Getting to Know You (and your Megos)

[Action Martin]

Hi Scott!

1. What is your first name? Scott
2. What was your first Mego? Batman
3. What was your last Mego? Batman

There sounds like there's a story here.

5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos? Myxlplyx, Penguin, Boss Hogg

This poll is a dog pile on the fat bodies!

7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set? Not sure if it applies but the exploding bridge set...

That's for the Pocket/Comic Action Heroes. I'm talking about the 8" lines.

[Action Martin]

Hi Kirk!

3. What was your last Mego? - As a kid? I think it was the Wizard of Oz line

You got the whole Wizard of Oz line as your last Megos? Impressive.

5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos? - Mxy, Hulk (why so short?), Penguin

I think someone once explained to me that the Hulk (and Thing) were shorter because they used more plastic to create the larger bodies or something.

6. What was your favorite Mego playset? - The only playset I had was the CAH fortress of solitude, which was pretty fun

Nothing from the 8" lines?

[Action Martin]

So far we've had 28 responses to the poll. Here are the current results for most/least favorite and the most wanted but never had.
Margin of error: +/- 100%

4. What were your Top 3 favorite Megos?

Batman (11)
Spider-Man (8)
Captain Kirk (7)
Robin (6)
Superman (6)
RC Batman (5)
Green Arrow (4)
Captain America (4)
Thor (4)
Green Goblin (3)
Mister Spock (3)
Riddler (3)
Iron Man (2)
Batgirl (2)
Klingon (2)
Hulk (2)
Aquaman (2)
Shazam (2)
The following all received 1 vote: Neptunian, General Urko, Fonzie, Thing, Action Jackson (red hair/clean shaven), Soldier Ape, Mister Scott, Doctor McCoy, Falcon, RM Robin, and Joker.

I was surprised to see all the love for Klingon and the Riddler. And I was surprised that the Hulk didn't get more votes.

5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos?

Mister Mxyzptlk (14)
Penguin (8)
Hulk (4)
Lt. Uhura (3)
Keeper (2)
Catwoman (2)
Zira (2)
Human Torch (2)
The entire Waltons line (2)
The following all received 1 vote: Lizard, Cheron, Mugato, Wicked Witch, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Tarzan, Joker, Gorn, Conan the Barbarian, Wizard of Oz, Thing, Boss Hogg, Coy Duke, and Vance Duke.

Seeing Mister Mxyzptlk and the Penguin taking top "honors" does not surprise me. I was surprised that Tarzan and the Super-Gals didn't score higher.

12. What Mego did you always want but never had?

Green Goblin (4)
Green Arrow (3)
Kid Flash (2)
Iron Man (2)
RC Batman (2)
The following all received 1 vote: Batgirl, Supergirl, Romulan, Human Torch, Catwoman, Dracula, Speedy, Conan the Barbarian, Falcon, Thor, Shazam, Andorian, Fonzie, and the Lizard.

Green Goblin topped the charts? I'm very surprised by that. I thought for sure it would have been a Teen Titan, Conan or even Isis.

[nvmbrsdoom5]

1. What is your first name? Larry
2. What was your first Mego? Not entirely sure, but I think it was Spidey.
3. What was your last Mego? Kid Flash
4. What were your Top 3 favorite Megos? The Hulk, Shazam, Fist-Fighter Batman
5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos? I can't honestly say there were any least favorites, loved 'em all. If forced to choose, perhaps Coy & Vance Duke I was less enthused with.
6. What was your favorite Mego playset? Only one I owned, Enterprise playset.
7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set? Batcopter
8. What was your favorite Mego line? WGSH 8 inch
9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to? Wizard Of Oz.... I knew a kid who had them but by the time I discovered them, they weren't in stores anymore.
10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had? Wayne Foundation
11. What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had? Spider-Car
12. What Mego did you always want but never had? There were many I badly wanted, such as Thor, Iron Man, Lizard, and Falcon.....but I think the one I wanted the most was Human Torch. He wound up being one of the first that I sought out as an adult collector.

