And here's my display...

[Nefud]

http://images1f.snapfish.com/2323232...7%3A7786nu0mrj

how'd you pull off the talosian?

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

I love that Talosian.

[wyldpny]

umm, I'm kinda doubting that theory.

Rich


http://www.megomuseum.com/pota/images/cornelius.JPG http://www.megomuseum.com/pota/images/galen2.JPG

again which is why I think the fact that the images they were given and thinking that he was more brown than green may be the more plausible idea.

As for the 8" Talosian, you can also check out:
Pics of some of my Star Trek Mego customs - Page 3 - Mego Talk

[mars396]

I can take a guess as to why they made him Brown.
Now I already realize that they had the Lizard WGSH figure so maybe they wanted to try and not make it look like the exact same figure just with pretty much different clothes, but maybe...
Just some food for thought...

Here’s my take.

Mego wanted to expand the Star Trek line with cool aliens for the crew to fight.
The Gorn was a good as any choice, and Mego already had a Lizard-Man head tooled.
But how to dress the Gorn ?
Stick it in a Klingon outfit !
But green looked really odd with the brown sleeves and pants.
Solution: make it brown !

Also, before the re-colorized DVDs came out a few years ago, the Animated Series featured a brown Gorn character in “Jihad”.

[mars396]

how'd you pull off the talosian?

An appropriate choice of words !

That is the Playmates Talosian head and robe on a CTVT “Teen Titans” body.

[cdhall]

VERY NICE!
Nice display. Nice collection.
I'm curious, are any of the Megos in there toys from when you were a kid and if so, how can you tell them apart? I think I see some Emces and customs in there and it got me curious.

Also, what did you use and/or how did you make your backdrop for the Enterprise Megos?

Thanks for posting your display. I may put up my small collection later, but mostly it is now Emce as I just got 22 Emces recently I think I has maybe 20 Trek Megos before that. I have a complete Crew and 2 Klingons from childhood. And an Enterprise playset.

[cdhall]

TAS (The Animated Series)?

Also, before the re-colorized DVDs came out a few years ago, the Animated Series featured a brown Gorn character in “Jihad”.

They released "recolorized" DVDs of TAS? Really? When?

Is Thelin Blue?

There seems to be a Strong link between TAS and Trek Megos. Someone should post screenshots of Kirk from TAS and the Kirk Mego... but anyway if the Brown Gorn looks like TAS Gorn, that is surely it.

I don't know the history, but if the Gorn came out just after the Klingons and before the next wave, then the Gorn would have also been wearing the only "enemy" uniform I guess. And it did have a "vest." And the Brown uniform may "blend" with the Brown Gorn... giving the illusion of the Vest...

I understand and appreciate that Mego wanted to give us stuff to play with, but really. I mean... oh well that is probably best for another thread.

[mars396]

They released "recolorized" DVDs of TAS? Really? When?

Is Thelin Blue?

funny story

the guy in charge color for the animated series was COLOR BLIND !



dig those PINK Klingon uniforms:
Star Trek The Animated Series DVD Screencaps :: TrekCore


original Thelin (as aired):



hilarious, considering the racial slur Shras used for Humans !



remastered Thelin (DVD):
Star Trek The Animated Series DVD Screencaps :: TrekCore




original Sord (never identified as such, but I assumed was a Gorn):





DVD version:

[mars396]

VERY NICE!
Nice display. Nice collection.
I'm curious, are any of the Megos in there toys from when you were a kid and if so, how can you tell them apart? I think I see some Emces and customs in there and it got me curious.

Anyone who owned an original can spot an EMCE from across the room. There is absolutely no worry of ever confusing them.



Everything in this display is EMCE except:

my vintage Gorn from my childhood (the only Alien that survived)

a Neptunian I scored here at the Marketplace (I had to have one)

a Lizard I got on eBay in vintage Klingon shirt and Kirk pants (Doc Mego bandolier and dagger) with craft store ribbon for a sash

a Playmates Talosian head and robe on a CTVT "Teen Titans" body

and technically, one of the Romulans, while not EMCE per se, is 100% Doc Mego parts

oh yeah: the Red Shirts are EMCE Scotties with CTTV heads

[cdhall]

Still not a Blue Andorian...

And I don't know about Sord, but there is OBVIOUSLY a Green Gorn behind the Orion Slave Girl to our Right in this picture



Thanks for posting the links.

[mars396]

I never had an issue with the Gorn. I always considered it to be a version of the aliens from “Arena” that the Klingons pressed into service of their Navy. We humans have differences in skin color and facial structure across our planet, so too would the Gorn.



Here’s another possible explanation:

Upon hearing of the “Gorn” through the intercepted reports from Capt Kirk after the Cetus III incident, the Klingon Empire became very interested in an intelligent, space-faring humanoid reptilian race with inhuman strength and stamina to conquer. They searched the galaxy until they came upon what they assumed were these “Gorn”. As had happened on Earth centuries ago when Humans from the European continent were looking for a trade route to a nation called India came upon the indigenous peoples of the North American continent, and mistook them for “Indians” (a name the Native Americans are still known by to this day), the race misnamed “Gorn” by the Klingons were conquered, and thus entered Klingon Imperial society and served as foot soldiers for the Empire.


In my mind, Mego’s Gorn is canon. My Gorn was always working alongside the Klingon as his second in command. I even armed both of them with little plastic sword-shaped toothpicks.

[mego73]

They released "recolorized" DVDs of TAS? Really? When?

Is Thelin Blue?

There seems to be a Strong link between TAS and Trek Megos. Someone should post screenshots of Kirk from TAS and the Kirk Mego... but anyway if the Brown Gorn looks like TAS Gorn, that is surely it.

I don't know the history, but if the Gorn came out just after the Klingons and before the next wave, then the Gorn would have also been wearing the only "enemy" uniform I guess. And it did have a "vest." And the Brown uniform may "blend" with the Brown Gorn... giving the illusion of the Vest...

I understand and appreciate that Mego wanted to give us stuff to play with, but really. I mean... oh well that is probably best for another thread.

There wasn't a Gorn character in The Jihad. You are probably thinking of this guy:



but he wasn't a Gorn

Someone more like the Gorn showed up in Time Trap

[mars396]

that character is definitly more Gorny than Sord

yet Mego's Gorn looks more like Sord than the Time Trap Gorn, much like their Keeper looked more like Balok's puppet in a Ruk robe than a Talosian

[cdhall]

Still not a Blue Andorian...

And I don't know about Sord, but there is OBVIOUSLY a Green Gorn behind the Orion Slave Girl to our Right in this picture

http://tas.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/1x12/thetimetrap_104.JPG

Thanks for posting the links.

This is irritating.

I sometimes can't post pictures. I figured I'd look into it later. But this post HAD a picture in it when I posted it and now it is Gone!

In Firefox on my Mac, it is just not there.

In Safari there is a "?" icon.

When I hit "quote" it shows up in the Quote box as this html with [URL] tags instead of [IMG] tags...!!!!!
http://tas.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/1x12/thetimetrap_104.JPG

So here is the link to the Gorn pic I posted, fyi


Now on preview in Safari the "?" icon appears. Whatever.

[cdhall]

Yep, Gorn also

that character is definitly more Gorny than Sord

yet Mego's Gorn looks more like Sord than the Time Trap Gorn, much like their Keeper looked more like Balok's puppet in a Ruk robe than a Talosian

Yep, the Trial scene you posted seems to have a good Gorn. The pic I posted may have been from the same episode, but you'll have to follow the link to find out.