Worst Thing You Did To Your Megos

[wyldpny]

Worst thing I did to my Mego's? Sold them

[tllgn]

my megos were always at war,i had planet of the apes,superheros,waltons ,oz etc,and fought gi joes ,big jims,super joes,and other megos that other kids had and always won,because i knew how to fix my figures,to their amazement,one of my guys would get blown up by a fire cracker,and then be back on the front the next day,i had lots of parts,my mego country was called central city,after the town in planet of the apes. the other kids just had to get their folks to buy more,they use to say ,dont go to war,play nice.but loved to come over and try to take on cental city.i had such fun.

[callistofreak]

Ooooooo.......
Let me count the ways?

All my old Auora modle kits, burned very well.
What pretty BLACK smoke they made.
And probably TOXIX too?
As did all of my apes. I hated the apes.
Note to all. Apes can not stop a train.
Many, many megos met my NEW pump action Crossmen BB gun.
That thing could shoot through a metal garbage can lid.
It was awsome!!!
You should have seen the way it destoyed the Micronauts.
They were no match.
My first custom, was the Human Torch.
I attached him to my fishing pole, with a metal 2' leader.
And poured light fluid on him.
(who remembers that, in the kitchen under the sink?)
And said those famous words... FLAM ON !!!!
Swinging him over my head in the front yard.
I got a wippen for that one.
But with out a doubt, the best all out destrution.
Total annilation, and most spectacular was....
The Mettel Space 1999 Eagle space ship, measuring over 2 feet long.
With the lighter fluid again. Was launched, for its final flight,
out the upstairs window. And yes it was on FIRE !!
And meet its final resting place, in the driveway.
I can still remember them screaming. Commander Koenig, and the Dr.
And what did not parish in similar styles.
Were sold in mini yeard sales on my proch to kids in the neighborhood.
And that is how my most of my collection ended up.
The rest you can guess " Who stole my stuff!! ".

[megoscott]

I gave mine away to a neighbor kid.

[MegoNutt]

Buried them in the sand and forgot where I did it.

[bgrimm77]

The worst I ever did was take em swimming with me when I was little..... Now they just sit on the edge of my tub when I take a bath.

[J.B.]

Back in '75 I had a Batman and Robin. I was playing with both of them in the front yard and for some unknown reason, I grabbed Robin by the ankles and started B-Slappin' the large palm tree in the middle of the yard with him. I kept doing it until there wasn't much left of the Boy Wonder.

[AcroRay]

I was usually pretty careful with my stuff, but one time I treated a Mego badly. After watching Dawn of the Dead, I had the inspiration to try a gory special effects shot with my Little John. I carefully cut the top half of his head off, filled the head with ketchup and reassembled the head. I then set him up, took my pellet rifle and tried to replicate a gruesome, bloody gunshot to the head like what happened to the zombies in DotD. It didn't quite work as well as I hoped. I'm no Tom Savini, that's for sure.

That's customizing, not vandalism!

[Meule]

Man, you guys were brutal as kids

[kryptosmaster]

The worst thing I recall doing was trying to turn my AHI hairy-chested Wolfman into a human (Landon, I think) for my Planet of the Apes set. I remember not liking him as much as my Megos due to the limited articulation. I chopped up his feet so they would fit in Dracula shoes and put holes in his chest to accept sword blades. Also I think I used marker or something on him (hard to tell and I don't recall exactly) as there are stains on his head and body (Yes, I STILL have him!) and the tip of his nose is nipped off. Amazingly I still have his original clothes and just discovered his shirt had been on my Peter Burke for the past 30+ years.
Currently looking for some replacement legs for him so at least his feet will be restored. Sounds worse than it is and would have no qualms putting him on display once I fix his feet.
Rich

[beartex2000]

None of my original apes survived being burned at the stake while the other megos looked on! We also had a few GI Joe suffer combat wounds from having firecrackers tape to them and then exploded!

[JimCem99]

The only figure I ever tortured (or torched for that matter) was a GI Joe Sgt. Slaughter. I took some model glue, doused him with it and lit him up

[ScottA]

Draw emblems with marker on Superman, Batman and Robin after I lost them. I hate myself to this day for doing it as I still have the suits. There is no way I know of to get rid of it.

[cjefferys]

I was usually pretty careful with my stuff, but one time I treated a Mego badly. After watching Dawn of the Dead, I had the inspiration to try a gory special effects shot with my Little John. I carefully cut the top half of his head off, filled the head with ketchup and reassembled the head. I then set him up, took my pellet rifle and tried to replicate a gruesome, bloody gunshot to the head like what happened to the zombies in DotD. It didn't quite work as well as I hoped. I'm no Tom Savini, that's for sure.

[HardyGirl]

Geez! After reading all of these, I think the only one I would have played w/ as a child is Underdog! You guys are SSSIIICCCKK!