Mmmm… Mego-like

[ABMAC]

What does "Mego-like" mean to you?

To me, it means a semi-realistically sculpted and articulated 8" figure with removable fabric clothing.

12" figures are "G.I. Joe-like"

[Megotumego]

So you are saying that we are ignoring the 18 inch figures that Mego did, the 12 inch figures that Mego did, the 9-10 inch figures Mego did, the 7 inch figures mego did, the 5 inch figures mego did, the 3 and3/4 " figures Mego did and the 2 inch figures mego did?
Yeah okay I am cool with that.

[Megotumego]

Or Puppet Love Like. Cant forget the Puppet Love. Or the Derby Dachsund. And the Gator Car.

[Meule]

Megolike to me is 8" figures, articulated and with fabric clothing. I might go as far as 9" figures, but definitely not 12", that's GI Joe and Barbie to me

[Megotu]

Which is to say, the 1/9 scale. True 1/10 scale would be 7.2 inches...which isn't far at all from the true height of a barefooted Male Mego figure without any headgear.

[ctc]

>it means a semi-realistically sculpted and articulated 8" figure with removable fabric clothing.

Yup!

>12" figures are "G.I. Joe-like"

Yup! 3.5" are "Star Wars-like" 9" are "Big Jim-like" 7" are justb weird....

Even though Mego did figures in pretty much every scale; I think they'll be forever associated with the 8" figure. At least to me.

Don C.

[HardyGirl]

Even though I did/do have an 18" Lainie doll, I do think 8" figure when I hear MEGO.

[Megotu]

Oh I totally agree with Abmac on the 8 inch format as our focus here. I am just genetically pre-programmed to diametrically oppose starbuk on every single post he makes.

[megowgsh]

What does "Mego-like" mean to you?

To me, it means a semi-realistically sculpted and articulated 8" figure with removable fabric clothing.

12" figures are "G.I. Joe-like"

DITTO!!!!!

[Earth 2 Chris]

Gotta go with the 8" cloth-costumed figure. This is what Mego pioneered, and produced more lines and figures in this format. I'd include the Hasbro DC and Marvel 9" and Famous Covers in a "Mego-Like" catergory, due to the subject being one Mego is so famous for, and the proximity in size.

Chris

[palitoy]

If I may play devil's advocate, Mego made 10", 12" and 6" figures with an emphasis on articualtion. Life's too short to be hemmed down by too many regulations on a toy board, we're going to sound like the board of directors at my parent's condo.

Trust me, that's a bad thing.

[Hulk]

I'm among the first to admit that when you say Mego, I see an 8 inch figure with removeable clothes. But I have say that I've been converted to those that see any figure with removeable clothes to be Mego-like. For example, in the 12 inch scale, I still see military figures as "GI Joe Like", but I see the 12 or 13 inch DC Direct figures as being Mego-like, in the same way that Famous Covers are. I know, heresy!

I don't want a 12 inch forum here, like the Micronauts and 3 3/4 " forum, so if we have to occassionally put up with some other scales here, I'll survive.

[ABMAC]

I'm not trying to exclude any figures because of their size. I was just curious whether some people consider all superhero figures to be "Mego-like."

[Hulk]

I'm not trying to exclude any figures because of their size. I was just curious whether some people consider all superhero figures to be "Mego-like."

Articulation alone doesn't cut it for me. Its got to have the removeable clothing for me, and not just a small item like a hat or cape.

Exceptions made for the 3 3/4 inch scale of course. Mego made that format viable, Kenner just picked up the ball and ran with it.

Good thread to open this forum with.

[Megotu]

So the 8 inch Durham Mash figures which had some removable aprons and hats was not Mego like. The 7-8 inch Marx figures which had the plastic hats and chaps and weapons and such but still molded-on clothes were also not quite Mego enough...