Mego of the Day: Wild Bill Hicock

[jwyblejr]

This is one that is on my want list for sure. Just something about the Western Heroes.

[kryptosmaster]

I don't remember if I wanted them or not. I vaguely remember having Cochise.
I do find myself looking at them lately now that I've gotten back into Megos but since they are now reproduced I'm afraid of getting ripped off (on ebay or whatever) by thinking I'm buying an original but getting one of those new ones or getting a mostly original figure with a bunch of repro accessories.

Rich

[Bionic Joe]

As a kid i never saw or had Wild Bill, The only legend figure i had as a kid was Davey Crocket and i renamed him Daniel Boone since i liked that show a lot, I'll probaly track down this series in time so far i only have Davey Crocket missing just about everything but his pants and shirt

[UnderdogDJLSW]

The westerns are really neat, but I really do not remember seeing any of them when I was a kid.

[starsky]

I think the cards certainly help bring us a new appreciation of the figures they highlight. I know this one did for Wild Bill. 'Bout time to update the card index page, huh?

i agree scotta, seeing them on cards really made me appreciate a figure that i would normally not notice at all! megoscott does a great job highlighting the character!

[Bionic Joe]

I think the cards certainly help bring us a new appreciation of the figures they highlight. I know this one did for Wild Bill. 'Bout time to update the card index page, huh?

It's all about the packageing, An atractive package always increase intrest

[hobub]

Ahh! The Riffiest Riff-Raff that ever Rift a Raft!

A true legend in his own time. Ambedextrious gunslinger and law officer,
always a favorite hero of mine with human flaws, unlike say Batman; very much real.
Involved in first documented gunfight used in many Hollywood motion pictures.
Shot opponent straight through the heart at 70 yards.
Murdered! 1876 Deadwood, SD. Holding winning poker hand of Eights and Aces,
to be hense forever known thereafter as "The Deadman's Hand".

Mego in Movie Alert!!!!
Check out Wild Bill The Movie
Very close to documented history but not exact per my recollection.
Still any Mego in a Movie is a Movie worth watching.


Now in the same context as the chicken or the egg,
who do you think the sculpt was made to resemble?
Wild Bill or Black Knight?



Pictured here seated left with friend and understudy Buffalo Bill, seated right.
That said, why is the Mego Buffalo Bill depicted to look older than
Wild Bill? Answer: Because Gunfighter James Butler Hickok
(10 years Buffalo Bill's senior) died at age 39 in 1876.
Cody lived until 1917 and is well known for his famed
"Wild West Show" in his later years.

[hobub]

Bump because I love all the western figures and posted late to this one too.

[hobub]

Bumpity

[thoriron]

i love all western figures i have all but wild bill box is missing.When i was child i have to play with sitting bull and buffalo bill!!

[MIB41]

I was a kid who always loved the artwork on the Mego packaging. The Western series was definitely a notch up and easily sold me. Wild Bill was my first figure from that line. I still have that original figure but had to rebuild his outfit from original pieces purchased off Ebay. Great figure. Mego always had a nice way of going off the beaten path looking to explore other licenses.

[jwyblejr]

Why bump something from 2008?

[tllgn]

i saw these as a kid at toyland at the lloyd center mall ,i bought davey(because i loved the Danial Boon tv show)my
brother got wild bill ,still have the old ones,i never saw the set anywhere else until toysrus first opened its first store
in portland in 1980.i bought the whole lion rock set and monsters etc,and since we were not playing with them any
more ,their in great shape,loose but nice,great line.