So, these Disney-Marvel figures...

[Dark Shadow]

...Goes on sale July 9th, 8AM PT apparently.

Unfortunate timing for this Mego fan.

Bad enough that it's a Wednesday morning, but the 9th falls right dead smack dab on our monthly preliminary analysis day, which is business day 6. There will be no opportunity for me to be able to break free and play "the disney roulette". It looks like my interest in this line is dimming out quickly. I refuse to reward ebay scalpers. I have no interest in ever visiting disneyland again (way too expensive, especially considering the modern crowd size, which just sucks the joy out of the entire experience).

I'll just focus on completing my original Mego Marvel line, and upgrade a few of my less than perfect originals. At that point, I think I'll have enough Mego figures to keep me satisfied well into my retirement years. It's been a fun ride since 2017, but with the lack of interesting new lines of late and the recent "disney taint", I'm not having fun anymore.

Wishing you all the best, Cheers!!

[daveznothere]

The more I think about it Disney could limit this to all online sales. That would make sure Disney gets all the profits, and cuts out scalper and resellers. That would also eliminate any old stock sitting on their shelves collecting dust.

IF they had enough supply to meet demand (say limit 2) shopping online would be ideal. Maybe they've learned from the first go around.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Quite surprised, actually.

And Chris, much as I respect you, the Byrne idea is terrible. That's not Mego, and bad enough that it was applied to the "retro-Kenner" FF.

Looks like the Thing has a poseable waist? Yowza.

Well okay then.

[Stormbreaker]

The more I think about it Disney could limit this to all online sales. That would make sure Disney gets all the profits, and cuts out scalper and resellers. That would also eliminate any old stock sitting on their shelves collecting dust.

IF they had enough supply to meet demand (say limit 2) shopping online would be ideal. Maybe they've learned from the first go around.

I would hope that they learned from the Spidey wave debacle. I read of so many cancelled orders from Disney, it was very odd. Not to mention horribly frustrating for people who had placed their orders, only to be contacted later with a cancellation notice. Such unabashed knavery.

[Stormbreaker]

I highly doubt this will be the case, but I would truly love it if the coin in the FF set uses the John Romita Sr. art that was going to be used for the unreleased 4th Marvel Bronze Medallion.

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[warlock664]

Quite surprised, actually.

And Chris, much as I respect you, the Byrne idea is terrible. That's not Mego, and bad enough that it was applied to the "retro-Kenner" FF.

Looks like the Thing has a poseable waist? Yowza.

Agreed.
Byrne suits wouldn’t be Mego-y.

[daveznothere]

I highly doubt this will be the case, but I would truly love it if the coin in the FF set uses the John Romita Sr. art that was going to be used for the unreleased 4th Marvel Bronze Medallion.

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That would be SOOOOO cool!

[Earth 2 Chris]

Agreed.
Byrne suits wouldn’t be Mego-y.

In my defense, the Byrne change happened in FF 256. (July 1983), on sale April 1983. Right around the time Mego was going bankrupt. So not too far after the Mego period. But since Mego just did straight repros, none of this matters.

[Sonneveld]

I like the FF as characters, but I think I will pass on them as Mego toys. I'm not a completest, and gearing up for the Disney website battle is not interesting me this round.

I have some coupons from Disney customer support that I think I will save for whatever line the Hulk comes in, and give it a shot, then.

[powersthatbe]

Luckily I am off that Wednesday,Hope I can place an order before my doctor’s appointment. Curious if Mego fixed the issues from last time. A FF related 4 pack I can think of is Dr. Doom, Namor, Silver Surfer and “Flame Off” Johnny Storm.

[Stormbreaker]

That would be SOOOOO cool!

I would love that!

[Stormbreaker]

Luckily I am off that Wednesday,Hope I can place an order before my doctor’s appointment. Curious if Mego fixed the issues from last time. A FF related 4 pack I can think of is Dr. Doom, Namor, Silver Surfer and “Flame Off” Johnny Storm.

Nice lineup, and it would be neat to see an assortment of all-new/never done before characters.

Black Bolt would be cool, too. He’s got a MEGO look to him.

[PNGwynne]

Soooo.....pricing on these? Trying to prepare, y'know?

Slightly regretting buying that terrific Toynami Shogun Godzilla.

[shaunaconda]

Soooo.....pricing on these? Trying to prepare, y'know?

Slightly regretting buying that terrific Toynami Shogun Godzilla.

Can’t regret that!

[warlock664]

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Not to be THAT guy grumbling, but I wish they'd put them in the Byrne white/dark blue outfits for Reed and Sue just to mix things up, or maybe include them as alternate costumes.

And not to be “that guy”, but those costumes weren’t actually dark blue and white, but BLACK and white.
Back in the primitive four-color printing days, dark blue was used as a substitute for black in a lot of cases so that they didn’t end up with a solid black silhouette for some of the characters whose costumes were meant to be black, like Black Panther, Punisher, etc.
Jean Grey (in her return from FF #286) even refers to the the FF’s new costumes as black.