Mego Has Some Big News!

[wise guy]

Any word when Disney gets first set because these are ebay scalper stuff so I wan't to pre order Marvel . Atlas might appeal to me because I read the comics , but these might peg warm in stores like previous Megos ,and Walmart preorders are the worst

[TheXFactor]

Having seen an image of the first set, I believe that you will wonder why you ever were concerned.

I'm going to reserve judgement- especially if you're a Disney employee fearing potential retribution. I can understand you not wanting to share images, but I doubt you'd ever say anything negative even if you felt that way because the Marvel characters/packaging look nothing like the originals.

[TheXFactor]

I have concerns about the upcoming Marvel figures that go well beyond the exclusivity to Disney.

To the point that TheXFactor has been making, you’re selling nostalgia here. I’ll offer up a rather odd analogy:

The first two waves of Mego WGSH figures were like watching a tape or video capture of the 1966 Batman TV show that originally aired on your local UHF station in the mid 70s with all of the original commercials and station identifications intact.

With Wave 18 and 19, it’s becoming more like watching the 1966 Batman TB show on MeTV with Medicare supplement commercials. The show may be the same, but it’s a much different experience..

That's actually a perfect analogy. To run with that a bit, when TV Land first launched in the 90s they only featured programs from a certain time period and even showed nothing but old TV commercials. The same commercials we used to roll our eyes about whenever they came on when watching- say- Emergency!, but will now watch a two hour compilation video of on You Tube. Eventually though, channel drift set it and it's now something else altogether (Boomerang from Cartoon Network is an even better example).

The only reason I started paying attention back in 2018 was the nostalgia, and- truth be told- it was a bit of a stretch between Action Jackson and General Zod (Wave 1) and the 50th Anniversary WGSH figures (Waves 16 and 17). Walmart botched the back end of that though, and there's been a series of subsequent disappointment (which I'm not going to go into here) which just about sucked the life out of the whole thing for me. I'll wait for the image reveals of the Marvel characters, but if I don't see Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, The Falcon etc etc early on in the same way we got Batman, Robin, Superman, Aquaman, Shazam!, and Green Arrow, then the aforementioned verdict will definitely be in. Ditto for the missing DC characters (Myx, all five Super Gals. the Teen Titans) plus Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, and Mad Monsters. Not to mention the fact that the Knights, Pirates, Robin Hood, and American West lines have been all but forgotten.

(Edit) Just saw this in a different thread: "The figures will be sold in 4-packs, Mego’s Marty Abrams said in the video."

And there it is...

[fun guy]

I’m not looking to get fired and sued. Especially not by a giant mouse.

okay,i realize that now!,thanks for telling me this

[CrimsonGhost]

cool,can i see the image of the first set?,sorry to ask

I’m not looking to get fired and sued. Especially not by a giant mouse.

[fun guy]

Having seen an image of the first set, I believe that you will wonder why you ever were concerned.

cool,can i see the image of the first set?,sorry to ask

[Z-man 307]

That's awesome to hear!

[CrimsonGhost]

I have concerns about the upcoming Marvel figures that go well beyond the exclusivity to Disney.

What are these Marvel Megos going to look like with the Mouse sticking his pointy little nose in everything? Are they going to be the same painstakingly amazing recreations of the original figures and packaging that the first two WGSH waves were?

Having seen an image of the first set, I believe that you will wonder why you ever were concerned.

[Xavion2004]

I have concerns about the upcoming Marvel figures that go well beyond the exclusivity to Disney.

To the point that TheXFactor has been making, you’re selling nostalgia here. I’ll offer up a rather odd analogy:

The first two waves of Mego WGSH figures were like watching a tape or video capture of the 1966 Batman TV show that originally aired on your local UHF station in the mid 70s with all of the original commercials and station identifications intact.

With Wave 18 and 19, it’s becoming more like watching the 1966 Batman TB show on MeTV with Medicare supplement commercials. The show may be the same, but it’s a much different experience..

