Pike & Salt Vampire Coooool

[jackson5677]

They BOTH look GREAT!!!

[jemboy2004]

I grabbed them both at Newbury Comics when I seen them as I thought they looked great. I do agree Pike's head color is odd and it's bigger but I still like him but wish it was smaller and the skin tone on the face matched better with the rest of the line and at least with the body.

[megoscott]

Salt Vampire scared the heck out of me when I was a kid. Gotta get that one.

[johnmiic]

Why does Pike not have a Tricorder? Was he meant to have one?

If I had to guess, I think the answer might be that the Tricorder wasn't used when the first pilot was made. I don't think that crew had Tricorders in The Cage. It probably doesn't make sense to add that accessory when it didn't appear in the pilot. You may point out that the Communicator and Phaser included with were not the same as what Captain Pike used. Welllll, true but those accessories are standard for all Trek Mego figures. Red ones for villains and blue ones for heroes.

A thought crosses my mind. Playmates had 3 different scale Pike figures, 5", 9" & 12" but no other Cage characters. Maybe that Nurse Chapel head-sculpt could be rooted with black hair and made into Pikes first officer, Number One. Maybe at least 2 or more other characters could be made. If the blue pilot shirt could be sold separately we could re-dress the EMCE Spock with a different shirt and you have Pikes landing party from the pilot. Just a thought.

[Werewolf]

Yikes, Pike's head is huge. The sculpts a little cartoony but not terrible. Really don't care for the painted on skin tone. Salt Vampire looks good though.

[drmego]

Sorry Andy

Yes he did - sorry Andy - I forgot that he had custom hands.
This figure was prototyped in January of 2010.

I sculpted the Vampires hands too. Just sayin'...

I'm glad SV is getting the thumbs up. Thanks!

[lucasd4]

Are the heads rotocast or resin? If they are rotocast, I don't understand why the entire head would be painted--even the skin of the face??

[megoscott]

That's a bummer.

[thunderbolt]

Pike looks like a bobblehead. Too bad, I was looking forward to this figure.

[pmwasson]

...my Pike review is now up! Fair warning- I wasn't quite as pleased with him-

http://www.apieceoftheaction.net/201...pike-mego.html

potablog

Nice review. You seemed quite fair in your assessment of Pike. I'm still looking forward to getting him.

Maybe one of our customizers could try shrinking the head a bit?

[GoldBlade6]

1. Trays = eww. So not Mego. We lasted 10 Trek figures already + RADCSH from Mattel without trays. Why now?

2. I am ok with Pike's shirt. I really want a Kirk & Spock with those shirts, but MOC.

3. Pike's head is problematic. The skin looks painted instead of molded, which I don't like, and his head seems a bit too big in comparison to at least Kirk. Would have been nice to have a group shot of him with others to see how he stacks up in a display. Also, the likeness is a bit soft and looks a bit more cartoony than the other figures in the line.

[potablog]

...my Pike review is now up! Fair warning- I wasn't quite as pleased with him-

http://www.apieceoftheaction.net/201...pike-mego.html

potablog

[Gorn Captain]

Great figures, though I have to agree with certain remarks about head size and paint application on Pike.
Salt Vampire looks really cool, even though he reminds me of a very hazardous (and unappealing) sex toy...

[MEMEGO]

The Salt Vampire, is an ok figure, I think it fits right in with The classic Mego line. Pike on the other hand, I HATE HIM!!! The body is ok, the outfit, decent, Why are the hands so red? reminds me of the ECME Scotty head, I hated that as well., Also the face paint sucks, makes himn look ackward and not fit in, looks to much like a custome figur done by any customizer. ECME and Diamond should have stuck with the way the heads were made in tha past. Cause this one Misses the mark by a Million Miles.
P.S. Why does Pike not have a Tricorder? Was he meant to have one? or was the pic in the back with him wearing one just a promo pic? This is not such a big deal, but I (We) wiould like to know.

[The Super Collector]

This is a great day for Mego Trek fans.