Engineer
    • Aug 14, 2003
    • 25679

    #2
    You just nullified 7,309 Facebook posts.

    Is the consensus that 14" Shazam and Black Adam are still coming, as well as other 14" figures?

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    • palitoy
      live. laugh. lisa needs braces
      • Jun 16, 2001
      • 59200

      #3
      Originally posted by EMCE Hammer
      You just nullified 7,309 Facebook posts.

      Is the consensus that 14" Shazam and Black Adam are still coming, as well as other 14" figures?
      I'm waiting to hear back from people who would know.
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      • Type3Toys
        Home Of The Type3 Body
        • Jan 18, 2005
        • 619

        #4
        I have a few questions.
        Is Dr Mego a doctor or a mego?
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        • PNGwynne
          Master of Fowl Play
          • Jun 5, 2008
          • 19444

          #5
          Neither.
          WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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          • palitoy
            live. laugh. lisa needs braces
            • Jun 16, 2001
            • 59200

            #6
            Originally posted by Type3Toys
            I have a few questions.
            Is Dr Mego a doctor or a mego?
            It's sort of like "Rug Doctor" if you know what I mean...
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            • EMCE Hammer
              Moderation Engineer
              • Aug 14, 2003
              • 25679

              #7
              Originally posted by palitoy
              I'm waiting to hear back from people who would know.
              The answer I got loosely translates to "We're still doing something sometime" and I know a lot of people would appreciate if that could be dialed-in.

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              • LonnieFisher
                Eloquent Member
                • Jan 19, 2008
                • 10814

                #8
                If they can negotiate with Disney for Planet of the Apes, what about Star Wars, and Marvel Superheroes? Wouldn't those be in the same licensing possibility?

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                • palitoy
                  live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                  • Jun 16, 2001
                  • 59200

                  #9
                  Originally posted by LonnieFisher
                  If they can negotiate with Disney for Planet of the Apes, what about Star Wars, and Marvel Superheroes? Wouldn't those be in the same licensing possibility?
                  Star Wars and Marvel are in the death grip of Hasbro, anything you try to do has to be run through them and according to Marty, they said no. They're the reason that the Marvel price point for 8" was $80 through EMCE/DST. They don't seem to care about pricey collector stuff like Sideshow, Mezco or Hot Toys but I guess the Mego price point hits them where they live.

                  Now, Hasbro has to re-negotiate the SW contract for 2021 and there is always a chance that they could lose it or at least lose their tight grip on it but it's not an option right now.
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                  • TheVintageToyKid
                    Career Member
                    • Jul 23, 2019
                    • 673

                    #10
                    Was Gandalf lost in the Mego warehouse fire that destroyed many of the 8-inch Star Trek aliens? Of course I am only kidding. Thank you for introducing this FAQ thread.
                    "I thought they didn't allow no bathin' suits in here."

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                    • The Batman Professor
                      Veteran Member
                      • Jul 15, 2010
                      • 355

                      #11
                      What is the status of 14” Dracula and Frankenstein?
                      sigpicSWEAR TO ME!

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                      • darkmonkeygod
                        Career Member
                        • Sep 5, 2005
                        • 850

                        #12
                        Originally posted by EMCE Hammer

                        You just nullified 7,309 Facebook posts.

                        Don't I wish. I realize it's probably easy to do, but I am baffled by the amont of effort people put into remaining willfully ignorant around simple subjects they claim to be passionatey interesting in at least knowing about. It's as if the "learning" step has never existed for them. I've seen it in chidren for a while, but it has long been the standard that an individual grow out of it. Instead a large number of otherwise adults act as if they are regressing. But I digress...

                        As always, Brian, thanks for the info! I find it fun to learn!

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                        • enyawd72
                          Maker of Monsters!
                          • Oct 1, 2009
                          • 7904

                          #13
                          Well, to be fair, if Mego would answer questions, keep their customers and more importantly, their distributors, in the loop, all this speculation wouldn't happen.

                          Even if they don't know the answers, a simple "We don't know at this time." is better than crickets.

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                          • CrimsonGhost
                            Often invisible
                            • Jul 18, 2002
                            • 3568

                            #14
                            I’ve come to the realization that not everyone looks at Facebook as often as I do. If you’re a guy that looks every 4-5 days or so, you’re going to miss pretty much everything.
                            Expectation is the death of discovery.

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                            • palitoy
                              live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                              • Jun 16, 2001
                              • 59200

                              #15
                              Originally posted by CrimsonGhost
                              I’ve come to the realization that not everyone looks at Facebook as often as I do. If you’re a guy that looks every 4-5 days or so, you’re going to miss pretty much everything.
                              Yeah, i've watched Mego answer the same question over and over again. Facebook has a way of shoving everything down, it is not good for such a thing.
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