Question for the day: Did you make childhood Mego customs

[pmwasson]

I didn't customize the figures, but I did make my own vehicles for them out of tinker toys

[MRP]

Circa '81 when I was first getting into D&D, I tried making some D&D inspired customs from my Megos. Threw Green Arrow's outfit and accessories on a Mr. Spock to make an elf. Conan's fur loincloth on a Lizard to make a lizard man, etc. None of them were very good, but it was my first ever attempt to kitbash my toys into something else. I think I destroyed an Iron Man gauntlet try to find some way for it to hold a "toothpick sword" (i.e. one of those sword shaped party toothpicks) to be a gauntlet for a fighter kitbash and tried peeling the sticker off of a Cap shield for a character to use. In retrospect, I probably did more damage to my Megos than anything, but we moved a few months later, and in every move we made, I had to reduce the amount of stuff I had, mostly toys, so my Megos were among those my folks purged in that move, so I wouldn't have had them after that anyways.

-M

[phil]

Question for the day: Did you make childhood Mego customs and if so, who did you make and how?
When I was 5, I was so desperate for FF mego figures I put Robin's trunks on Mr Spock, the boots killed the illusion. Did you get creative?

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I did the exact same thing! I pretended he had rocket boots that enabled him to fly. I always thought the little wings on Namor’s ankles were silly.