What are these Marvel Megos going to look like with the Mouse sticking his pointy little nose in everything? Are they going to be the same painstakingly amazing recreations of the original figures and packaging that the first two WGSH waves were? Are they going to focus on the original characters Mego released (plus a few obvious admissions like Daredevil) or are they going to be full of X-Men, Deadpool, Symbiotes, and other characters that didn’t even exist or were barely relevant to the average kid reading Marvel comics and playing with Megos circa 1975?

I guess it comes down to why you’re in the game. If you’re in it for Marvel figures done in the Mego style, you’re probably going to be happy. If you’re in it for the pure nostalgia and recreating fond memories of your past, then the jury is still out.

[TheXFactor]

Well, all toys are created to get people to spend money. Collector toys even more so--it's discretionary, luxury spending. The vintage toys were a money-grab, and ebay certainly is. I can't hit flea markets, I can barely attend Mego Meet occasionally.

Yes they are, however the reason they were being made in the 70 and the reason they're being made now are two very different thing. It may be discretionary spending for us (since the relaunch), but back in the 70s it was something that our parents, grandparents and other family members did for us. I'd also argue that the original Mego figures weren't a money grab as such. They had so-so success with Action Jackson, and took a gamble on licensing superhero characters to try and compete on a larger level. Said gamble succeeded, and- as a result of that- they grew their business accordingly. In turn, that succeeded because we saw everything in retail stores (as well as comic books and Christmas catalogs). When all that it taken away and replaced with exclusivity- which only gets more exclusive over the course of time- the heart and soul of it all is literally replaced with... something that's not so appealing.

[powersthatbe]

I just saw a vintage Atlas comics ad on a vintage FB page recently. I remember as a kid seeing The Brute comic on the rack at a downtown Woolworths but that's about it.But kind of excited about it maybe seeing a character that will strike a memory.

[PNGwynne]

Well, all toys are created to get people to spend money. Collector toys even more so--it's discretionary, luxury spending. The vintage toys were a money-grab, and ebay certainly is. I can't hit flea markets, I can barely attend Mego Meet occasionally.

I hate exclusivity and most online shopping, but that genie is out of the bottle and there's no return.

As for repros--I love them if well-done. Joes, Mego and MOTU--despite the frustrations (and I'm frustrated a lot) repros have brought me a lot of pleasure, collecting and creating.

[TheXFactor]

Maybe it's my luck in finding the things I want, but I hope we as a community can pump the brakes a little before we go all negative on some exciting announcements, even if how-to obtain these figures causes some pause.

On one level though, this whole thing with Disney kills off any remnant of the original notion (from the relaunch in 2018) where people would be able to go and see/purchase these in stores again. Target was somewhat successful but the choice of characters was questionable, Walmart was more miss than hit, and Big Lots was a complete failure. Part of the appeal- a HUGE part, I'd argue- was the recreation of the retail experience. Now that this is going to be all point/click/pay/repeat online, you may as well spend your time at antique stores and flea markets trying to find originals "out in the wild" (so to speak). Or buy them off of eBay, because at least you'd be getting an original instead of something that's being recreated in order to get people to spend money.

[Figure8]

Big news indeed. Atlas is definitely a surprise but I really have no connection to that Universe at all. Their superhero line always seemed like an oddity in the history of the genre. Will we really get Marvel Megos as soon as December 2024? I'm excited but also worried. I buy just about all my Megos from BBTS and I guess that won't work with the Disney exclusive deal. BBTS has great international shipping rates which makes them a big exception. Guess those Marvel figures are really going to bankrupt me.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Ordering from shopdisney.com is usually pretty painless. As long as Mego is able to make enough to meet demand, everyone should be able to get these, I would think. While Disney Stores have certainly dried up, there's still one about an hour and a half away from me.

Marty did allude to a certain Galxaxy Far, Far Away in Brian's livestream last night. I'm sure several people's heads exploded.