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  • mego73
    Printed paperboard Tiger
    • Aug 1, 2003
    • 6690

    Ape prototypes in Famous Monsters ad

    Get a load of this. Not sure if anyone else has ever found it. These look different than the prototypes for the commercial. Look at the design on Corny and Zira's shirt fronts. Astronaut not only has the elastic belt, but a holster


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  • ABMAC
    User
    • May 16, 2002
    • 9665

    #2
    Cool. I think Zira has a Zaius head from an Addar kit. Compare it to the Zaius below.

    She appears to have a male body, also.

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    • Hulk
      Mayor of Megoville
      • May 10, 2003
      • 16007

      #3
      Very cool, thanks for sharing. Cornelius' outfit looks the best of the bunch. The astronaut holster doesn't surprise me, since its pretty much an AJ with a different head anyway.


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      • toys2cool
        Ultimate Mego Warrior
        • Nov 27, 2006
        • 28605

        #4
        wow those look amazing,great stuff man,thanx for sharing those
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        • batmanmc
          mego batman collector
          • Jun 22, 2004
          • 6227

          #5
          thats really cool. i love the cornilius.

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          • megoat
            A Therefore Experience
            • Jun 10, 2003
            • 2699

            #6
            That's really cool. Isn't $4.75 well above the retail price for apes figs circa '74?

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            • cjefferys
              Duke of Gloat
              • Apr 23, 2006
              • 10180

              #7
              Very cool, I've never seen that ad before. It hard to tell from the scan, but is it possible that some of the pics are at least partially artwork rather than actual photos (similar to what was done with early Captain Action advertisements, for example)?

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              • mego boy CA
                megos are FUN!!
                • Mar 30, 2006
                • 792

                #8
                yeah, those look very cool indeed.
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                • megoscott
                  Founding Partner
                  • Nov 17, 2006
                  • 8710

                  #9
                  That's pretty incredible, Mike! What a find. The outfits on Cornelius and Zira are amazing. Wow. Is this the first we've seen of these kind of prototypes?
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                  • megoat
                    A Therefore Experience
                    • Jun 10, 2003
                    • 2699

                    #10
                    I also find it interesting that this first wave of figs has the soldier ape being labeled as "general ursus"......

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                    • Vortigern99
                      Scholar/Gentleman/Weirdo
                      • Jul 2, 2006
                      • 1539

                      #11
                      Is anyone else creeped out by the assertion "They move!"? Are we to infer that these 'Planet Flexible of the Apes Figures' are animatronic... or imbued with supernatural powers?

                      Heh. Yeah, I know it's a stretch, but what the heck -- it's Halloween!

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                      • Godzilla
                        Permanent Member
                        • Nov 3, 2002
                        • 3009

                        #12
                        That is an incredible find. Those prototypes look so completely different from the final ones.
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                        • rchatlin
                          Talkative Member
                          • Jun 24, 2001
                          • 5768

                          #13
                          Very interesting.
                          Both the SA and Zaius feature the skinny black AJ Fisherman boots.

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                          • Wee67
                            Museum Correspondent
                            • Apr 2, 2002
                            • 10603

                            #14
                            Originally posted by cjefferys
                            Very cool, I've never seen that ad before. It hard to tell from the scan, but is it possible that some of the pics are at least partially artwork rather than actual photos (similar to what was done with early Captain Action advertisements, for example)?
                            I was wondering the same thing. Those pics do not look "natural." They look like they've been altered with the best of 70's technology.
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                            • apes3978
                              Talkative Member
                              • Nov 19, 2005
                              • 5107

                              #15
                              This is just neat to see... Ads featuring Mego's APES are always nice to see whether they're regular or prototypes...

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