Soldier Ape

[apes3978]

A friend of mine gave me General Ursus as a Christmas present. I was disappointed that he didn't come with a weapon and that his hands weren't molded to look like gloves but at least they're black so they look like gloves.

Today I picked up the 2 soldier apes and was surprised that the hands were brown and not painted black to look like gloves.

Regarding the Ursus hand thing: I think you could probably find a beater CHiPs figures and swap out the Ursus hands with the gloved CHiPs hands to get more of the effect of what you're looking for.

I don't mind that the Soldier Ape's hands are brown: It just reminds me of the way the hands were brown on the original (non-helmet head) Ursus figure.


And yes, the new version of Ursus should have been armed, but I guess they didn't want to invest in making a pistol or sub-machine gun for him. Still, I'm glad we got him anyway, so no real complaints.

[TheXFactor]

The Mego Klingon was based on TAS, as was them all, but it does have a somewhat striking resemblance to Klingon Koloth from TOS episode the Trouble with Tribbles.

A lot of the writers who worked on TOS wrote scripts for TAS, so it stands to reason that they may have had input on such things. Plus, Filmation likely received character guides, photos, artwork, etc from Paramount. There's a really great book about TAS that was released a couple of years ago for anyone who might be interested:

https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Official-Guide-Animated/dp/1681884216/ref=sr_1_1?crid=5ERPGOW4ABTN&dchild=1&keywords=star+trek+the+animated+series+book&qid=1634370546&sprefix=star+trek+the+an%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1

[TheXFactor]

Without Zira I am done with POA.I only wanted the original ones and without Zira ,and Soldier ape, no need to collect these.They look really nice and I am happy for those collecting them

Oh OK, now I see what you mean.

[TrekStar]

I would answer yes to that question...[ATTACH=CONFIG]31757[/ATTACH]

The Mego Klingon was based on TAS, as was them all, but it does have a somewhat striking resemblance to Klingon Koloth from TOS episode the Trouble with Tribbles.

[zeedox]

Im not sure if my wife got the mutant order in it grabbed brent on his own, but I try not to miss any ape.megos or I know ill regret it. Besides you know bubble bath zira is only.a matter of time

[wise guy]

Without Zira I am done with POA.I only wanted the original ones and without Zira ,and Soldier ape, no need to collect these.They look really nice and I am happy for those collecting them

[TheXFactor]

Soldier Ape is a retail item.

Zira is a past Topps item, so you can't order her any more.

Right, understood. What I don't understand is cancelling the preorder for a retail item just because you can't preorder one specific specialty item anymore ("I thought they were upgrading the original soldier ape not Ursus. I am cancelling pre order since I can't get Zira now anyway"). That's be like me cancelling a Soldier Ape preorder because I can't also order Brent anymore even though they're both from completely different sources.

[TheXFactor]

the Klingon is actually based on the cartoon version anyway, isn't it?

I would answer yes to that question...STTASKlingon.jpg

[ODBJBG]

He looks very surprised!

[palitoy]

Do you mean the Zira figure was canceled by Topps, or that the wait until 2022 wasn't something you wanted to deal with? I guess I'm a little confused by you conflating the two figures since I was under the impression that the Soldier Ape was going to be a regular Mego and not a Topps Mego. I also wasn't aware that you could even cancel the Topps preorders, but then again I never really looked into doing so either.

Soldier Ape is a retail item.

Zira is a past Topps item, so you can't order her any more.

[Nostalgiabuff]

the Klingon is actually based on the cartoon version anyway, isn't it?

[TheXFactor]

While not dead on screen accurate, I have to say I always thought the original Enterprise crew were very well done, especially for their time... Sure the color for the phasers and tricorders was off, but I thought (and still think) the outfits, booted lower legs, and sculpts were pretty well done... (Now the Klingon and the original Aliens are way off from being screen accurate, but that's been taken care of down thru the years).

Absolutely agreed on TOS Enterprise crew members, and will add in both Pete Burke and Alan Virdon from the second series of POTA figures for other examples of well done for their time. And although "screen accurate" is a difficult term to apply to comic book characters, I think Mego did a good job in capturing the animated essence of the- then, wildly popular- Filmation cartoons which inspired the original four WGSH characters.

As a personal aside, the difference with the Star Trek Aliens never really bothered me all that much. I'll take a MOC Gorn from 1975 over the "screen accurate" one from 2018 any day of the week.

[TheXFactor]

I thought they were upgrading the original soldier ape not Ursus. I am cancelling pre order since I can't get Zira now anyway.

Do you mean the Zira figure was cancelled by Topps, or that the wait until 2022 wasn't something you wanted to deal with? I guess I'm a little confused by you conflating the two figures since I was under the impression that the Soldier Ape was going to be a regular Mego and not a Topps Mego. I also wasn't aware that you could even cancel the Topps preorders, but then again I never really looked into doing so either.

[Dark Shadow]

Really liking the repaint on the classic head, dang that really works for me!

...Like I said, I was always under the impression that we were going to get a new sculpt rather than a reused existing sculpt... But, maybe they will do another Gorilla with an entirely different head (fingers crossed)...

This was stated on page 3 of the New Figures Pictures thread (by Confessional):

"...Doc also mentioned (the aforementioned) new sculpt version and clothing variants will follow this one. Additional Mutants coming, including an in-development removable mask version. Nova still waiting on the new body..."

Check it out for full context:

http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?127733-New-figures-pictures/page3

[Brown Bear]

I had an extra Ursus and had bought the purple ape clothes from CTVT a while back. Weird to see this guy as he’s nearly identical to my kitbash.
I can see these selling very well in multiples to build an army.