MegoCon 1997

[ScottA]

Levy list here. I have been fortunate enough to see Rob's collection in person. It was the first time I'd seen the Alter Egos in person. I was in awe.

[noelani72]

1997 - that is what shocks me....1997.

I had only been on the Internet for a few months via Prodigy.net dial up.
But in 1997, Rob had that awesome collection - even alter egos. Wow.
To be in the circuit, the know-how, in 1997 - that's impressive.

[thunderbolt]

We lost so many good collectors in the Mego Vs Famous Covers war......

lol, that spilled over into the famous covers custom group, too. It eventually turned into a Famous Covers vs. DC9 inch, which of course I was mostly alone on the DC 9 inch side.

[pmwasson]

Yeah, I was on the mailing list but was driven away since I actually liked Famous Covers. I eventually ended up back here.

[thunderbolt]

Yeah, I was on the mailing list but was driven away since I actually liked Famous Covers. I eventually ended up back here.

weren't you on the FC custom board, too? The one that the Atomic Dog guy ran?

[samurainoir]

It's Famous Covers that brought me back to Mego as well, so I can't bag on them too much. Plus. it provides us with lots of customs gear.

I want to go digging through my Tomart's and Action Figure News to try and find those Mego Con ads!

The fact that Marty Abrams showed up is terrific.

[jwyblejr]

Found the issue of Lee's in question. Strange thing is,it says September 5 & 6th 1998.

[rchatlin]

i would trust your printed page to my partial memory any day of the week.

Thanks for the clarification.

Would you mind posting the ad?

thanks,

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[dumbldor]

I was there. I walked around and visited all of the tables, but then left and went to BW3 with my then girlfriend, my brother, and his girlfriend. I did not, unfortunately, stop and chat with anyone. Without MM back then, I was a much more private collector.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Same with me. I don't think I talked to anyone outside of "How much is that?".

Chris

[rchatlin]

I remember talking to Ray a bit, and I'm pretty sure I met Troy, as well as a guy from Florida I believe was named Corey.

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[jwyblejr]

My scanner has been wonky lately. It's issue #70 if someone else wants to post a picture of it.

[samurainoir]

[megozilla13]

Is it true that the turnout for the Marty Abrams Q and A was very poor. I remember that being an issue when he was invited to do a QandA at the New York MegoCon. He didn't want just 3 people showing up.

mikej

[rchatlin]

It wasn't a huge turnout, but decent for the room. If memory serves, maybe 20-30, possibly a few more.

I wish we knew attendance numbers to compare this to.

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