Mego Tarzan: With or without jumpsuit?

[kingdom warrior]

As an adult, I love the flesh-coloered bodysuit, it's part of that goofy Mego charm.

As a kid, I hated it, and immediately cut it away. I didn't even like that shoulder wrap, so I cut that away too. I wanted my Tarzan to look like Ron Ely.

Speaking of Ely, my first custom was a makeshift Doc Savage cobbled together from some of my broken Megos...I remember he had some ragged out Zaius pants w/ some red food coloring splattered on for a blood effect. I believe I used an Aquaman head, and I made a crude vest from scrap cloth. Good times.

LOL! Hahahah I did the Same with my Tarzan as a kid and funny enough I turned my beat up Lone Ranger figure into Tarzan I was a big fan of Ron Ely and wanted a Bigger version of him........

[starsky]

kinda makes him look like he belongs with the flintstones!!

[Bionic Joe]

just wondering if anyone has made a custom RON ELY version of TARZAN?

[mego70]

LIke most, I think its a case of whether you want a complete looking Tarzan or one that looks more realistic.

Personally I think the jumpsuit looks odd. Whether its type 1 or type 2, thats just the way a Mego body is so it wouldnt bother me about joints or rivets. In films, etc. Tarzan just wore a loin cloth so id go with just that.

[ScottA]

I'm old school so to me Tarzan is not complete unless he is in his jammies and has his knife. The flesh jumpsuit is what gives Tarzan his charm. But like I said that's just me.

[Goblin19]

I'd go with the jumpsuit. It has the goofy Mego charm to it.

[Vortigern99]

My Tarzan wears only his shorts cut out from the original jumpsuit, plus he's on a Fonzie body which is a little more muscular even than a T2, and can hold his knife in a convincing fist!

[Titan4ever]

I like the body suit too because of the Mego cheesiness, but especially on a T1 body. On a T2 like Conan, I can see not having one. It just looks wrong to me otherwise.