Ever buy anything you weren't really looking for just to fill that Mego jones?

[Bizarro Amy]

I do this on a semi-regular basis, usually because I desperately want to bring something home from the flea market. Once it was generic ninja figures that came on Mego-like bodies. I think they may have actually been LJN or Rookies - whoever made the ones with the swivel biceps and molded sandals. Another time, it was a knockoff body with a Davy Crockett head and white Action Jackson hooded jumpsuit and backpack. Today, it was a Rainfall Bible figure. I had never planned on picking these up, but after finding no Megos in the wild, I was looking through a box of dolls and found a guy wearing a purple robe with gold trim. I looked at my husband and said, "This is a Rainfall Bible figure. I could use him for customs." He just nodded and smiled, because he understands my obsessive personality. After paying $1 for him, I brought him home and checked Megolike.com. It turns out that it's Daniel. Who else does this? I know at least the customizers do...

[vulcan2074]

I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes It's so addictive I need something to quiet the hunger, LOL. I usually buy DVDs as a back up if I don't find any MEGOs.

[Bizarro Amy]

I have this weird thing against buying things at the flea market that I can get elsewhere. So unless the DVD, CD or videogame is out of print or really hard to get, I don't bother. I get impatient when my husband spends too much time looking at videogames. I'm standing there restlessly, thinking, "C'mon! Someone could be buying my Mego grail for 50 cents RIGHT NOW!!!"

[Dave Mc]

I used to do this alot. I ventured into 12" and Pocket Heros. I liked them, but they didn't really "do it" for me. But I NEEDED to buy something Mego. Needed that package to land.

I've tamed that beast to some extent. Still get the Jones now and again, but I'm much better now.

[cjefferys]

Right now I'm starting to do this by putting together a Wizard of Oz collection. I've always appreciated how nice they are, but never felt a need to collect them before, like Dave says, they didn't really "do it" for me. But now, I'm thinking what the hell, they are cheap and they are Mego, and I like getting toys in the mail, so I'm now adding yet another Mego line to my collection.

[palitoy]

Constantly, I've come home with loose Dukes of Hazzard and CHiPs for no good reason. My big one recently has been Canadian Micronauts packages, not for any completion just because I know I can come home with something from any local show.