Your Mego play: Straight from the comics, or your own imagination?

[Wee67]

I usually played from my imagination, but stuff like the news (cold war stuff), movies, and books I've read influenced my storylines.

I recall one rather intricate storyline that came about when I got a Secret Wars Captain America & Black suit Spider-man, and the Kenner Superpowers Superman actually had to fly around the sun to slingshot himself into the Marvel Universe to help Capt and Spidey defeat a robot invasion from space. (spoilers: the Robots had kryptonite)

This story played out in my room, in my yard, and in my garage over the course of the summer.

Dang, I wanna play with you. You're adventures are awesome!

[LadyZod]

Dang, I wanna play with you. You're adventures are awesome!

You should have seen what happened when I got an Alvin and the Chipmunk's Ideal van (which came with a Mego Sized Dave.) Mego Spider-man, and Batgirl (who were both dating and a crime fighting duo) joined Dave in a cross country trip to fight crime against Godzilla, Transforming Robots, and GIANT John Travolta. Giant John Travolta had a minion, Mattel Mork. Mork double crossed Giant John Travolta, and ended up in the Chipmunk van. Later on Spider-man, Batgirl, and Mork started a band. Dave having no powers, just drove the van and was the defacto hostage.

I will tell you this, one time the mego 3 3/4" Duke boys got kidnapped by aliens. They ending up fighting the Space police due to violating parole. They flew around in a hemi-orange Bespin cloud car, with 01's on the side and a rebel flag on the center piece.


One Christmas I received an knickerbocker Annie Mansion. (no Annie.)
It became Kenner Superman's fortress of solitude. The mansion came with a dining table complete with a plastic turkey. So Superman would invite my Dazzle Dolls for dinner ALOT. There was a closet with a hanger, so Supes always had a place to hang his removable cape.

Of course there was that one time the Lone Ranger and Tonto showed up unannounced for dinner. That was an awkward situation for all involved.

[D!n0-M@n]

You should have seen what happened when I got an Alvin and the Chipmunk's Ideal van (which came with a Mego Sized Dave.) Mego Spider-man, and Batgirl (who were both dating and a crime fighting duo) joined Dave in a cross country trip to fight crime against Godzilla, Transforming Robots, and GIANT John Travolta. Giant John Travolta had a minion, Mattel Mork. Mork double crossed Giant John Travolta, and ended up in the Chipmunk van. Later on Spider-man, Batgirl, and Mork started a band. Dave having no powers, just drove the van and was the defacto hostage.

I will tell you this, one time the mego 3 3/4" Duke boys got kidnapped by aliens. They ending up fighting the Space police due to violating parole. They flew around in a hemi-orange Bespin cloud car, with 01's on the side and a rebel flag on the center piece.


One Christmas I received an knickerbocker Annie Mansion. (no Annie.)
It became Kenner Superman's fortress of solitude. The mansion came with a dining table complete with a plastic turkey. So Superman would invite my Dazzle Dolls for dinner ALOT. There was a closet with a hanger, so Supes always had a place to hang his removable cape.

Of course there was that one time the Lone Ranger and Tonto showed up unannounced for dinner. That was an awkward situation for all involved.

OMG, you're killing me! You should write for the movies. Your stuff kicks the poo outta anything coming out of Hollywood!

[HardyGirl]

It sounds like you had a fabulous imagination! I have yet to see kids today come up w/ a really interesting storyline for action figures w/o me having to give a "pretending lesson" first. When I worked w/ the after school kids, all they ever wanted to do is make them fight. No plot, no dialogue, not even a narrative. Of course after they watched me making believe, we had spies, bad guys w/ evil laugh, time travel, tiger pits, amd traps galore!

You should have seen what happened when I got an Alvin and the Chipmunk's Ideal van (which came with a Mego Sized Dave.) Mego Spider-man, and Batgirl (who were both dating and a crime fighting duo) joined Dave in a cross country trip to fight crime against Godzilla, Transforming Robots, and GIANT John Travolta. Giant John Travolta had a minion, Mattel Mork. Mork double crossed Giant John Travolta, and ended up in the Chipmunk van. Later on Spider-man, Batgirl, and Mork started a band. Dave having no powers, just drove the van and was the defacto hostage.

I will tell you this, one time the mego 3 3/4" Duke boys got kidnapped by aliens. They ending up fighting the Space police due to violating parole. They flew around in a hemi-orange Bespin cloud car, with 01's on the side and a rebel flag on the center piece.


One Christmas I received an knickerbocker Annie Mansion. (no Annie.)
It became Kenner Superman's fortress of solitude. The mansion came with a dining table complete with a plastic turkey. So Superman would invite my Dazzle Dolls for dinner ALOT. There was a closet with a hanger, so Supes always had a place to hang his removable cape.

Of course there was that one time the Lone Ranger and Tonto showed up unannounced for dinner. That was an awkward situation for all involved.

[LadyZod]

Here's a question to all involved...

When you played by yourself, when the figures you were playing with talked to each other, did you speak the words out loud, or did you just mentally speak it?

I spoke all dialogue out loud, which always got curious looks from my folks.

[Krypt0nite]

It was pure imagination when I and my buddies played with the Megos: Capt. Kirk and the Lizard team up to rescue Green Arrow from the Planet of the Apes set! Mr. Fantastic and Mr. Spock must defend the Hall of Justice from the Shogun Warriors! Batman and Robin and Invisible Girl must subdue a rampaging Hulk! Joker on the Batcycle tries to outrace Green Goblin in the Arrowmobile! Captain Marvel versus Godzilla! Spider-Man and Riddler against the Ameridroid (12-inch Captain America)! Oh what fun those days were...

[D!n0-M@n]

Here's a question to all involved...

When you played by yourself, when the figures you were playing with talked to each other, did you speak the words out loud, or did you just mentally speak it?

I spoke all dialogue out loud, which always got curious looks from my folks.

Always out loud. Yeah, I got some looks and chuckles too.

[starsky]

own imagination for me as well. didn't really own any comics.

[plaztekman]

I stayed in the Mego world and didn't cross Marvel with DC and would customize a figure to play the role i needed. ...........and I think FTC is doing it for marketing and sales. Get's a customer to buy more figures...even one they may not want to get the other. Does that make sense?