Super Collector Newsletter Discussion Thread

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[TrekStar]

Another great newsletter with some very cool customs. So is the Gillman for real?

it has been said that back in the day, Mego’s Mad Monsters was in the process of adding the Gillman to the collection but for some reason it fell through, so we got the Neptunian instead.

I remember as a kid, I got Neppy even though it wasn’t actually a Star Trek alien, but it just looked so cool, plus it was a good monster for Aquaman to fight.

oh and by the way, what red blooded american kid in the 70’s didn’t want to be Jack Lord?

[KnightDetective]

Man alive, is it Christmas? The newsletter is jam-packed with goodies this week! Thanks for your selfless dedication!

Totally serious about that. How many people would consistently carve time out of their busy lives to bring cheer to a bunch of old (but still rakishly handsome) toy collectors? Everyone at the Museum is much appreciated!

(Gonna need a case of that "knockoff" Gillman, just sayin'!)

[Dan2Dan]

I really enjoy these Newsletters: thank you for continuing to do this!

I watched the You Tube video about the unproduced HiveWorld concept from the late 1990s and was struck by how the concepts seemed to me to evidence more influence by the Sectaurs (as mentioned above in this thread) than the Micronuats (as referenced by the designer in the video a few times). But I could definitely also see the Art Deco influence, which the designer ascribed to Flash Gordon and the Batman of that era. I also thought that the Sectoid 'bad guys' bore a striking resemblance to the bad guys in Dollar Tree's Final Faction line of $1 figures, from the COVID lockdown era a few years ago, more than 20 years later.

I was also interested in that Gillman Mego figure. I am probably not as plugged in to regular toy news as many/most here. But my impression from a distance is that, over the last year or so, Mego has announced several upcoming figures, but they've been slower to release than previously. Or, that's my personal impression anyway. I am definitely interested in the upcoming next wave of World's Greatest Super Heroes, including Cyborg and Hawkman (among others). But I haven't seen news of the impending release of that wave. Also interested in the 89 Batman and Matrix figures, shown off at a recent toy show. But I'm not clear when they will be released either. Did the retro WGSH for Disney Stores and the rush work on the Atlas line divert their time and resources for a bit maybe?

[Earth 2 Chris]

Thanks for all you folks do. It is much appreciated! I didn't catch the promotion and the false namedrop, but I have been lumped into things I had no involvement with like that, and it's annoying and potentially confusing. Sorry you had to deal with that.

[PNGwynne]

The Gillman head sculpt is pushing some good buttons for me. Nice to see the reissued Neptunian boots, too.

Now, will these actually be obtainable? Walmart sucks.

[Dan2Dan]

Now, will these actually be obtainable? Walmart sucks.

This same rhetorical question came to my mind. I was able to get an Atlas Grim Ghost earlier this year from Walmart, but that was only after my original pre-order was unilaterally cancelled by Walmart and then I happened to see it actually for sale on the website (briefly, as it turned out). Just a month or two earlier, Walmart unilaterally cancelled two other pre-orders I had placed several months earlier, just when the figures became available. I promised myself at the time that I wouldn't place another pre-order with Walmasrt again.

[PNGwynne]

I wanted Grim Ghost. Had I obtained it, I would also have bought Hour of the Dragon and Phoenix. Without it, no sales.

I did buy Phoenix later at a good price on ebay for a custom, but that's another discussion.

I collect MOTU Origins, and those WM exclusives are a nightmare. So, I'm concerned for Creepshow. All my local WM are pretty shabby. Rural Ohio.

[EMCE Hammer]

Sorry about the first attempt. Sometimes if Brain and I don't time our entries just right mailchimp freaks out. Hopefully this version looks right:

https://mailchi.mp/44d0129e91ca/its-the-mego-museum-news-5739148?e=eec87d3482

[palitoy]

We crossed the streams, we barely survived the experience.

[PNGwynne]

Ewww, I suddenly though of Lazarus on Star Trek. Not a favorite episode.

[palitoy]

Ewww, I suddenly though of Lazarus on Star Trek. Not a favorite episode.

Oh Criminy, that is the worst freaking episode, sorry, I meant to invoke thoughts of two "pee streams" not the horrors of that BS.

[Werewolf]

I meant to invoke thoughts of two "pee streams" not the horrors of that BS.

Okey dokey, I just thought it was a Ghostbusters reference.

[EMCE Hammer]

Okey dokey, I just thought it was a Ghostbusters reference.

I did too. Brian is so gross.

[palitoy]

I did too. Brian is so gross.

That episode of Star Trek evokes strong trauma in me, and I'm pretty gross.