Any interest in a repro Aquaman vs The Great White Shark set?

[rche]

I would love for you to notate all your hard work on the box somewhere. Not only to differentiate the box from an original, but because you should have your mark on your work.

[reevefan78]

If we put anything on the box to denote it as a repro (although I would think it would be easy enough to tell since I've never seen or heard of anyone that had a mint box) but in case any of you collectors out there are worried I can have Greg put my info on the very bottom of the box to denote it as a repro......BUT I WILL NOT TAMPER WITH THE ORIGINAL MEGO LOGO OR ANY INFORMATION ON THE BOX......IT IS PERFECT AS IS AND I WANT IT TO BE A FAITHFUL REPRO BOX. So let me know guys if you want me to put "reevefan78 © 2011".

More to follow soon.....stay tuned!

[rche]

do you have your info on the box by the Mego symbol? I know you have your own stamp on the shark itself.

[reevefan78]

Latest In-progress shot of the "Aquashark" repro box 3.3.2011

This just in......another FIN-TASTIC update from Greg Jensen! This is gonna be one sweet repro set......can't wait!

More to follow......stay tuned!

[Meule]

Sweet looking box

[jasonmego1277]

Looking good . Definitely like what I see . Cant wait because I def would like one.

[THE FALCON]

Looking good.

[reevefan78]

Latest In-progress shot of the "Aquashark" repro box 3.3.2011

Here's the latest update pic just sent to me today courtesy of Greg Jensen (AKA dengar of Ebay using original "Aquashark" image pics from "Geoffdude") of the "Aquashark" repro box in progress. Remember this box is shown unfinished....without the Aquaman logo and other type that is still to come. More to follow.....stay tuned!

P.S. Oh and don't worry about the colors.....they've been matched to the original box as closely as possible using the Pantone Color Match System for printing......just thought I'd reiterate that.

[reevefan78]

You should consider running off some variant boxes with Mego's original intention/implication...

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...quamanLogo.gif

VS.

http://www.starwarstoybox.com/619-1387-thickbox/jaws-red-logo-on-great-white-t-shirt.jpg

and try to replace the insert or box art somehow with a variation of this, Aquaman replacing the female swimmer

http://chud.com/articles/content_images/5/Jaws-589x450.jpg

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Not so loud....we wouldn't want to wake up ol' Bruce now would we? He might be a bit grumpy seeing how he hasn't been the star of his own film since 1987, LOL.

Seriously though.......I'm already ahead of you with something that I hope will thrill other JAWS fans. I saw the movie when I was 4 and I've been "hooked" on it ever since. It is my favorite movie of all time....right up there with Superman the Movie and Superman 2: The Donner Cut as well as Alien, Aliens, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, John Carpenter's Halloween and The Thing, Black Christmas (the 1974 original), Reign of Fire, etc......well you get the picture. Anyway, I don't want to be a "spoiler" so I'll just say that I'm already thinking ahead into the future with this project. Nuff said. More to follow....stay tuned!

[reevefan78]

Phew, here was me thinking you were going to ask Geoff to tear a bit off and send it to you

Clem.......Heavens no! That's blasphemy to a collector and I would never ask Geoff to do that......that might even be grounds for excommunication from the Mego Museum forum....it'd make headlines everywhere.....I can see it now "Crazed Collector asks friend to vandalize rare Mego box set valued at over $5000 for own selfish purposes"......that would definitely send me straight "to the chair" if other collectors got hold of me for doing something like that! LOL

[Hulk]

You should consider running off some variant boxes with Mego's original intention/implication...

VS.

and try to replace the insert or box art somehow with a variation of this, Aquaman replacing the female swimmer

[clemso]

Mmmmmmmm.......not sure about this Mikey. First off this would assume that people have seen an actual boxed set that had minty colors (not faded or discolored or waterdamaged) and remembered the exact colors they saw on the box. I had one of these sets as a child but it's been 33 years since I've seen the box.......wish I had known better back then.....LOL. As an artist and someone who has an excellent memory I doubt even I could remember the exact colors and pick them out to be spot on. So with that said I think as long as the box colors look aesthetically pleasing and are as close as our research suggests that is all that will matter.

BTW.......just to let you and Clemso know......you both got me thinkin'....."there must be some way to get these colors matched from 'geoffdudes' original box set so that Greg will be able to match the colors to those on geoff's box." Then it hit me.......use Pantone color charts like my designer friends had to do in art school back in the early 90s. So I emailed Geoff and he said he could match the colors on the box to the appropriate Pantone color swatches and use the CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) codes on the back of the swatches for printing the colors as closely as possible to Geoff's original box set.

As usual Geoff was all too happy to help us out once again........what a SUPER GUY!

So long story short.......Greg's box design will utilize accurate color matches to Geoff's original box set using the Industry standard Pantone Color Matching System.

More to follow soon. Stay tuned!

Phew, here was me thinking you were going to ask Geoff to tear a bit off and send it to you

[reevefan78]

Repro Aquashark box will utilize CMYK Pantone Color Matching System for printing

I think 99% of the people will agree having a slight color variance is a good thing because it makes it more detectable as a repro

Mmmmmmmm.......not sure about this Mikey. First off this would assume that people have seen an actual boxed set that had minty colors (not faded or discolored or waterdamaged) and remembered the exact colors they saw on the box. I had one of these sets as a child but it's been 33 years since I've seen the box.......wish I had known better back then.....LOL. As an artist and someone who has an excellent memory I doubt even I could remember the exact colors and pick them out to be spot on. So with that said I think as long as the box colors look aesthetically pleasing and are as close as our research suggests that is all that will matter.

BTW.......just to let you and Clemso know......you both got me thinkin'....."there must be some way to get these colors matched from 'geoffdudes' original box set so that Greg will be able to match the colors to those on geoff's box." Then it hit me.......use Pantone color charts like my designer friends had to do in art school back in the early 90s. So I emailed Geoff and he said he could match the colors on the box to the appropriate Pantone color swatches and use the CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) codes on the back of the swatches for printing the colors as closely as possible to Geoff's original box set.

As usual Geoff was all too happy to help us out once again........what a SUPER GUY!

So long story short.......Greg's box design will utilize accurate color matches to Geoff's original box set using the Industry standard Pantone Color Matching System.

More to follow soon. Stay tuned!

[chalwa]

Wow!
Is the Museum a great place or what?
Rock on, man!

[Mikey]

I think 99% of the people will agree having a slight color variance is a good thing because it makes it more detectable as a repro