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There used to be a forum called Yesterdayland, (the old format of the Mego Museum was linked to it). Anyway, there was a guy and his brother who were on it, and I really liked this guy's memory of his Mego past. For awhile I thought it was CTC (Don). Sometimes the ghost of this forum works (to read only), and I found his memory. If you are this person, give a shout out!
MEGO RULES! My brother and I spent hours and hours, year after year playing with these guys. Between heroes and villans, we must have had twenty-five figures, plus some vehicles and playsets (thanks, Mom and Dad!).
What an incredible creative outlet. For one thing, there were the physical crafts: we built furniture out of scrap wood, sets out of cardboard boxes, and at one point even built an entire downtown area with corrugated cardboard and hot glue. But most of all, action figures made us into storytellers. We would manufacture backgrounds for the characters (we decided Batman and Captain Kirk knew each other from college), create plots, improvise dialog, and eventually try to bring the story to a close (usually with a big fight scene).
What wasn't great about the mego figures? Unlike most figures, such as the Star Wars toys, ALL their joints moved -- except the ankles on the Star Trek guys, who were wearing boots -- and the costumes were not molded, but were real costumes made out of cloth, providing one more opportunity for creativity. And they were made of very durable plastic and rubber -- I saw a couple of figures lose their limbs, but never really saw one break.
-Vogelfrei 1970
MEGO RULES! My brother and I spent hours and hours, year after year playing with these guys. Between heroes and villans, we must have had twenty-five figures, plus some vehicles and playsets (thanks, Mom and Dad!).
What an incredible creative outlet. For one thing, there were the physical crafts: we built furniture out of scrap wood, sets out of cardboard boxes, and at one point even built an entire downtown area with corrugated cardboard and hot glue. But most of all, action figures made us into storytellers. We would manufacture backgrounds for the characters (we decided Batman and Captain Kirk knew each other from college), create plots, improvise dialog, and eventually try to bring the story to a close (usually with a big fight scene).
What wasn't great about the mego figures? Unlike most figures, such as the Star Wars toys, ALL their joints moved -- except the ankles on the Star Trek guys, who were wearing boots -- and the costumes were not molded, but were real costumes made out of cloth, providing one more opportunity for creativity. And they were made of very durable plastic and rubber -- I saw a couple of figures lose their limbs, but never really saw one break.
-Vogelfrei 1970
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