Mego Christmas memories

[mego73]

In Palitoy's thread about winning Ben's book, I wrote all this before I reread it and saw it was only for WGSH megos. No problem though, I'll just start this thread of Mego Christmas memories. What I write here is probabaly not new to everybody (I've written about Xmas 1975 before) but around this time I thought it would be a good thing to get others posting thier Mego Christmas memories.


Back in late 1975, the Star Trek bug hit me. I discovered the animated
Trek first, then, of course, it ended it's run on NBC a couple weeks
after I began to make a point of watching it. I was devestated, until a
couple weeks later my local station began running the live action Trek.
Still, I bet my pumped up love of animated Trek is due, in part, to it
being taken away from me just as I was beginning to like it.

The #1 Star Trek character in my book was(I guess still is) Mr. Spock.
In 1975, when I began to be hungry for Star Trek toys, I vaguely
recalled that there was a commercial for dolls (yes, back then I called
them dolls) that could've been from Star Trek. It would not be until the
Mego Museum days that I would confirm that the commercial I was thinking
of was indeed the "Mego presents the Star Trek action figures..."
commercial most of us have on tape or DVD now.

Up until then I had gotten a Star Trek comic book and a Mr. Spock model kit but to have Star Trek figures (like the GI Joe's I've seen) would be the ultimate.

It wasn't until the Sears Xmas catalog I was able to know for sure Star
Trek dolls existed. I nearly flew through the roof when I saw that Star
Trek layout with the Bridge playset and the 6 Star Trek figures. The
Sears layout, non color and 1/2 a page:



left a lot to the imagination as to how they looked up close and only made me more pumped to see Spock (first of all) and the rest for myself.

A visit to Sears got me a look at a carded Dr. McCoy (the only one on
the shelf) and although I wished it was Spock I was all ready to take
him home. But mom said "wait until Christmas".

Because Dr. McCoy was on that card, I knew what to look for, at least in
tems of package size for my hoped for Star Trek figures.

Come Christmas, I unwrapped the Star Trek playset (plain brown catalog
box, was surprised when I saw the printed box in stores later) and I
unwrapped carded McCoy. A look at my other presents showed nothing else
that could package something the size of that carded figure.

So I figures that McCoy was the only one I got. McCoy, all alone on the
bridge for Christmas. That's okay, I thought, I'd use X-mas money to get
at least Spock and Kirk. But boy did I want Spock most of all and wished
I got him Christmas day.

Oh well... the next thing I unwrapped was these 2 small plain brown
boxes wrapped together. I opened up one of the boxes and out came
Captain Kirk in a plastic baggy. "Oh my God, Spock must be in that other
box" I thought. And of course, from that other brown mailer box I pulled out a
plastic bag encased Mr. Spock.

This was neat, I had the big 3 all together! But being that Spock was
the most wanted and for a moment I thought I wouldn't have him for X-Mas
and then him ending up being the last thing I unwrapped made Spock my
"Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air
Rifle". Though, there is no way I can shoot my eye out with a Mego.

Back then, those Star Trek figures were more than action figures, they were tangible pieces of my favorite show. I somehow believed they "came from the show itself".

Also, I swear, at least one of the guys silver emblem foils came off
before the afternoon was out. Ahhhh... Christmas Mego memories.

[Bo8a_Fett]

Nice story.... I know how you feel about "tangible pieces", in the days where there were no video/dvds around you had to hope for re runs/repeats to see your favourites in action again and I would heartily grab on to anything that reminded me of the shows , Star Trek in particular. Although Mego's weren't that prominant in my childhood I do remember wanting with a passion the photonovels of Star Trek that were out in the 70's and when I got some they never left my side. I could revisit the episodes by reading them again and again...until video came out and dominated my life.

[ramsey37]

I also got my Enterprise playset, along with Kirk and Spock, on Christmas Day, 1975. I had pointed out that very same page in the Sears Wishbook to my Mom and told her that's what I wanted for Christmas. Nice to know I wasn't the only one
George

[Bionic Joe]

It appears that christmas 75 was the year for MR SPOCK as i also got one but mine was carded my grand mother also got me CAPT KIRK both of which i still have today

[megoscott]

Great story, Mike! I got my Enterprise set that same year, but it was an opposite experience for me. My uncle, a travelling musician, came home for Christmas and gave me an Enterprise with Kirk, Spock, Bones and Klingon. He was a huge Trekker, and I didn't know it at all, so it was through the toys that he passed Star Trek on to me. I became a big fan of the show after that.

I gave my uncle a set of MM trek cards this fall, he reaaly got a kick out of them.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

My parents and other family members were huge Trek fans when I was a kid, so inevitably I was a little fan as well. I fondly remember getting the Enterprise playset and Kirk, Spock, and Bones for Xmas around 1977. A very happy memory, indeed.

Thanks for sharing your story, I enjoyed it!