Super Collector Newsletter Discussion Thread

[monitor_ep]

Oh man now I need to dig out my Bionic Team to add in Dr. Kromdome to my collection
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[PNGwynne]

The prospect of an 8" Dr. Kromedome is exciting. Actually, I'd love it, too if White Elephant would consider doing a 13-inch "conversion" head & costume set so Kenner SMDM collectors (ie, ME) could kitbash a companion figure for the Kenner line using Oscar Goldman & Maskatron parts.

That Golden-Age Sandman figure is great.

[Dan2Dan]

I definitely appreciate the callback to the Mego 'Dr. Kromedome', intended to be a villain for the Six Million Dollar Man line! But I'm really hoping that White Elephant Toyz will take some significant creative license with his look when they design the actual figure, because the original is, for me personally, not really that inspiring. (To me, the name sounds like an inside joke about a fellow employee's bald head, and his jumpsuit costume looked kind of clown-like. And the cape: yikes. My favorite aspect: the metallic face paint accents.)

EDIT: I just read the Mego Museum page (link below) for this guy. So great! Many details I didn't know.

https://megomuseum.com/drkromedome/index.html

[KingKickass1983]

Man...we could have gotten an M65 army jacket if Riddler had come out...

[Sonneveld]

Terrific work on the customs, everyone. Those The Batman prototypes looked solid, too.

Lone Ranger looked great Mego style. I had the Gabriel one, and this looks better.

You're sitting on a goldmine, Michael! Better to do it for love of the game though.

[Frenchy99]

Those magasines on the road. ouch...

Great newsletter.

[palitoy]

https://mailchi.mp/fc75c552e531/riddle-me-this-who-is-dr-kromedome

Sure it's late but it's pretty great. Hey, that rhymes!

[PNGwynne]

Me: More Penguin?! Then: Oh...

But that Hawkman shirt and Lincoln Phantom are lovely.

And nice sale from Frank.

[Goblin19]

Great newsletter. Always so many great customs. And I’m definitely getting Captain Carrot, but I really want the whole Zoo Crew.

[palitoy]

Shazam and Abra Cadrabra, this week's newsletter has a lot of information about the future of these sites.

https://mailchi.mp/00a69192287a/tvw-mego-penguin-logans-run-discovery-soccer-figures

[Frenchy99]

Looking forward to the new Action Jackson figures ! Villains, its about time !

Really liked the Atlas Type version of Spider-Man. Those would of been nice but love the the Boxed 4 pack better.

The pocket heroes are amazing work.

[TrekStar]

I like the shelf of Spider-Man foes, and I agree about the pocket magic heroes, those are very cool, I would buy them.

[Sonneveld]

Great newsletter. I was amazed at those custom pocket-heroes done in the style of the 8 inch Mego figures. That is a genius level, idea.

How did Michael make those? He'd have a nice little side business if he decided to sell his pocket magic customs.

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

Great newsletter. I was amazed at those custom pocket-heroes done in the style of the 8 inch Mego figures. That is a genius level, idea.

[Dan2Dan]

As a huge AJ fan this is great news to me. Hopefully lots of outfits and accessories. And some crossover with the Adventure Command stuff.

This, for me (still carrying a lifelong affection for AJ) is the key to the line: outfits and accessories. Because the base AJ figure dressed in the plain blue nylon jumpsuit and generic boots, with an elastic cord belt, is, well, plain.

To use an old business metaphor that has been repeatedly applied to Barbie and GI Joe over the years, I view the figure like the razor without the blades. You buy the blades separately (and in ongoing way) and therefore make the whole useful/interesting, and keep the line going business-wise.

As a very enthusiastic, multiple-repeat customer of White Elephant Toyz, I feel like they could make some great AJ outfit sets. One that immediately comes to mind, which isn't very far from outfits they've recently made for other figures, would be a '1970s Police Detective' outfit set, with bell bottoms, a turtleneck, and a pistol. I also think they would be great at updating/improving some of the vintage AJ outfit sets, which were cool ideas but which suffered a bit in the execution back in the early 1970s.