these customs have a history?

[k2]

palitoy said he had a pile of them in his garage, seems interesting
and who is Jonathan Moore?

anyway i thought they looked pretty cool, but now i have some bills so i may be selling them off




thanks
KC

[Nostalgiabuff]

interesting. i saw some of those on ebay a few months ago being passed off as original Mego

[k2]

the figures are mego, but the cards are most definitely customs

[Confessional]

I thought the eBay set went too high, but think they are kinda cool and funny in the way they knock-off really cheap packaging. Staples and punched only through the front. :P

[Enik24]

Those are neat! If there are multiples, perhaps it's a convention exclusive?

[Nostalgiabuff]

the package is similar to those molded plastic figures from a while back. what were they, 6"?

[k2]

^i don't know the molded plastic figures...are they pota?

[babycyclops]

^Yes, Nostalgiabuff is probably referring to the Medicom figures which were about "6 tall

[palitoy]

The bubbles were likely used to sell computer cables but they were all the rage with mego heads around 2001 because you could create a pretty sleek backing card for them.

I do occasionally see these sold as original by folks who don't know any better. Here is an Ultraman I did in (sigh) 2003.

ultraman4.jpg

[k2]

thanks for the info! i have seen wgsh carded using these bubbles
they do have a certain charm

[EMCE Hammer]

They were a heckuva lot easier to work with than repurposed Q-tip bubbles.

[drmego]

I have a box of the bubbles in my basement - I found them last week working down there.
I suspect that Palitoy's comment about his garage referred to the bubbles, not vintage POTA
figures in the bubbles.....or maybe he did mean that he has boxes of POTA in his garage?

[palitoy]

.or maybe he did mean that he has boxes of POTA in his garage?

Last trip to the garage found some Christmas presents I forgot to give to the kids. I was referring to having a stack of those bubbles.

[EMCE Hammer]

We call those Easter presents at my house - thanks to my crappy memory we're good to go for basket fodder this year. Assuming I still remember when it rolls around.

[Vinny0026]

We call those Easter presents at my house - thanks to my crappy memory we're good to go for basket fodder this year. Assuming I still remember when it rolls around.

haha and I thought I was the only one
I always remember that I have something to give them, my problem is I never remember where the hell i put or hide them. I spend countless house looking for things I know I have just don't know where i leave them hahahaha