[MegoMonk]

1. What is your first name?
KEVIN
2. What was your first Mego?
ACTION JACKSON, CANT REMEMBER HAIR COLOR. SOMETIME IN 71 OR EARLY 72
3. What was your last Mego?
CHRISTMAS 78 GOT IRON MAN, THE LIZARD AND HUMAN TORCH
4. What were your Top 3 favorite Megos?
HARD TO PICK, I GUESS SPIDERMAN, BATMAN AND CORNELIUS
5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos?
HATE TO SAY, BUT I REMEMBER AS A KID NOT HAVING ANY INTEREST IN CONAN, EVEN THOUGH MY FREINDS HAD HIM.
6. What was your favorite Mego playset?
THE ONLY PLAYSETS I HAD AS A KID WERE THE POTA FORTRESS AND FB TRAP. SO IT WOULD BE THOSE
7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set?
I HAD AT LEAST 2 BATMOBILES AS A KID, NO OTHERS. SO THE BATMOBILE WINS OUT.
8. What was your favorite Mego line?
POTA, THE ONLY SET I HAD COMPLETE AND KEPT ALL INTO ADULTHOOD
9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to?
NOT REALLY. I COLLECTED THE WGSH, POTA AND MONSTERS AND HAD NO INTEREST IN THE OTHER SETS
10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had?
NONE IN PARTICULAR
11. What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had?
THE POTA HORSE
12. What Mego did you always want but never had?
ANY I ASKED FOR, I GOT EVENTUALLY. I REMEMBER I HAD TO PUT UP A FIGHT TO GET THE MUMMY. MY PARENTS AND OLDER SIBLINGS INSISTED IT WAS A BADLY MADE FIGURE AND DID NOT WANT TO BUY IT. I WON OUT AND STILL HAVE MY ORIGINAL MUMMY FROM THE 0S IN MY COLLECTION

[kingdom warrior]

1. What is your first name? Steve

2. What was your first Mego? Superman

3. What was your last Mego? Superman

4. What were your Top 3 favorite Megos? Captain Kirk, Green Arrow, Muhammad Ali

5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos? John boy,Mr. Mxyzptlk, Green Goblin

6. What was your favorite Mego playset? Batcave

7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set? Batmobile

8. What was your favorite Mego line? WGSH

9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to? No

10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had? The Batman bruce wayne building

11. What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had? Green Arrows car

12. What Mego did you always want but never had? Mightor

[TrekStar]

All Answers to the best of my memory,

1. Tommy (as a kid) Thomas (when I was in trouble)

2. First mego? RC Batman, RM Robin (got them both at the same time)

3. Last Mego? Think it was Wyatt Earp.

4. Top 3 favorite megos? Romulan, Green Arrow, Mr. Spock.

5. Least 3 favorite megos? Riddler, Thing, Hulk (last 2 because they were smaller)

6. Playset, Star Trek Enterprise.

7. Favorite vehicle? Starsky and Hutch car.

8. Favorite Mego line? Star Trek

9. Mego line not able to collect? Waltons.

10. Mego playset never had but wanted? POTA (wanted my Trek guys to beam down)

11. Mego vehicle/accessory set never had? Green Arrow car.

12. Mego wanted but never had? Thor.

[Drzsmith]

1. What is your first name?Chris
2. What was your first Mego?Action Jackson
3. What was your last Mego?The first series of Star Trek
4. What were your Top 3 favorite Megos?Green Arrow,Lizard and The Thing
5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos?Tarzan,Penguin, and Astronaut from POTA
6. What was your favorite Mego playset?homemade Apes treehouse

7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set?Green Arrow car
8. What was your favorite Mego line?WGSH
9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to?Mad Monsters
10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had?Batcave
11. What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had?Joker van
12. What Mego did you always want but never had?[/QUOTE]Aquaman

[Capt Kirk]

Well, here goes:
1. What is your first name? Andrew
2. What was your first Mego? Capt Kirk
3. What was your last Mego? Kirk and Scotty, last week
4. What were your Top 3 favorite Megos? Kirk, Thor, Iron Man
5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos? No such animal
6. What was your favorite Mego playset? The Enterprise ( the EMCE version is my THIRD)
7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set? Batcycle
8. What was your favorite Mego line? Star Trek and WGSH
9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to? Mad Monsters
10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had? Wayne Foundation, Hall of Justice, Batcave
11. What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had? Batmobile, Batcopter
12. What Mego did you always want but never had? Thor, Iron Man, Thing

[Figure8]

1. What is your first name? Olaf
2. What was your first Mego? 12" Spider-Man
3. What was your last Mego? 12" Superman Movie version, I think
4. What were your Top 3 favorite Megos? 8" Spider-Man, Robin, Batman
5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos? They were so hard to get over here, I liked them all
6. What was your favorite Mego playset? I didn't know then that there were any playsets ...
7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set? see above
8. What was your favorite Mego line? WGSH
9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to? No
10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had? Now that I know about them, probably the Hall of Justice
11. What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had? see above
12. What Mego did you always want but never had? Captain America (without the internet I didn't know what the figure looked liked, but I loved his picture on the Spider-Man box

[Action Martin]

I thought that I would finally tally this poll. Margin of error +/- 100%

What was your first Mego?
Batman 8
Action Jackson 6
Removable Cowl Batman 5
Superman 5
Captain Kirk 4
Spider-Man 4
Iron Man
Klingon
Robin
Wyatt Earp

