Mego Prototype Old B.O.B from the Black Hole

[fallensaviour]

Very,very neat indeed.I may have to go and watch TBH cause I'm feeling nostalgic now...

[raider5gt]

Old B.O.B...! he's great,that was 1 figure i wanted to go with my other black hole figures when i was a kid.Thanks for info Tory.

My stainlees steel work flask is called BOB as its got dents on the top of it.

[Bo8a_Fett]

that's certainly not bad considering the time this figure was considered...i'd loved to have had it.

[Hulk]

Wasn't B.O.B. supposed to be really rough and battered?

[Mego-Brat]

This cast seems rougher than Twiki. Is that from the mold or the original sculpt?

I'm not certain about this, but my guess is that unlike Twiki and Vincent, Old Bob was not sculpted by Bill Lemon or Ray Meyers, so it wouldn't have been done to quite that level of detail. Both Bill and Ray were masters of capturing likenesses as well as fine detail in their acetate sculpts.

Tory

[mitchedwards]

Old Bob was the only toy from that Movie I wanted

[Godzilla]

That is just awesome and a figure I so longed for as a kid.

[AcroRay]

This cast seems rougher than Twiki. Is that from the mold or the original sculpt?

It looks like the rough dents were part of the original sculpt. Its possible undercutting and other difficult-to-reproduce parts of the texture made the molds a bit rougher, resulting in messy casting - which would suit poor battered Old B.O.B.

[jwyblejr]

Seeing this and the Twiki makes you want to go out and collect both lines.

[starsky]

i love seeing stuff like this!! keeep em coming!!

[PCofmisfittoys]

great figure and looks like a very easy sculpt too...

[Meule]

This cast seems rougher than Twiki. Is that from the mold or the original sculpt?

[palitoy]

This - and Twiki as well - were probably photography models!

That's very likely considering they ended up in Tory's hands.

[AcroRay]

Very nice! It looks rather familiar - in that I think I've seen this in some Mego catalog or advertising photography. The glossy paint on the body and the textures of the dented areas are what comes to my mind.

This - and Twiki as well - were probably photography models!

[toys2cool]

man that one looks awesome....Nice looking prototype