Would it have killed MEGO if

[Bionic Joe]

Even as a kid i loved MEGO's STAR TREK line but it always buged me that the phasers and other EQ was blue, Today i fixed it gloss black spray paint and gold model paint and behold the phaser looks a heck of a lot better as does his tricorder, My question is would it have killed MEGO if they molded those parts in black to start with then add a touch of gold paint? P.S the painted parts were DOC MEGO's repos

[AAAAA]

well One thing Black on black colors make it hard to see on the figure hence the contrast, IE against the pants and belt , also small Black items tend to get lost very quickey as the eye has a VIOD zone in the Rentia .
Plus it cost money to paint details on a Very small item.and do it nicely .

[blastphemey]

well One thing Black on black colors make it hard to see on the figure hence the contrast, IE against the pants and belt , also small Black items tend to get lost very quickey as the eye has a VIOD zone in the Rentia .
Plus it cost money to paint details on a Very small item.and do it nicely .

yeah, excatly. i understand what the vulcans sayin though. i feel the same way about the batmobile.

[toys2cool]

yeah there's a bunch of little examples that would've made a huge difference

[AAAAA]

Hey At least Kirk got a phaser, they could gone the route of the Apes/AJ's M-16 , save tooling and given Kirk and the gang .45 caliber pistols.

[mego73]

The thing they might've done is mold them in black but I think, in the end, they wanted the accessories to stand out

[palitoy]

It wouldn't have killed them but it wouldn't have improved sales any, Star Trek was huge.

[VintageMike]

Looking at my loose TreKs it's obvious they wanted them to stand out. I agree about black on black not working. Now if they had molded them in gray that would have worked. They'd still stand out against the black and look closer their tv counterparts.

[goldenryan]

Yeah and would it of killed mego to make caps hands red and to make the hulk alittle taller. sorry i'm starting to rant

[kryptosmaster]

Well remember when the star wars figures first came out and they had those crappy vinyl capes and the light sabers looked like birthday candles that shoved up into their arms? LOL
Not to mention they barely looked like them. Now the ones my kids have look like miniature real people with accessories that come off and light sabres with removable handles, etc.
Rich

[starsky]

were belts even used in the tv series? i always saw kirk pull the communicator from behind his back.

[kingdom warrior]

Well remember when the star wars figures first came out and they had those crappy vinyl capes and the light sabers looked like birthday candles that shoved up into their arms? LOL
Not to mention they barely looked like them. Now the ones my kids have look like miniature real people with accessories that come off and light sabres with removable handles, etc.
Rich

Funny When i was a Kid, Myself and all my friends took the crappy sabers out and replaced them with Colored tooth pics they were longer and the colors were brighter. We would fight and if they broke no problems they would easily get replaced.....

[mego73]

were belts even used in the tv series? i always saw kirk pull the communicator from behind his back.

Yeah, they had belts worn under the shirt with velcro sewn on. In the beginning they were orange, later they were black to blend with the pants.

[jwyblejr]

Actually,I've never had a problem with the colors. Blue for good guys,red for bad guys. Makes sense when you sit and think about it.

[Bionic Joe]

Now that the paint is good and drye i armed MR SPOCK with them and they look great the gold cover on his com shows up great in the belt the tricorder look great at his side but i have to admit his phaser looks better in his hand then on his belt