What were your Top 3 favorite Megos?
Batman 13
Spider-Man 11
Captain Kirk 9
Green Arrow 7
Robin 7
Superman 6
Thor 5
Captain America 4
Removable Cowl Batman 4
Spock 4
Green Goblin 3
Hulk 3
Iron Man 3
Riddler 3
Shazam 3
Aquaman 2
Batgirl 2
Klingon 2
Thing 2
Action Jackson (red hair, cleanshaven)
Cornelius
Dr. McCoy
Falcon
Fist-Fighter Batman
Fonzie
General Urko
Joker
Lizard
Muhammad Ali
Neptunian
Removable Mask Robin
Romulan
Scotty
Soldier Ape

5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos?
Mister Mxyzptlk 15
Penguin 9
Hulk 5
Catwoman 2
Conan 2
Coy Duke 2
Human Torch 2
Keeper 2
Tarzan 2
Thing 2
Uhura 2
Vance Duke 2
Zira 2
Aquaman
Astronaut
Boss Hogg
Cheron
Gorn
Green Goblin
John Boy
Joker
Lizard
Mugato
Riddler
Wicked Witch
Wizard of Oz
Wonder Woman

6. What was your favorite Mego playset?
Enterprise Bridge 14
Batcave 5
Emerald City
Happy Days Fonzie’s Garage
Planet of the Apes Forbidden Zone Trap
Planet of the Apes Fortress
Wayne Foundation

7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set?
Batmobile 16
Batcycle 4
Spider-Car 3
Batcopter
CHiPs motorcycle
Green Arrow Car
Joker Mobile
Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino

8. What was your favorite Mego line?
World's Greatest Super-Heroes 25
Star Trek 7
Planet of the Apes 2
American West

9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to?
Planet of the Apes 7
Mad Monsters 4
Super Knights 4
Star Trek 3
Teen Titans 3
Flash Gordon 2
World’s Greatest Super-Heroes 2
One Billion B.C.
Waltons
Wizard of Oz

10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had?
Batcave 9
Hall of Justice 7
Enterprise Bridge 4
Wayne Foundation 4
Batlab
Planet of the Apes Forbidden Zone Trap
Planet of the Apes Fortress
Planet of the Apes Treehouse
Star Trek Mission to Gamma VI

11. What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had?
Green Arrow Car 7
Joker Mobile 5
Batmobile 3
Spider-Car 3
Batcopter 2
Batcycle
Batlab
Captain America Car
Planet of the Apes Stallion
Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino

12. What Mego did you always want but never had?
Green Goblin 4
Thor 3
Green Arrow 2
Human Torch 2
Iron Man 2
Andorian
Aquaman
Batgirl
Captain America
Catwoman
Conan
Dracula
Falcon
Fonzie
General Urko
Kid Flash
Lizard
Removable Cowl Batman
Romulan
Shazam
Speedy
Supergirl

[rayray]

What a great thread! Thank you for starting it, and thank you all for sharing.

1. What is your first name? Ray
2. What was your first Mego? Removable cowl Batman
3. What was your last Mego? Invisible Girl
4. What were your Top 3 favorite Megos? Batman, Falcon, Green Goblin
5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos? Mr. Mxyzptlk, Planet of the Apes Soldier Ape, Dorothy (handed down from my sister; I couldn't transform her into a secret identity with my limited 6-8 year old imagination!)
6. What was your favorite Mego playset? Wayne Foundation! It represented a HUGE expense for my parents, who were struggling financially, and I appreciated it then and even more now. Still have it. The other runner up was the Wizard of Oz withes castle, with its great cauldron, skull stirring stick and crystal ball! Spooky!
7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set? Batcycle
8. What was your favorite Mego line? World's Greatest Super Gals!
9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to? Wizard of Oz
10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had? Wizard of Oz / Emerald City
11. What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had? Green ArrowCar
12. What Mego did you always want but never had? Lizard

[Xavion2004]

]1. What is your first name? Tom (Thank you Mr. Cruise and Mr. Sellick)

2. What was your first Mego? Removable Cowl Batman (OG, baby!)

3. What was your last Mego? Iron Man (Type 2 - replaced my Type 1. Came with the “You’re getting too old for toys” vibe. Really? Well, how ya like me now?!?)

4. What were your Top 3 favorite Megos? Removable Cowl Batman, Captain America, Iron Man

5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos? Mr. Mxyzptlk, Catwoman, Batman (w/o removable cowl)

6. What was your favorite Mego playset? Batcave

7. What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set? Captain Americar

8. What was your favorite Mego line? WGSH

9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to? No

10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had? N/A. I’m an only child.

