Anyone Know why Mego Never painted the face of there 3 3/4 line of figures

[TrueDave]

Looking at a Squat comic hero today the rubber pelvis seems like a novel way to go.
I agree 3 inches , 5 inches , even 8 or 12 inches overarticulation can be a problem ( floppy!), then there the Frankenstien looks issue.

I had Robin, he broke, Wonder woman, Superman, all Squatters.
My Kindergarden birthday I got The Batman Blow Up Bridge and it was missing the straight legged Batman. We had to go to three K Marts to find a set with batman in it. Loved that batmobile. Liked the head and cape rubber one piece.

I had some Buck rogers. I think I had Wilma but never Buck, couldnt find him. Broken thumbs and non removable gun on her as well i think. I had Draco which I later customized into Dr Strange.
The best was my Maximillion and Sentry Robot. He had holes on his legs for guns but I lost the gun. I dont remeber it being like teh movie guns.
I did LOVE teh hands on him and teh few Micronauts I had. Lost them all but I loved em.

And as an adult to find out they actually made Humanoids from Black Hole? WOW!
I will never be able to afford one.
Of course they have rereleased Masters of the Universe, Tron, GI Joe, and MegoTrek and Apes . . . . .maybe someday we'll see authentic reproductions!

I need that Movie Klingon!!!!! :-)

[cyberlord]

yeah i remember fondly playing with all of megos 3 3/4 figures along with star wars- i loved micronauts and i loved the black hole and its only recently i realised alex durant holland and pizer all have the same body- ha ha.

[enyawd72]

Couldn't agree more. 3 3/4" Cap is my favorite figure in that scale.

Count me in too!
I love both my red and blue armed pocket Spider-man figures...the all black eyes make him look really creepy. There's something about the sheer simplicity of them that really is awesome.

[J.B.]

Mego's lack of paint detail adds a charm to them. Looking back at Mego the figures are so primitive now, but their box art alone are still miles away from anything that is done today, most toy companies today just don't get it...they should look to Mego as what worked....

Couldn't agree more. 3 3/4" Cap is my favorite figure in that scale.

[Bruce Banner]

Yeah, I seem to remember my Buck's gun coming off, too.
The BR25C and Black Hole figures were certainly relatively fragile, at least compared to the SW line, which were comparatively sturdy and nigh on unbreakable (within reason).

There is such a thing as too much articulation, at least in a 3.75 inch line.

[generic]

I used to break the holstered guns off of the Buck Rogers figures so they could at least have an accessory to use!

My first figure from this line was Tiger Man. I loved that figure and I was sad when he broke - it was probably the rubber band, but at that young age, I didn't know he could be fixed and he went in the trash.

After Tiger Man, Buck was the next one I got. Due to some production flaw, Buck's gun was not glued to his side. There was a little pin on his hip and a hole in the gun, so the gun just fit on his hip and I could take it off and put it back on as needed. So when I got the Draconian Guard and his gun was glued to his side, I was very confused. I thought, "Why does Buck's gun come off but this other guys' gun doesn't? That's stupid."

Nevertheless, I loved the Buck Rogers line AND the Star Wars line. I played with both of them and I don't remember ever caring about the unpainted Megos. I did wish the Star Wars figures had more articulation, but it didn't affect my enjoyment of playing with them. Good times!

[fumetti]

Mego 3.75" Superheroes were junk to me. Never touched them despite being a big Marvel and DC fan and despite loving the 8" line.

Accessories vs articulation = I never saw it that way.

Accessories + painted features vs articulation + nonpainted features + rivets = that's how I saw it. I absolutely HATED seeing the rivets on any toy except a robot (loved the Micronauts). It was a major turnoff (and the main reason I pass over the early Mego bodies, and why I prefer earler painted-rivet 12" G.I. Joes). And add to that the blank faces... My 10 yr old eyes saw Luke as looking just like the movie (same with the rest of the line). Sounds crazy now, but those simplistic eyes and Chewie's teeth made them far more "real" than anything Mego was doing. I would have loved to have articulation, but there were too many negatives with those figures for me.

So you can imagine just how ecstatic I am about the current Star Wars line. The new stuff is exactly what I dreamed of as a kid. I just wish I had the time to plop down on the floor and recreate those old adventures...

[Richard J. Fowlks]

Y'know, I hope I don't go that way. Sounds painful.

You know after so many decades my Robin finally fell apart. His crotch area just shattered, that's a tough way to go.

[bizzaro megomauler]

the buck rogers line was infamous here for broken thumbs. I feel for pengie's umbrella, Cap's shield suffered a similar fate.

[Bruce Banner]

I remember the arm decals on my Buck and Wilma coming off... and a friend came over and broke off Buck's thumb once.

And my CAH Hulk's leg broke off. That was the only casualty I suffered in the whole CAH line. Apart from losing the Penguin's umbrella down the back of the car seat.

At least my V.I.N.CENT and Maximillian are still going strong even today.

[Megosean]

It drove me nuts that Buck didnt have a gun. I broke the hands of two of them trying to fit Star Wars guns in. Dang it!

[MEMEGO]

I just remembered, the 2 Wonder Women Versions, the original version, was manly looking. The second version, was more female like, however still looked off and the unpaintede face and details, were like a scary twilight zone episode. lol

[Orlock]

My poor Twiki got stuck inside my Christmas stocking because of the way his hands were made. It twisted around the cottony weird fabric and his arm broke off before I even got to play with him. Luckily my mom and dad knew it was my favorite character from the show and bought me a new one in the following days.

I also remember brushing my 12 inch Hulk's teeth with a green crayon on the way to Disney World as a wee lad...wish I hadn't done that....lol...

[bizzaro megomauler]

I used to break the holstered guns off of the Buck Rogers figures so they could at least have an accessory to use!

Yup same here. but the draconian guard fig was awe-some!

[Ranger 3]

I used to break the holstered guns off of the Buck Rogers figures so they could at least have an accessory to use!

Ha!- forgot about that. As a kid, I found a gun bloody glued to the hip even more frustrating that than the figure not coming with a weapon at all!

-M