Super Collector Newsletter Discussion Thread

[PNGwynne]

Thanks for the notice--take care.

[palitoy]

Newsletter is postponed due to a family emergency and Steve's current lack of the interwebs.

[Frenchy99]

Of course you would have !

Mego figures are way better than Pokemons.

Gotta catch 'em all ...

[warlock664]

I also agree that passing on the Flash figure was a good choice, still would of bought it but...

Of course you would have !

[Frenchy99]

Great newsletter !

I also agree that passing on the Flash figure was a good choice, still would of bought it but...

[ODBJBG]

I agree on dodging the bullet with Flash, but it would have been swell to get a Keaton Batman out of the deal.

[Dan2Dan]

I wanted to add that I also super appreciate the 'behind the scenes' items each week in this awesome newsletter featuring photos of unproduced Mego figures. That's one of my favorite features.

This week, I feel like, to use an old expression, Mego 'dodged a bullet' with the Flash movie figure. I'm probably among a small number of people who both: (1) have a lifelong interest in tabloids/TMZ (so I was well aware, in significant detail, of all of Ezra Miller's various issues in the run-up to the release of the film), and (2) saw the film in the cinema and enjoyed it and was totally able to separate his 'baggage' from the movie itself.

But that would've been, like, the fourth modern Mego Flash figure, representing a box-office failure. Probably best for everyone that it stayed at the prototype stage.

[KingKickass1983]

So, are the AJ figures going to be utilizing type S bodies? Or are those stand ins?

[Earth 2 Chris]

Exciting stuff as always. Thanks for the link to my Supergirl article. Much appreciated.

[Dan2Dan]

I may have gotten a l'il ambitious with the crappy cell phone photo, I certainly don't like the head scale I messed up, but in my defence, I'm did it on 4 hours sleep. Trust me, these look like fire.

I continue to be completely pre-sold on Action Jose! To me, it looks exactly as it would've had Mego made that figure circa 1973.

That said, as someone from the border town of San Diego, Action Jose looks more like Action Jackson after a two-week vacation in Cancun than an actual Mexican of predominantly indigenous or European descent. But that's how the figure would've been made 50+ years ago. So I'm fine with it!

[ODBJBG]

I may have gotten a l'il ambitious with the crappy cell phone photo, I certainly don't like the head scale I messed up, but in my defence, I'm did it on 4 hours sleep. Trust me, these look like fire.

Iron Jaw looks awesome, the only thing I nailed conveying.

No worries! I’m excited to see them!

[monitor_ep]

My question is are they going to redo the outfits? I used so many of those outfits to extend my original Mego Batman '66.:

I really want more international heads not released in the past..


I mean since I own an original Mego, Zica, NuMego AJ I will buy at least two.

[palitoy]

I may have gotten a l'il ambitious with the crappy cell phone photo, I certainly don't like the head scale I messed up, but in my defence, I'm did it on 4 hours sleep. Trust me, these look like fire.

Iron Jaw looks awesome, the only thing I nailed conveying.

[ODBJBG]

Nice edition!

Excited for more AJ. The photos don’t really look great at the moment, skin tone looks odd and sculpts look soft. FTC’s head sculpt ended up so soft it was basically unrecognizable. NuMego actually had a really nice AJ head sculpt.

As a major AJ fan, there’s something special about his face. It’s distinctive in a weird way and those vintage figures still have a lot of charm. Hope it’s captured in the new ones.

That said the photos themselves look a little blurry/low res so maybe that’s all it is.

Iron Jaw looks great.

[palitoy]

this week has been crazy, some really cool reveals !

https://mailchi.mp/83c65ea18c50/action-jackson-exclusive-from-the-factory-toy-ventures-weekly