Mego Museum Podcast: Interview with sculptor Sean Sansom

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The Creature from the Black Lagoon and the Bride, both sculpted by Sean Sansom.


Brian and Scott are packing for Mego Meet, but before they leave town they talk to Sean Sansom, an emmy award winning motion picture effects artist who also does sculpting for toy companies including ReMego heads for EMCE toys and BifBangPow!.

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Show Recap:

This year’s MegoMeet Customs auction will be open to internet bidding via The Big Toy Auction.

Sean’s first model sculpt was Killers From Space

One of Sean’s other early works was this Kolchak:The Night Stalker kit

The Creature and the Bride are two figures Sean sculpted that are coming out this year.

Be sure to follow the Museum Twitter and Facebook for live MegoMeet updates.

Mego Meet is next Friday and Saturday.

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[palitoy]

I've been meaning to bring Sean into this since we started but his schedule ain't easy. Even this one (which we recorded at night) had to be done at his shop.

[megoscott]

Thanks for posting the links to Sean's other work. Amazing.

[Tothiro]

Not seeing it :/ Last post I find so far is 5/17 (that's for itunes - streaming is working)

[palitoy]

I'm trying to remember more, at one point Sean was my downstairs neighbour and I got to watch some of this being made.

[drmego]

Nice chat with Sean - a truly nice guy who has always come through in a pinch.

Vina was not sculpted by him - it was done by the same lady who did
Wonder Woman, Supergirl, and Darkseid...and some others.

Since Sean is such a big Universal Monsters fan, we have put him on
every monster except for the Wolfman. I would love to see him do a
Karloff Frankenstein someday.

[palitoy]

Since Sean is such a big Universal Monsters fan, we have put him on
every monster except for the Wolfman. I would love to see him do a
Karloff Frankenstein someday.

You and me both, actually I'd like to see that line go way past Sideshow.

[PNGwynne]

^Yeah! Ygor, Dracula's Daughter, Mole People, Metaluna Mutant, Ape Woman, Creeper, Karloff as Peolzig in "The Black Cat," Kharis, Werewolf of London, Mr. Hyde, etc.

After Chaney's Phantom & the Invisible Man, of course .

[mikeoz]

The discussion about shrinkage of vinyl heads was interesting. Now I understand why some heads have a Skinny look to them.

Vina was not sculpted by him - it was done by the same lady who did
Wonder Woman, Supergirl, and Darkseid...and some others.

I may have missed something before, but I didn't realize that Supergirl was ever in the works. That would've been cool.

[babycyclops]

I finally got around to listening to this, it was great chat to listen in on.
Brian, your customs story was a laugh!

[timb]

awesome podcast guys. always looking forward to the next one.

[drmego]

shrinking heads

The ratio of prototype to production version is about 6% - but some
factories can handle the math once they are comfortable with the
format.

The factory that made our Star Trek and Apes was able to take
a vintage head and give me back a new rotocast head at the same
size. Unfortunately, when we made Chekov, the signals got mixed
and he came out a little smaller than intended. Even so, he sold out
in a short time.

To make up for this, James Brady made Pike's head too big, but
the new factory assumed the prototype was 100% and sent the
production head out at the same size. I didn't see the test shots
in time to correct it, so Pike can out big headed.

He still sold out quickly.

[Chris]

Unfortunately, when we made Chekov, the signals got mixed
and he came out a little smaller than intended. Even so, he sold out
in a short time.

As long as everything is straight for the Marky Mark Planet of the Apes figure.

Scott and Brian that was a great interview! I look forward to the next episode.

[pmwasson]

Is this episode on iTunes? I don't see it.

[Fire Marshal Bill]

Is this episode on iTunes? I don't see it.

I was wondering the same thing. Can you guys upload it to iTunes please?