Ladies and Gentlemen, The World's Greatest Superheroes

[pmwasson]

Sorry if this has already been answered, but are these new bodies using elastic to hold the limbs together or more like Famous Covers / Joes / Zica / etc. ?

[60'schild]

Hello!

Andrew Covalt here, and I sculpted GL and Sinestro and tweaked Green Arrow and Superman. I wanted to wait for a few reviews to come in on the new sculpts before I made myself known.

Couldn't be happier with the sculpts!

Hope the powers that be at Mattel keep you busy for a LONG time on this new line!!!!

And thanks again!!

[The Bat]

Hello!

Andrew Covalt here, and I sculpted GL and Sinestro and tweaked Green Arrow and Superman. I wanted to wait for a few reviews to come in on the new sculpts before I made myself known.

I wanted to thank Paul and Joe for giving me the opportunity to sculpt new heads for our favorite heroes. I hope they are well received and we'll get to continue making more and more.

So I'm as excited as anybody! I'm still waiting for some really sharp pics too!

FANTASTIC Sculpting job Brother!!! My Hats off to you...very fine work indeed! Thanks for being part of it, and helping make the dream come true!

[CrimsonGhost]

Hello!

Andrew Covalt here, and I sculpted GL and Sinestro and tweaked Green Arrow and Superman. I wanted to wait for a few reviews to come in on the new sculpts before I made myself known.

I wanted to thank Paul and Joe for giving me the opportunity to sculpt new heads for our favorite heroes. I hope they are well received and we'll get to continue making more and more.

So I'm as excited as anybody! I'm still waiting for some really sharp pics too!

[mego73]

That new Superman is the way I imagined Mego Superman looked before I got him (with only a small picture in a Sears catalog to go by).

I really thought that Doc Mego being able to do something like this was close to impossible. But with the help of the Fairy God Father Marty it's happening.

Sorry if this has been covered before but do the heads have standard Mego neckplugs?

[imp]

the cards will be classic mego style cards...but... the cards will have that faux-aging around the edges and some slightly off-register art to look like these were found in a warehouse

Seriously. Did I read that correctly? OK, I was surprisingly 'on board' with this whole "new Mego Super-Heroes" thang... until I went back and read the above post.



This is an abhorrent concept, tantamount to Levi Strauss selling "weathered" acid-washed, pre-slashed blue jeans. Remember that crap? An abysmal idea (and a failure to boot).

Look, if I want to leave my carded Mattel "World's Greatest Super-Heroes" (still struggling with this usage, too) Green Lantern out in the sun... I will do it myself.

I REALLY don't need Mattel to virtually "leave it out in the sun" for me.



Seriously, in this day and age — with perfect digital printing — what kid will even GROK a mis-registered print job on a backer card?!



Pffff. I am extremely unhappy about this news. Can you tell?



-b

[dumbldor]

That's a RIOT Dan!! It's true...now that Doc's made them different than the Originals...we can't have Repro Arguement anymore!

Dude, if you were here right now, there would be a high five and even a hug whether you'd like it or not!

[shazam7208]

This is so awesome!

The pics look great...I am thrilled that they are doing the DC line. I can see this is going to eat up a lot of my 2010 $$$!

[Captain]

That's a RIOT Dan!! It's true...now that Doc's made them different than the Originals...we can't have Repro Arguement anymore!

This Museum was built on that argument!! Now we'll have to find all new stuff to fight about!!

[Captain]

Mike Crawford has some up close and personal shots of the new figures on his web-site. You can really see the detail in each sculpt. I have to admit Green Arrow looked pretty close to the original, but then he was the best likeness of the original line. Supes looks great, and Green Lantern looks fantastic up close. It was kind of hard to tell in the other pics, but he is a great likeness of Hal Jordan. Sinestro is Supoib! Lex looks as he should...a troubled genius trying to figure out how to get Superman to fall for his next fantastic trap!!

Looking at the Mattel (what would you like us to call these Paul?) bodies,it appears the hand/wrist connector is standard Mego, so I'm thinking the limbs might be exchangeable between the two body styles. Looking at the way the cloth rests on the biceps, I think these have LJN wrestler body style bicep articulation....Can you confirm this Paul or Joe??

[VintageMike]

I just read through all of this. This exciting on some many levels. Can't wait to see them in stores!

[The Bat]

It's great that Dane and I can both be freaking happy about this!

That's a RIOT Dan!! It's true...now that Doc's made them different than the Originals...we can't have Repro Arguement anymore!

[dumbldor]

I think this is a win for everyone. New World's Greatest Super Heroes that are 8" and retain the Mego feel, but some tweaks that will make them distinguishable from vintage. This news is awesome.

I think the packaging sounds incredible. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE AN EXAMPLE!

In two or three years, my son will own all of these and will no doubt love his Megos as much as Daddy does.

Thank you to Joe, Paul, Dave, and everyone else involved for no doubt making EVERYONE at Mego Museum HAPPY. It's great that Dane and I can both be freaking happy about this!

[Boywonder0]

As we speak, my long time friend Paul "Dr. Mego" Clarke is at the Mattel panel at Comic Con, where it has just been announced that we are bringing back the DC World's Greatest Superheroes in partnership with Mattel. Wave One, out before easter 2010 will include:

Green Arrow
Hal Jordan GL
Superman
Lex Luthor
Sinestro

I'll go on later about behind the scenes stuff we've been quiet about, but I wanted you guys to be the first to hear the announcement as it was going on.

Thanks for making our dream come true...

[boss]

I repeatedly have the same toy related dream where I see WGSH's out of the corner of my eye at a Toys R Us. As I walk over to the toys, they are a little different. Not quite megos of old, but close. I guess I now know why I have that dream.

and talk about paying your dues... Paul my hat is off to you.