11. What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had? See Question Number 10.

12. What Mego did you always want but never had? See Question number 11.

[Jmass]

1. What is your first name? Tim

2. What was your first Mego? Superman, Batman, Robin, and Aquaman were all purchased at the same time. I vaguely remember my father protesting that we didn't know what we were getting so I'm thinking that they were solid boxes. They were awesome!

3. What was your last Mego? I can't recall.

4. What are your top 3 favorite Megos? Captain America, Iron Man, Spidey.

5. What were your 3 least favorite Megos? Mxy a big number one, Penguin, and Aquaman.

6. What was your favorite Mego playset? Laugh if you want - I grew up in a small midwestern town and although I had a lot of Megos, they were for the most part random purchases that we found at stores. I didn't know that playsets existed.

7. What was your favorite vehicle/accessory set? Loved the Batmobile!

8. What was your favorite Mego line? WGSH

9. Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to? I liked looking at the Star Trek figures but never had one.

10. What Mego playset did you always want but never had? See answer to 6

11. What Mego vehicle/accessory did you always want but never had? Had all of the cars and was content with them.

12. What Mego did you always want but never had? Mr. Fantastic. Great looking figure and I half hoped that the arms and legs would stretch.

[Action Martin]

UPDATED I thought that I would finally tally this poll. Margin of error +/- 100%

What was your first Mego?
Batman 8
Removable Cowl Batman 7
Action Jackson 6
Superman 6
Captain Kirk 4
Spider-Man 4
Iron Man
Klingon
Robin
Wyatt Earp

What were your Top 3 favorite Megos?
Batman 14
Spider-Man 12
Captain Kirk 9
Green Arrow 7
Robin 7
Captain America 6
Superman 6
Iron Man 5
Removable Cowl Batman 5
Thor 5
Spock 4
Green Goblin 3
Hulk 3
Riddler 3
Shazam 3
Aquaman 2
Batgirl 2
Falcon 2
Klingon 2
Thing 2
Action Jackson (red hair, cleanshaven)
Cornelius
Dr. McCoy
Fist-Fighter Batman
Fonzie
General Urko
Joker
Lizard
Muhammad Ali
Neptunian
Removable Mask Robin
Romulan
Scotty
Soldier Ape

What were your 3 least favorite Megos?
Mister Mxyzptlk 18
Penguin 10
Hulk 5
Catwoman 3
Aquaman 2
Conan 2
Coy Duke 2
Human Torch 2
Keeper 2
Tarzan 2
Thing 2
Uhura 2
Vance Duke 2
Zira 2
Astronaut
Batman
Boss Hogg
Cheron
Dorothy
Gorn
Green Goblin
John Boy
Joker
Lizard
Mugato
Riddler
Soldier Ape
Wicked Witch
Wizard of Oz
Wonder Woman

What was your favorite Mego playset?
Enterprise Bridge 14
Batcave 6
Wayne Foundation 2
Emerald City
Happy Days Fonzie’s Garage
Planet of the Apes Forbidden Zone Trap
Planet of the Apes Fortress

What was your favorite Mego vehicle/accessory set?
Batmobile 17
Batcycle 5
Spider-Car 3
Green Arrow Car 2
Batcopter
CHiPs motorcycle
Joker Mobile
Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino

What was your favorite Mego line?
World's Greatest Super-Heroes 27
Star Trek 7
Planet of the Apes 2
American West
World's Greatest Super-Gals

Was there a Mego line that you wanted to collect but was never able to?
Planet of the Apes 7
Mad Monsters 4
Super Knights 4
Star Trek 4
Teen Titans 3
Flash Gordon 2
Wizard of Oz 2
World’s Greatest Super-Heroes 2
One Billion B.C.
Waltons

What Mego playset did you always want but never had?
Batcave 9
Hall of Justice 7
Enterprise Bridge 4
Wayne Foundation 4
Batlab
Planet of the Apes Forbidden Zone Trap
Planet of the Apes Fortress
Planet of the Apes Treehouse
Star Trek Mission to Gamma VI
Wizard of Oz Emerald City

What Mego vehicle/accessory set did you always want but never had?
Green Arrow Car 8
Joker Mobile 5
Batmobile 3
Spider-Car 3
Batcopter 2
Batcycle
Batlab
Captain America Car
Planet of the Apes Stallion
Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino

What Mego did you always want but never had?
Green Goblin 4
Thor 3
Green Arrow 2
Human Torch 2
Iron Man 2
Lizard 2
Andorian
Aquaman
Batgirl
Captain America
Catwoman
Conan
Dracula
Falcon
Fonzie
General Urko
Kid Flash
Mr. Fantastic
Removable Cowl Batman
Romulan
Shazam
Speedy
Supergirl