Vintage Mego of the Day

[palitoy]

Cheron is today's VMOD. One of my favourite Star Trek aliens. Mego recycled the Alan Verdon head sculpt for this.

http://www.megomuseum.com/startrek/cheron.html

[Gorn Captain]

Ah, Cheron.
I painted his chest half white as a kid, why didn't Mego do that?

He went through so many phases in my childhood.
For a while he wore a Fighting Furies cowboy outfit and was called "Little Solo" in my Cantina (which housed anything from Steve Austin to Marx Knights).
He even wore Uhura's dress for a while. What was that all about?

[VinMan]

Love me some Cheron!!!

[palitoy]

VMOD: The Superman villain no kid wanted but the only one we got Mr Mxyzptlk!

http://www.megomuseum.com/wgsh/mxyzptlk.html

[Earth 2 Chris]

^You really have to wonder why Mego went with Mxy. Lex was very generic looking back in the day, I'll give the that. But Bizarro seems like a no brainer, and a cheap way out for Mego, reusing Superman's costume with just a reversed sticker and a new head.

I still wonder if Ideal's Superman playset didn't play a part in his selection, as a cardboard Mxy was included in that set. Murphy Anderson's slightly off-model Mxy is a dead-ringer for Mego's original smirking sculpt as well.

Chris

[ScottA]

I actually remember getting Mxy for Christmas one year. He was carded.

[dr_cyclops]

^You really have to wonder why Mego went with Mxy. Lex was very generic looking back in the day, I'll give the that. But Bizarro seems like a no brainer, and a cheap way out for Mego, reusing Superman's costume with just a reversed sticker and a new head.

I still wonder if Ideal's Superman playset didn't play a part in his selection, as a cardboard Mxy was included in that set. Murphy Anderson's slightly off-model Mxy is a dead-ringer for Mego's original smirking sculpt as well.

Chris

Wow Chris! Your knowledge of DC, never fails to amaze me. I did an image search and couldn't find a close up of the "Murphy Anderson slightly off-model Mxy". What I did find, strongly suggests your point.

[SentientApe]

Vintage Mego of the Day: The Black Knight from World's Greatest Super Knights

http://www.megomuseum.com/legend/skblackknight.html

I cannot unsee Ron Jeremy. Every single time.

[palitoy]

Recycled bad guy Wheels Willy is our VMOD, this one on the very rare Canadian card.



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[ZombieJimC]

Recycled bad guy Wheels Willy is our VMOD, this one on the very rare Canadian card.



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Wasnt Willy part of the CB McHaul line?

[palitoy]

VMOD: King Kong against the World!

http://megomuseum.com/kingkong/

[palitoy]

Wasnt Willy part of the CB McHaul line?

He was, as was Jimmy Squeaks under the names Prof. Brain and Bad Leroy

[EMCE Hammer]

I never saw this one as a kid. Kinda off the beaten Mego path.

[cjefferys]

Someday that Kong set will be mine!

[ScottA]

Love the Mego Kong.