Topps Megos

[nubee]

What do you think it means, then?

I think it means folks like me who spent $$$ on multiple Topps and regular Captain Marvel and Black Adam, just cuz we luv the characters and the released pics looked so dang good, r FOOLS!

We (Mego) got your $$$....too bad it's on the crap-o-la Sidekick body. The height issue is "minimal," and if the hip and waist joints r loose just buy some O-rings to solve the problem. Didn't they know about the height and loose joints issues when they had the GI Joes in hand? I am almost certain the comments with Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow were all positive regarding that Side kick body.

Sorry folks for being so negative with my comments. But, I just find words such as "minimal" (height) issue a bit insulting to intelligence and observation. And, calling that Sidekick body anything else aside from short and loose misleading.

[LonnieFisher]

What do you think it means, then?

I think it means that they are in the process of either fixing the tooling or making new ones. It's not a very speedy process to redesign the body and modify or replace the steel molds.

[Krypt0nite]

It's Mego's business and their bottom line, so only they know for sure, but a concrete statement such as "the height corrected bodies will be available on wave xx" would go a long way.

My guess is that x number of sidekick bodies have been made along with sidekick sized heads, and that the cost dynamics of it mean that Mego is stuck with them until they sell through and that they don't want to risk those sales by announcing when a corrected body will be available.

Given the timeframe of production involved I'd be stunned if wave 15 is on corrected bodies. Hope I'm wrong on that. I think we'd be lucky if a corrected body is even through the development process at this point.

There is still value in the new bodies, though---Wolverine, Teen Titans, etc., and Batman Beyond should be just about right on a smaller body.

[Liu Bei]

"It's been addressed" does not mean it's been fixed yet. I would assume that the wave 15 figures will be on the same short bodies.

What do you think it means, then?

[LonnieFisher]

"It's been addressed" does not mean it's been fixed yet. I would assume that the wave 15 figures will be on the same short bodies.

[Liu Bei]

Has anything more concrete than a vague "it's been addressed" been stated by Mego?

Not that I’ve heard. Hopefully they said something on the livestream tonight. But I can’t imagine they’d be dishonest about something like that. I’ll keep my fingers crossed anyway, because the size difference otherwise is just too stark. Kor looks like a toddler.

[Krypt0nite]

Has anything more concrete than a vague "it's been addressed" been stated by Mego?

[Liu Bei]

What makes you think the retail version will be on a corrected body?

http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?129071-Update-on-New-Bandless-Body

[nubee]

All I have received so far are Shazam and Black Adam. They look nice but I'm not happy with them. They shouldn't look so short next to Superman and Batman. These were premium pricing with the Topps shipping. Unfortunately, they came out less than premium as a finished product. It's very disappointing. I really want Mego to do well and this is a step in the wrong direction.

Mego's idea of improvement: Sorta like improvement of the wheel by using squares as opposed to circles.

[puckace]

All I have received so far are Shazam and Black Adam. They look nice but I'm not happy with them. They shouldn't look so short next to Superman and Batman. These were premium pricing with the Topps shipping. Unfortunately, they came out less than premium as a finished product. It's very disappointing. I really want Mego to do well and this is a step in the wrong direction.

[thunderbolt]

Wow, that is a stark difference. I haven't taken Kor or TMP Spock off their cards yet. My idea is to get the Kor on a corrected body from retail, and just leave this one MOC. We'll see, though.

What makes you think the retail version will be on a corrected body?

[powersthatbe]

I don't mind the shortness of the figures too much as long as it is addressed and fixed. I do like being able to pose the new arms the old mego arms are frustrating. certainly a lot of smaller characters and sidekicks that can be customized or kitbashed Titans, Wolverine, Kato,Sulu,Chekov Superboy, The Legion, Bruce Lee.... oh and my brent figure and black adam figure were pretty tight at the waist. All I am waited on is Shazam, Taylor and Zira.( I don't know why my shazam and adam were shipped separately, everything else i ordered in pairs arrived together

[markp67]

Do we have any idea yet whether the scale adjustment will be/has been implemented on Wave 15 figures?

[JoeMego]

Finally got all my MEGO Topps orders (six figures) and I'm quite pleased. Leaving them in box but I am REALLY tempted to open Kor and Spock. We'll see.

[PNGwynne]

I don’t like that Spock is short.

I don't like that any of these are short. I realize that Lee/FTC scuttled any more Mego-like bandless body, but this new is a disappointment except as custom fodder. Not very Megoesque IMO.