Mego of the Day: Blackbeard

[saildog]

Mego of the Day is a great idea.

Seems I'm like a lot of others here. Didn't know Mego made anything other than WGSH, Trek, POTA, and Starsky and Hutch before I found the Museum.

[Action Martin]

I never owned any of the pirates. And like others I didn't even know of their existence until I joined the Museum. I don't think that I was aware of the Waltons when I was I kid. I may have seen them in a Christmas catalog but probably wasn't aware that they were Megos. I had only seen Wizard of OZ, the Super Knights, and Robin Hood lines in one store, TSS (Times Square Stores), back in the early 70s but never owned any of them either.

[cjefferys]

I saw the Pirates at retail one time as a kid. One department store where I regularly bought Megos (Rosbergs in Niagara Falls, Ontario) had them during one of my visits. I had planned on buying a superhero, but when I saw these new guys, I decided to get one of them instead (I knew that it was still a Mego, thus still a cool toy to get ). I picked Long John Silver, because of his cool peg leg and parrot. I had always planned on picking up a Blackbeard (the only other pirate in the group who's name I knew) but the next time I went back to that store they were all gone, and I never saw them again until I was an adult.

So I always knew Mego made pirates, but could only specifically remember Long John Silver and Blackbeard. I knew there were four, but the identities of the other two were unknown to me until I found out around 1990 or so.

[Bionic Joe]

Nope never saw or knew abouts them as a kid , Didn't find out about them till i found my way here in DEC 06, If i find a good deal on some i'd gladly add them to my collection, The only pirates i ever saw as a kid were the fighting furies which i only had Capt Pegleg who is one my must buy list, If anyone has a nice loose one for sale let me know

[Dave Mc]

Count me as one that didn't know these were around until I found the Mego Museum. It took me a couple of years to warm up to the Pirates line after I started collecting. Then in 2004 at Megocon, I bought 2 from Roberto and 2 from Ron and within a day went from having none to having all four.

All the legends figures rate highly with me. They've really grown to be the Megos I love best, and of the pirates, BB is my favorite.

[jwyblejr]

Don't remember them as a kid but I'm sure I would have snagged one if I saw it seeing as how I had one of the Fighting Fury guys.

[rchatlin]

I had Long John Silver as a kid, but don't recall being aware of the other three.

In the early days of the Levy list, I traded for a Patch and LJS and that put me on the hunt for the other two.

I added a loose Blackbeard out of Toyshop, and finally completed the set by picking up a box Jean Lafitte, the most difficult one to find, I believe, at Megocon '97 in Toldedo.

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[megoscott]

From We Are Small Blackbeard as Chance the Gardener

[vulcan2074]

I Dig Pirates in General, but this Line is so nice with the great designs and the colors. Sadly I don't have any. But I know if I had a chance to own them I would in a Heart Beat. I never knew about them until I started visiting The Museum.
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[Earth 2 Chris]

I was a bit late to know of the Pirates at retail. And I think I first heard of them from the first printing of Bonavita's book, and then the museum in its early stages.

I don't have any Legends figures, but they are all well made and the Pirates have a unique charm and level of detail that really makes feel "premium" to most of Mego's 8" output. I may have to take the plunge someday!

Chris

[Wee67]

I am confident that, somewhere in a Venture in Chicago, there still lies a carded Conan, hidden behind some other toys in anticipation of me coming back later because Mom wouldn't let me buy him that day.

If the chain still existed, I'm sure their toy departments would be ransacked by the end of the week after that statement

[toys2cool]

Very cool,I've always loved those Pirates

[sauce]

diggin the MOTD idea!

Blackbeard is not in my collection, but now I'm getting excited to find him boxed and stuff
:-)

[palitoy]

I didn't warm up to these until I was 30 years old, just something didn't click for me but now I love them. It is all because of Kane Show one Sunday morning and getting a good deal on two of them, from this kooky guy who told me he also had them solid boxed. He couldn't provide me with any evidence of this however.

He's still telling stories, at the last Kane he told Charlie he just bought a MIB "Jet Jackson".

[JDeRouen]

I lived in Illinois as a kid, on the border of Iowa where Illinois, Iowa and Missouri meet. My mother loved to shop, so we'd often drive to St. Louis or Chicago for weekend shopping trips. I was exposed to a lot of Megos, even if I wasn't allowed to buy them all. I remember seeing the Robin Hood line, Knights, and the Pirates all at the same time in a Target in St. Louis. I managed to talk her into buying me all four pirates, but not Robin Hood or the Knights. I later got a couple of the knights, but never owned any of the Robin Hood figures until I was an adult.

I am confident that, somewhere in a Venture in Chicago, there still lies a carded Conan, hidden behind some other toys in anticipation of me coming back later because Mom wouldn't let me buy him that day.