Star Trek TMP Gallery Updated and Revised

[palitoy]

Almost any of the Mego 3" figures look amazing with a little detailing, it's hard to see here but the painted production pieces (probably done by Tory Mucaro) for Buck Rogers blow Star Wars figures away:

[ctc]

>Bill Lemon did the 3 3/4" figures, he did much of the Aurora kits and that's why they sculpts are so tight.

THE MAN IS A GOD! A GOOOOODDDDDDD!!!!

*ahem* I mean; the aliens were neat, and having seen the figures as an adult they really are well done; but I think they suffer from the low painting technology of the day.

Don C.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

For some reason, when I was a kid, I thought that people of the future were so smart that they knew that wearing pajamas all the time was a great idea. You never have to change... just go do your stuff during the day, then jump right in bed. I didn't figure baths into the equation though...

That is SO gorgeous!

That set looks like heaps of fun, wouldn't you be so proud to invite your friends around if you had that to play with!

[MightyMegs]

That first picture posted looks a bit like a Love Boat reunion or something. TMP outfits were just strange all around.

For some reason, when I was a kid, I thought that people of the future were so smart that they knew that wearing pajamas all the time was a great idea. You never have to change... just go do your stuff during the day, then jump right in bed. I didn't figure baths into the equation though...

[ODBJBG]

That first picture posted looks a bit like a Love Boat reunion or something. TMP outfits were just strange all around.

[mego73]

The bridge playset also reflected the earlier designs of the bridge which included a docking port.

[david_b]

Actually, if I was serving on the Enterprise i'd much rather wear the motion picture outfits then the newer red uniforms -- WOK+++

Those red suits look nice on screen but on that hot ship everybody would stink after a few hours because they're too heavy for regular duty

I totally agree. The red outfits were obviously more 'regal', but for normal duty wear/tear, I never understood their appeal. They just 'looked' better on the screen (perhaps more nautical), but the TMP outfits were far more common-sensical, although not as snazzy.

I think Decker would have looked better staying in the yellow outfit, but I guess that's 'change' for you..

Still one of my favorite movies ~ It's actually the one of the few Trek movies I like watching over and over again.. along with perhaps the new Trek film, 'First Contact', and sometimes 'Undiscovered Country'.

The others get a bit too 'hammy' for me.

david_b

[UnderdogDJLSW]

The line never appealed to me as a kid because there was no Uhura, Sulu or Chekov (Which is weird because there was never a Sulu and Chekov in the 8" line, but it never bothered me 5 years earlier) and way too many aliens that I didn't remember seeing on the screen. (If only I knew). If I had seen a Mego Enterprise, I would have begged my mom to get it big time. I still think the refit version is the best design for the starship.

I had seen the production still of Stephen Collins in the yellow suit, so that never bothered me and I don't know if it was a rumor based in fact or not, but at one point I thought I had heard back then that Star Trek 2 was going to bring Decker and Ilia back somehow. Maybe that was from when they were going to be regulars on the Phase II TV show, before this went to become a movie. If that was a true rumor, it makes sense for Mego to decide make their figures.

[BendyZaius]

I love the STTMP figures. I have them all lg and small, except the Megarite, can never seem to win one with a cape. The 12 inch Klingon is my favorite figure of all time, any maker, any line. I still have my 6 loose small crew figures from the 70s. I had no idea they made the Aliens until I went to my first Trek convention in 1986. I scored the JC Penny's 3 pack for about 30 bucks from a dealer. It was one of my best finds ever becasue I didn't even know they existed until that day.

[Nostalgiabuff]

I had the complete line of 3.75 figures and the enterprise set. I loved them. I was almost 8 when the movie came out. I actually just sold the figures about a year ago on ebay. the bridge set did not last long because it was so cheaply made. I only had Kirk from the 12 inch line but always liked him and wanted the rest of that line as a kid

[cjefferys]

I'm a big fan of the 12" line of figures (greying faces aside), finally completed a set, and I'll probably also try to put together a set of loose 3 3/4" figures too (I never had any of them as a kid). I love the Bridge playset too, I'd like to get one of those. Man, they were being cleared out at the Bay for 50 cents each??? I wish I would have stumbled upon one of those!

[MightyMegs]

Thank you for the update. It's exciting, and a little painful, to see what was made... even though I only saw the 3 3/4" figures in the stores. And that bridge playset: I've always wanted one... so ... badly.

[palitoy]

I agree with you there. The Trek line (at least the 3 3/4" line) had some of Megos best likenesses going on. Funny that the 12" line didnt have tighter sculpts. Kirk looked off, and Spock always looked like he smelt something bad. Another one of Scotty's "vapor attacks" in the turbolift !

Bill Lemon did the 3 3/4" figures, he did much of the Aurora kits and that's why they sculpts are so tight.

On the 12" figures Ken Sheller did the aliens which bear his touch, I think the rest are done by Ron Shrewby (I might be spelling that wrong) he also did the 12" Black Hole, I find his likenesses more like a caricture.

[Captain]

Exact opposite here in Canada...EVERYBODY carried them. It was like Batmania, there was Trek stuff of all shapes and sizes, not just Mego. I remember bean bag chairs, garbage cans, bop bags, you name it, it had TMP scribbled on it. Grand Toys must have really outdid themselves pushing the Trek line that year!

[Mikey]

When Star Trek TMP came out I was about 15 years old ... already in highschool and not caring about Megos ....
But, I still did occassionally "browse" the toy section -- and I can't remember ever seeing any Mego motion picture stuff.

Most of this stuff (even common stuff like the figures) I found out about a few years later when I started collecting.

I'm wondering if my local stores didn't carry a lot of this.

Back in the day we didn't have Toys R Us and K-B

All we had were department store toy isles.