Anyone else get Chekov yet?

[Lynn TXP 0369]

Whens the stimulis Check coming?

It's not....

Lynn

[Hamonrye]

It's kind of odd, don't you think.
With Mego cutting costs, releasing Chekov and Sulu would have been soooo easy.
Just a head sculpt needed.

Not quite. Lieutenant Sulu's shirt will have a single gold rank band on the sleeves, while Ensign Chekov properly has none. So they couldn't have just recycled Kirk shirts.

ETA:

My EMCEs now outnumber my Megos. Time to pick up a Neptunian...

A closer look at the new kid:

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Mego had the color of material and the pattern already worked out, they just needed to leave off the rank bands, saving money right there. Even cheaper than Kirk shirts.

[The Bat]

I was comparing Checkov to My original Kirk...and must say I'm EXTREMELY please with the Face color! They're pretty darn close!!

[drmego]

Face color

Believe it or not, face color is very hard to get right - especially caucasian
skin. There are a wide range of caucasian beige between type 1 - didn't
get out much - and type 2 Malibu tan.

On top of that, the Chinese had to switch from one type of PVC
to another just before production started last year so that affects
final pigment.

[The Bat]

Well, I for one...certainly appreciate all the hard work you & your People in China put into it...cause you NAILED IT!! The Mego flesh color is pretty important to Me...which is why I often have Dave Mc paint My Resin Heads, because Dave can mix the color PERFECTLY! That and He does eyes better than Me too!

[Hamonrye]

It's a personal thing, but I prefer cast color to painted color. Chekov probably ought to run closer to 'don't get out much' but he displays well with the others.

One teeny nitpick: Like Khan, his head is a touch small for his body. Would this be another side effect of the new PVC formula?

[david_b]

For my eventual Chekov arrival, I'm simply saving a minty vintage Kirk shirt I'm not using and taking off the rank and adding it to a new female crewman I'm getting later this month...

david_b