Pics of some of my Star Trek Mego customs

[yokaijohn]

All 3 look GREAT! I ESPECIALLY Love Akuta & Sayana!

[Meule]

Good sculpt and cool dodecahedrons

[mego73]

Thanks Mike. I learned somethin' new today
I had Googled the episode to see what the heck they were called and that is what the site stated, cubeoctahedral solids:
By Any Other Name (episode) - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

No problem. I remember David Gerrold talking about him and Gene Roddenberry tossing ideas back and forth about how to incapacitate the crew in that particular episode. Gene was playing around with a dodecahedron he had on his desk as a decoration and one of them suggested that the aliens turn the crew into those things. And the rest is history.

[wyldpny]

Looks great, those thingies are actually called dodecahedrons

Thanks Mike. I learned somethin' new today
I had Googled the episode to see what the heck they were called and that is what the site stated, cubeoctahedral solids:
By Any Other Name (episode) - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

[mego73]

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery..._25_243981.jpg

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1257969827/med_gallery_502_25_202454.jpg

Check out those Mego scale cubeoctahedral solids in his hands

Looks great, those thingies are actually called dodecahedrons

[Captain]

So wyldpny, how many custom trek figures have you done now? I've lost count, but it must be in the hundreds...and each one is just as good (or even better) than the last. Nice work sir...and kudos to your hardworking wife as well!

[HardyGirl]

That's cool! Looks just like him. And I love the cubicle things.

[wyldpny]

Check out those Mego scale cubeoctahedral solids in his hands

[Meule]

Hmmm, I wonder when Captact will pop in here and comment on these:

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1257969827/med_gallery_502_25_195970.jpg

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1257969827/med_gallery_502_25_139856.jpg

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1257969827/med_gallery_502_25_81756.jpg

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1257969827/med_gallery_502_25_13703.jpg

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery...2_25_41266.jpg

Don't worry, Ray pops in from time to time, he'll see 'em

[wyldpny]

Hmmm, I wonder when Captact will pop in here and comment on these:

[HardyGirl]

Oh ok...cool! Well, hey, I think they're plenty accurate...nice job!

[wyldpny]

I believe it is safe to assume that Mego would not have done an "ish" color, like brownish red, or an orangish or redish something, etc.
They would probably have done a more solid primary color like the red seen here. It is still a watered down red color mixed with a flesh color. The camera flash lights it up and makes it look a brighter red than it actually is.
But it's that fine line my wife and I have had to walk at times between making the figures VERY screen accurate creating intricate trim and/or a complex skin color to making a more basic Mego style figure. Mego was about basic details, since the more the details meant more the cost.

[Meule]

Wow, makes me wish I had the Mission to Gamma 6 playset. (who am I kidding? I want one anyway!)

But one question...I thought the Children of Vol were orange?

They were a reddish brown (or a brownish red), but I think this is close to what Mego would've done

[HardyGirl]

Wow, makes me wish I had the Mission to Gamma 6 playset. (who am I kidding? I want one anyway!)

But one question...I thought the Children of Vol were orange?

[Meule]

Been waiting quite a while on these, and they were worth the wait, they look great