Scale difference between Lone Ranger & Mego

[clemso]

Whats the scale difference like between the Gabriel Lone Ranger and a Mego.
Anybody got a side by side comparison pick. Same with Silver and a Pota Stallion, if you have one.

Clem

[garagesale]

Don't know the exact scale, but LR is definitely bigger. Closer to Big Jim, which I believe is 1:7-1:8 scale. LR is closer to 1:7, while Mego is a solid 1:9. The POTA stallion is definitely a bit small for LR and Tonto.

JamesD

[Dave Mc]

I don't have the LR figures anymore to take a side by side pic, but they are more 10" scale. The horses are quite a bit bigger than Mego.

[English Paul]

If an 8" Mego is 1:9 scale and a 12" Gi Joe/Action Man is 1:6 scale my reckoning would be 1:7.5 scale based on a 10" figure roughly between the other two.

[stuart]

My Tonto is an 1" - 1 1/2" taller than his Mego companions.

[hobub]

Lone ranger is about 1/4" taller than the Flash Gordon Series figures. Silver would be more in scale with them.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Taken just for you Clem...

[vulcan2074]

Kat
Those are Some Great Looking Figures
Sammy

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Kat
Those are Some Great Looking Figures
Sammy

Thanks Sammy :D I love 'em.

[kryptosmaster]

HEY! You have your Lone Ranger posed EXACTLY like I have mine posed!
Ursus stole AJ's Wild Mustang!

Rich

[clemso]

Thank you so much for taking the trouble for those great shots Kat. I love the Lone Ranger, its a shame Mego never made him. There is quite a scale difference, more than i thought. I think their horses were so much better and was wondering if a Mego wouldn't look out of place sitting on one, scale wise.

Clem

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

I agree with you Clem, I thought that was what you had in mind, and the thought had crossed my mind in the past. That's why I thought it was best to show you, sadly it just wouldn't work...

Cat

[Sowth]

Wow Cat, they are some beautiful LR horse and rider combos, thanks for posting the pic.

They were some lovingly made toys.

Cheers!
Will :-)

[darklord1967]

Guys,

just FYI...

8 inch MEGOs are NOT 1:9 scale. They are exactly 1:9.5 scale. That means that an 8 inch tall MEGO hero is meant to represent a real-life (dressed) hero standing approximately 6 feet four inches tall (76 inches).

This works out perfectly because SUPERMAN is 6 feet 4 inches tall. And THE BATMAN is about that same height after his boots and cowl.

Now, I stressed the "dressed" part because MEGOs only stand a full 8 inches when they are dressed and wearing footwear.

Nude 8 inch MEGO heroes stand at 7.75 inches.

At 1:9.5 scale, that translates to a real-life man of just a shade under 6 feet 2 inches.



If you were to try to apply a 1:9 scale to MEGOs, it would just fall short.

A dressed 8 inch MEGO only becomes a 6 foot tall real-life man.
And a nude 7.75 inch MEGO only becomes a real-life man that stands a shade under 5 foot 10 inches.

Now I admit, that some of this stuff is a bit subjective. After all, who's to say the 1:9 inch scale isn't correct if MEGO wasn't scaling for slightly shorter chacarters than Superman or Batman... someone like, say, Spiderman (who stands under 6 feet in height)?

Well, my answer to that is that I'm basing my assertion of a 1:9.5 scale on the fact that MEGO made Superman and Batman FIRST as part of their World's Greatest Super Heroes line. Therefore, those character's real-life heights determine the scale of MEGO 8 inch tall figures.

It is for this reason that SO many of the other MEGO Super Hero characters are wildly out of scale when compared to Superman and/or The Batman:

Robin, Spiderman, The Penguin, The Green Goblin, The Lizard, The Human Torch, Aquaman, Mr. Myxzlptlk, The Riddler... NONE of these characters stand at 6 feet 4 inches tall.

As 8 inch tall action figures of a 1:9.5 scale, they are far too tall.

The same could be said of other characters in the line:

The Hulk and The Thing are both far too SHORT as 8 inch scale action figures of a 1:9.5 scale. The Hulk supposedly stands 7 feet tall.

And the women of the line are based on an 8 inch tall female body that is so awkward, lanky, and decidedly un-female in its appearance that it ought to be crime.

Every 8 inch female of MEGO's WGSH line represents a 6 foot 4 inch tall real-life woman with a giant head, big hair, and an un-gainly boy-like body with breasts.

Anyway, so there you have it. 8 inch MEGOS = 1:9.5 scale... kinda.