Best Non-Licensed Mego line?

[PNGwynne]

What do you consider the best non-licensed Mego line?

Love 'em all for different reasons--And I suspect many will choose the spiffy Knights.

(I veto the Knights because, IMO, their admittedly nice armor has design flaws.)

My (difficult) choice is the Pirates.

I just love them--colorful, great head sculpts, terrific accessories. The costumes are outstanding, too.

And if you put them in a Matchbox Sea Fury playset, it will blow your mind.

[megomania]

I'd go with Pirates also...they are my next quest...watching a few on ebay now...

-Chris

[megojim]

No design flaws that I see . . . . Knights win it hands down!

[PNGwynne]

I like the Knights alot, but it always irritated me that the torso armor was glued in place. If the sword-belt had been sturdier, it & the shoulder pieces could have secured the other pieces without glue.

Again, just my opinion.

[boss]

Knights. I always hated figures with peg legs. It's hard to make them be someone else.

[megojim]

there are design flaws with ALL mego lines

[raider5gt]

I would say Knights,I really think they are a cool set of figures and I love anything Medieval.

[pmwasson]

Were the Mad Monsters licensed?

[thunderbolt]

Any of the original stuff is pretty sweet, kind of partial to Robin Hood and Co.

[Werewolf]

Mad Monsters. Terrific original designs and they glowed in the dark. Stuff that glows in the dark is total win. Seriously, that's epic. More monsters would have added to the fun but when you have the big four (Drac, Mummy, Frank and Wolfie) you are good to go. They also make good WGSH villains.

Now, the knights look great but they lack play value. King Arthur without Merlin is boring. There's also no Morgan Le Fay or Guinevere. No princess to rescue. No castle to defend or attack. No Dragons or Ray Harryhausen style skeletons to fight. They have jousting gear but can't even use it because the horses are so insane rare only a few are known to exist. A real missed opportunity and just not a lot of fun for kids.

The Robin Hood figures also look pretty nice. But, Robin Hood without Maid Marian!? What's the point.

Lastly, do the Knights, Pirates, Robin Hood or Western figures glow in the dark? No, no they do not. I rest my case.

[jwyblejr]

I like the Western stuff.

[HumanWolfman]

Mad Monsters all the way. Like Werewolf said, they had glow in the dark action. The Human Wolfman(my personal favorite) was years ahead of its design with the "Wolf" style head. If you take notice, most werewolf movies that followed also began to move away from the more human look to the more wolf-like look, ala Human Wolfman.

[tllgn]

i liked the mad monsters the best ,with the glow in the dark eyes & hands,even though they didnt look like the monsters in the movies,they had imagination,the wolfman was the coolest,an interesting twist,like gwen conliff said in the wolfman "red riding hood was a werewolf story,and thats the kind of wolf this figure was .

[PNGwynne]

Were the Mad Monsters licensed?

No, they were not.


I love the Mad Monsters & their aesthetic, as well as play value. They are sooo fun, & the Castle is sweet.

But they didn't make my cut because (even thought I really like him), honestly, Dracula is...The Weakest Link.


(Of course, this is all pretty subjective & Lafitte is prob. the weakest Pirate effort.)

[drmego]

Knights have the best boxes - extra money was spent on the production
of the boxes to have that wraparound clear plastic and the special
cut-outs.

All the unique accessories - they could have done 1 shield and had
sticker emblems - all the chestpieces are unique, and have a good
amount of fine detailing.

For a manufacturer, plastic is more expensive than clothing, and the
only thing they got to re-use was Arthur and the Black Knight's shoes.