Mego Prototype Harry Booth Sculpt from the Black Hole

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Prototype Week finishes with another look at Mego Corp's lost treasures courtesy of Tory Mucaro, today it's the clay head sculpt for the 12" Harry Booth from the Black Hole, something Mego collectors rarely see.

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[Mikey]

Harry was always one of my fav figs from the 12" line.
I just always thought his head was too big for his body.

Cool find

[Wee67]

pretty good likeness

BTW, the link goes to the old B.O.B prototype page.

[palitoy]

pretty good likeness

Yeah, except when the head goes grey, then it looks like "Zombie Borgnine"

BTW, the link goes to the old B.O.B prototype page.

Fixed, thank you for pointing that out.....

[Hulk]

Very interesting to see a 30 year old sculpt like that, and the transition to the neck plug version.

I just always thought his head was too big for his body.

What do you mean?

[cjefferys]

I'm a fan of the line, so it is great seeing something like this (and something I never thought I would see!). Keep that thing safe Tory, and thanks for sharing! (and I hope you can find the roto-mold)

[starsky]

i think it's a great sculpt of ernest b!

[Dave Mc]

It's cool to see that these early sculpts also have tiny holes and issues just like our modern custom counterparts.

[megoscott]

Does it seem that the flesh colored vinyl head seems to have more detail in the hair than the clay sculpt?

[Mego-Brat]

Does it seem that the flesh colored vinyl head seems to have more detail in the hair than the clay sculpt?

As a matter of fact I've been puzzled by that myself. The only explanation I can offer is that Ron (the sculptor) didn't bother to put that detail into the clay, but added it later to the wax. I forgot to mention that after the clay sculpt, an RTV mold was poured and into that a wax. The wax would be cleaned up and details sharpened prior to sending it to the roto mold maker. Of course the wax was lost during the mold making process. It would have been melted out of the copper roto mold. If and when I find the roto mold, you will see that the only opening is in the neck plug area, which is too narrow to extract anything but the soft vinyl roto piece. From what I understand, even that comes out somewhat distorted, but after a dip in hot water regains its shape, as vinyl has a memory.

[toys2cool]

That looks really look cool man