Mego of the Day: Doctor Kromedome

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Our Friday salute is to the double knit pant suit wearing Bionic Villain, Doctor Kromedome.

Fun Trivia: Mego had previously copyrighted the name Kromedome for a toy robot.

Did you have Dr K as a kid? Are you on the hunt for one? Let us know on the Mego Forum.

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[Earth 2 Chris]

Mego's greatest shame? Besides the Clown Arounds?

Chris

[The Toyroom]

Has anyone ever done an 8" custom of this guy?

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I'd never heard of the guy before he got mentioned here at the Museum.

>Has anyone ever done an 8" custom of this guy?

Yup!:

Kromedome's new ride - Mego Talk
Metropolis' SECOND greatest hero - Mego Talk

I'd have a smarmy comment from the Doc himself for this post, but my camera is out of commission at the moment.

Don C.

[Bionic Joe]

I vegly recall seeing this guy back in the day, I never had one or wanted one and i don't recall any of my friends having one, As an adult collecter i have little to no intrest in him guess he doesn't rock the boat

[megoscott]

It's one of my favorite blurbs in the Museum, if I don't say so myself.

Montgomery Wards telephoned Mego one day in 1975 and asked them to produce a 12 inch villain to go with the Kenner Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman dolls Wards would be selling through it's Christmas catalog. Mego responded by phoning the job right back in.

The Kromedome in the gallery was Benjamin Holcomb's, from before he was famous.

[vulcan2074]

I Never knew about him until the Museum. He's a very Interesting Looking Character.
Sammy

[Seeker]

Kromedome NEEDS to be revived as an 8" Mego Meet figure!!!

[david_b]

Looks pretty fruity to me..

[toys2cool]

I actually think he's pretty cool,I've been close to getting him twice this year and have forgotten to bid and it's gone super cheap

[jwyblejr]

I'm guessing this is left handed judging by the fact that's the arm that's metal. And we all know how evil left handed people are.

[Bionic Joe]

Just wondering would he be in demand more if he was an 8 inch MEGO?