Why do we like WGSH Megos so much?

[garagesale]

They were fun and cheap compared to GI Joe, Johnny West, and Big Jim, so my folks would get me more of 'em. Like those toys, they looked like toys (unlike the new action figs, which are like sculptures).

They were the 1st depictions I'd seen of comics characters and they had tactile appeal
b/c of their clothing (another advantage over modern figs).

JamesD

[nvmbrsdoom5]

The scale is perfect for a kid's hands. 12 inch figures are too big - and
brightly colored costumes look odd on that size - which is why the
Captain Action Superman had a deeper blue than MEGO Superman.

The key to mego's charm is simplicity - it's easy to over-accessorize,
but too many parts get in the way of playing. It's easy to do a lot
of detailing on the faces and costumes, etc. etc. but you can get
the point across with a brushstroke, instead of a lot of paint.

Agreed on all counts. While I loved the 12" Mego and Star Wars figures as a kid, they usually were toys I'd just pose and put on a shelf to look at, whereas the 8" figures just demanded playtime. I love the simple look to them, the colors, and the whole "yeah it looks funky but it's charming" factor.

[Hector]

Nostalgia.

Because let's be honest...to most people (like my friends for instance, who for some mysterious reason, didn't come across Megos, and they are my age, so go figure))...think they are the funkiest looking action-figure they have ever seen...

[Timothy2251]

MEGOS = CHILDHOOD = HAPPIER TIMES

Man of very few words, but each one's a gem!

[drmego]

The scale is perfect for a kid's hands. 12 inch figures are too big - and
brightly colored costumes look odd on that size - which is why the
Captain Action Superman had a deeper blue than MEGO Superman.

The key to mego's charm is simplicity - it's easy to over-accessorize,
but too many parts get in the way of playing. It's easy to do a lot
of detailing on the faces and costumes, etc. etc. but you can get
the point across with a brushstroke, instead of a lot of paint.

[Johnny]

They taste good.

[Mego Superboy Prime]

Actually, I don't know but I do...

[Captain]

MEGOS = CHILDHOOD = HAPPIER TIMES

Simply put, and true as could be!

I kinda of think, at least for me, it may have been a control issue of sorts. In my play world, the good guys always won, and right always prevailed..whether it was Johnny West on the trail of Dangerous Dan and Sam Cobra, or Batman or Captain Kirk saving the day. Everything turned out right in the end, and I was satisfied. As you get older, real life intervenes and fantasy gives way to reality. We cant control some things, and we find there isnt always a happy ending, or one to our own satisfaction. Makes one , at least those who remember, harken back to the simple days of childhood, when everything was right with the world again by bed time!

Plus, they were darn fun to play with!!

[huedell]

I'm not a comicbook fan really...it was and IS more about DC/MARVEL
superheroes in other media. COMMERCIALISM on a higher level.

Being born in 1971, I was a "WGSH Mego kid" from 1975-1980...
the WGSH gave me an outlet for my love for the SUPERFRIENDS incarnations,
BAKSHI SPIDEY, FILMATION's SUPERMAN/AQUAMAN/BATMAN and
the "Reeves" Superman/"West" Batman/"Bixby" Hulk
and "Carter" Wonder Woman shows.

Not to mention, the big-time "Reeve" SUPES movie and all the odder little 70s
MARVEL and DC miniseries, series and special shows.

That's what it was about for me THEN and that's what equals my love for
the WGSH toys NOW.

[JimCem99]

MEGOS = CHILDHOOD = HAPPIER TIMES

Yes and the costume outfits too.

[Doc]

MEGOS = CHILDHOOD = HAPPIER TIMES

[B-Lister]

[QUOTE=Twiki1979;573818]

Well, since so many toys just suck after something like 1980 (and likely earlier for some collectors), the playing field is really quite small for recapturing those trapped-in-memory moments . . . .


NO....WAY!!! ONE WORD MY FRIEND

TRANSFORMERS

he's talking about the early 90s. Everything in that era just kinda sucked.

Comics went extreme, and toys went 'extreme sculpt'.

forced poses and very little playability left an entire generation not caring about toys in the slightest.

Todd McFarlane intervened at just the right time, and Marvel Legends just took the formula and ran with it, giving rise to today's toy renaissance.

but those early 90s were dismal. You wouldn't know it now, but there was a time when DC Comics fans would've given ANYTHING for a non-Superbat figure.

[Twiki1979]

The reason i love the WGSH is that they look exactly like the character should look like to me....Just like the superfriends!!! I still think the Mego Spidy looks like the Electric Company Spidy and to me,that's the only Spiderman i ever want to see!

Mego Hulk = Hulk Cartoon

Love it!

[Twiki1979]

[QUOTE=nayrbgo;573600]Well, since so many toys just suck after something like 1980 (and likely earlier for some collectors), the playing field is really quite small for recapturing those trapped-in-memory moments . . . .


NO....WAY!!! ONE WORD MY FRIEND

TRANSFORMERS

[VintageMike]

There are a lot of factors, but the biggest just just the nostalgia but the sheer amount of it. It's not just that I had Mego Batman but that I had him with me while I watched 60's reruns. That I had he & Superman to play along with while I watched the Superfriends. Constantly seeing the Heroes World ads and desperately wanting the figures I never saw in stores. The fact that other lines were made the same size so you get really bring some mismatched adventures to life as a child. Hulk invades the Enterprise Bridge. Hulk invades Hazzard County. Of course there is the fanastic packaging forver etched in my head long before I collected. The excitement of visiting a friends house knowing he had Capt America & Shazam to add the adventures. Finally as adult whenever I acquired one of those elusive WGSH I wanted a kid or even something I want as a collector the child inside me still gets excited and comes out.
That just doesn't happen with pieces from other lines.