Mego of the Day: Ming the Merciless

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Mego of the Day is the master of mayhem on the planet Mongo, the emporer Ming! If you don't collect these, I suggest checking out the Mego Museum Flash Gordon gallery, it will convert you. Scale, Schmale......

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[Action Martin]

I always wanted the Flash Gordon line but never saw them in stores. I bid on them every now and then on eBay but always lose. I keep hoping that EmCe will do these in 8" scale.

Castaway Dave said that he wants to do a Flash Gordon line based on the original Alex Raymond strips. That would be cool with me too.

[Dave Mc]

This line is amazingly detailed. Probably one of my favorite Mego lines for total coolness. Ming has a great sculpt. He looks mean and nasty, just as he should.

[The Bat]

I love the Flash Gordon Sculpts....but Them being in 9" scale, is what's kept Me from going after them.

[huedell]

Personally I agree with all the compliments to the figure
but I'd like to add than the over-the-top bright colors
make for a real cool figure feature too. I just like that kind of
hardcore "70s superheroey" design....all he's missing is
a bright fuscia nylon cape

8 inxch scale certainly would be cool....I'd prefer that...but,
again, it's just a fun looking figure (for a VERY iconic villain)
whatever scale.

[huedell]

I just checked out the FG gallery...wow...sky blue shirt and pink pants combo
for that one dude.

All the freaking bright almost pastel colors on these comic book warriors
cool as heck---I googled that Alex Raymond stuff and it's nowhere near as
outrageous and pleasing.

QUESTION: What costumes are these Mego designs based on?
(The Mego era FG movie?)

[PNGwynne]

Great post of a beautiful line!

The character's costume designs are based upon artist Alex Raymond's classic Flash Gordon art.

I think the DeLaurentis film (with Max von sydow as a great Ming) came out after Mego's line.

(And I think an Emce reissue is a terrific idea! Are you listening, Doc?)

[huedell]

Great post of a beautiful line!

The character's costume designs are based upon artist Alex Raymond's classic Flash Gordon art.

Really---then I really got the wrong idea from the art I googled thinking
it was Alex Raymond's.

The images I got weren't nearly as trippy as the Mego designs.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Even though this figure came a few years before, there is a bit of Max Von Sydow in that sculpt. Just proves Max was perfect as Ming.

One of these days, I will plunge headfirst into this line. Oh yes.

Chris

[david_b]

This line is amazingly detailed. Probably one of my favorite Mego lines for total coolness. Ming has a great sculpt. He looks mean and nasty, just as he should.

TOTALLY AGREE.. ! What a face sculpt.!!

Flawlessly executed, beautiful line!

[ScottA]

Great set of figures. Just never understood the reasoning behind being made 9".

[censy]

Flash Gordon is such a cool line. I have never had any of them, but hope to one day.

Chris

[vulcan2074]

This figure Just Rocks. I Really Like the Flash Gordon Line alot. There Just so Awesome. I also Love the Movie. It was Fantastic
Sammy

[cjefferys]

This is a great, colourful line filled wih accessories and detail. I've never understood why many people don't collect these just because they aren't 8 inches. That's fine with me though, if they were 8 inchers, the demand would probably be much higher, and so would their prices, and I wouldn't be able to put together a collection of these at the prices I've been paying for them.

[starsky]

mego really went all out with this line. great sculpts, detail, accessories, cant ask for anything more!! had dale arden but gave up collecting because of budget constraints.