Straight arm mego ladies?

[timb]

So is there a price difference between articulated arm mego ladies verses the straight arm ladies? Which is rarer?

[cjefferys]

Straight arm ones are scarcer as they were released late in production of the figures, but I've never seen much of a price premium on them usually, most collectors aren't interested enough in the variation to make them big in demand over the more common type.

[PNGwynne]

If you're a completist, you might want straight-arm versions of earlier characters, but IMO the more poseable figs are nicer and don't have the zombie heads that the later, lesser-articulated gals often do.

I think $$$ depends on the character; straight-arm Inv. Girl is inexpensive compared to Batgirl.

[ScottA]

I have Batgirl and Invisible Girl so far and am looking to pick up the others someday. But like PNGwynne said I rather the completist (or try to be).

[imp]

They're all tough, but — for Loose Mego collectors — the big nod should go to Supergirl.

While the "Straight Arms" (SA) Wonder Woman is highly desirable (due to Mego's drastic changes to her head, body and outfit, not to mention her strange and mysterious return to the Mego lineup, several years after discontinuation), I have seen more Loose SA Wonder Woman figures than I have ever seen of Loose SA Supergirl figures.

This scarcity is no doubt bolstered by SA Supergirl's exclusive existence on the ©1978 Pin Pin (French) card, the one most notable for utilizing a yellow Dinah-mite "peace sign" belt. Mego issued each of the other SA Super-Gals in America, on U.S. packaging.

Batgirl isn't so much scarce as desirable... she is just flat-out, drop-dead gorgeous. Those super-opaque, canary yellow accessories are just drool-worthy.

A "Straight Arms" Catwoman does not appear to exist; she was discontinued well before Mego introduced the Type 2 Female body (i.e. "Straight Arms"), and was not re-introduced at some later date, as Wonder Woman evidently was.

Presuming you include Isis in the World's Greatest Super-Gals, I place her in the "Straight Arms" Batgirl scarcity range (though not quite as available).

So, for my money, rarity (again, this is for Loose WGSG only) is:

1) Supergirl

2) Wonder Woman

3) Isis

4) Batgirl

For those interested in cool variants, I currently have two of the four "SA WGSH" figures on eBay:

Straight Arms Batgirl

and

Straight Arms Wonder Woman

-b

p.s. "Value" is subjective. I never address "value" of figures, but I love discussing scarcity and desirability.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

I just checked and both my regular Batgirls have straight arms.

[warlock664]

Straight-arm Gals

I posted this in the "I Love Mego ... Loose" thread, here is a shot of my 5 straight-armed Gals:

[timb]

Warlock, your collection is amazing man: )

[PNGwynne]

Oooh, that "Aussie" WW is nice!

Glad to see Inv. Girl complete, Warlock. They all look great displayed.

Great info, Imp!

[warlock664]

Gals

Glad to see Inv. Girl complete, Warlock. They all look great displayed.

Yup, thanks again, Mr Gwynne ! (my straight-armed IG sadly has 2 right arms; PNGwynne graciously sold me a mint straight-armed IG body so I could restore her!)

[MegoGeek]

IMO. The straight armed Invisible Girl with the correct longer hair and the Non-Zombie head is on par with the Aussie WW.

[warlock664]

IG

IMO. The straight armed Invisible Girl with the correct longer hair and the Non-Zombie head is on par with the Aussie WW.

Ah, I never even noticed that the Straight-armed IG had the longer hair, Charlie; the one I bought came with 2 right arms, and an obviously restored de-greyed head (you can see the traces of red marker around the roots of the hair). Here is a shot with the original de-greyed head with longer hair, alongside the standard IG:



I swapped out a clean IG head without realizing the difference in the hair length; looks like I'm in the market for a correct non-grey straight-armed IG now!

[PNGwynne]

What are Ledy gals like--do they have simplified articulation?

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Interesting thread. It's funny, I remember thinking as a kid how my sister's Supergirl sucked because you couldn't even bend the arms

[sauce]

What are Ledy gals like--do they have simplified articulation?

Ledy gals have pose-able articulation.