Broken Figures, If I knew then what I know now...

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Today, as I was replacing a broken leg with another limb on a T2 Superman (which took me about 2 minutes to do), it dawned on me if this had happened to me in the 70's there would have been a lot of childish (I was a kid after all) anger and pleading to get to the toy store to get a new one, etc.

It never entered my mind back then to pull a head off or stretch an arm out of it's socket to see how they were put together. My thought was if you pull something apart you break it. So, I ask you all. Who used to take a Mego apart to see what "made it tick" and who left well enough alone? (my category)

Steve

[jwyblejr]

Never really took them apart to see what made them tick. I always undressed them to see what color the underwear was. I was a strange kid.

[starsky]

never took mine apart either. did take off their clothes for any water related adventures!

[kryptosmaster]

Never really took them apart either. Did have some break and restrung them with real string! lol
kite twine.
I'd have to check but ill bet i still have a couple like that.
I need to redo them right.
What i really liked to do though, was swap their clothes around. Dress humans in apes outfits, etc.
The one thing that really bothers me though, is what happened to most of my megos. I still have all the apes, a star trek fig, monsters, a few misc others but what happened to my superman, batman, joker, robin, mr mxyzptlk, cochise, etc. I cant imagine that i would throw them away. Ill bet my mom sold them in a garage sale!

Rich

[vulcan2074]

I never took them Apart. I don't know why I never did. I pretty much kept them the way they were until I buried them like Treasure
V~2074

[toys2cool]

I never ever abused my toys or broke any.The only ones I took apart were the smaller 80's Joes and that's because I use to do customs with my doubles but you could always screw them back


I only abused one toy and that was my Brutus the Barber beefcake ljn wrestler,we sprayed his head with right guard Deo and lit him on fire like the Ghostrider

[Raydeen1]

I learned very young how to fix my Megos and GI Joes and so on. I pretty much had to with my cousin around.

I bought a Mego Superman at Zellers once, taped to his card. His left leg and right arm were off. Took him home, fixed him up. Perfect.

Total cost, $1.00

[Hotfoot]

I took a lot of toys apart to see how they worked. Unfortunately most of them did not get put back together and my parents loved to throw out broken toys!

[Hotfoot]

I never ever abused my toys or broke any.The only ones I took apart were the smaller 80's Joes and that's because I use to do customs with my doubles but you could always screw them back


I only abused one toy and that was my Brutus the Barber beefcake ljn wrestler,we sprayed his head with right guard Deo and lit him on fire like the Ghostrider

We attacked my friends sisters Barbies. Taped M-80's, Smoke bombs and rocket engines to them. Usually ended up with a melted mess!

(She did not like us much!)

[Bionic Joe]

When an 8 inch MEGO broke i'd throw the body away and save the outfit and head my RC/BATMAN head and outfit was transplanted many times

[smonte00]

One of the first things I'd do with a new mego was to take the clothes off to see if it had "blue underwear" on it. I was disappointed when it was a flesh-colored pelvis. I guess I didn't like for my megos to have to go commando.

[knight errant00]

Around 4th grade I figured out how to swap arms, legs, and heads, letting me repair some with parts from other broken ones. And start some *really* basic customizing . . .

[david_b]

Funny, I used to make $$ off my friend who had all the Trek Megos figures. His would be all dirty in the faces, silver peeled off of the emblems, so I'd charge him a few bucks a piece to replace the silver and clean them up.

Didn't seem all that hard to do, but kept us both happy for a while.

Ah, even at a wee young age, Megos for fun and profit..! (Feel like Michael P. Keaton..).

[kryptosmaster]

Funny, I used to make $$ off my friend who had all the Trek Megos figures. His would be all dirty in the faces, silver peeled off of the emblems, so I'd charge him a few bucks a piece to replace the silver and clean them up.

Didn't seem all that hard to do, but kept us both happy for a while.

Ah, even at a wee young age, Megos for fun and profit..! (Feel like Michael P. Keaton..).

Speaking of cleaning (maybe I should start a new thread?) what do you guys find works well to clean up the figures?
I usually just use some full strength dish soap with a soft toothbrush & gently scrub. That usually does pretty good but curious to any other tried & true methods.

Rich