In my opinion...

[jwyblejr]

Despite me not liking Mattel,I liked these. Just because they made them,I won't hold that fact against them.

[sprytel]

My only negative comment was that I didn't like the faces on the majority of the figures.

Admittedly, Action Jackson *did* set the bar pretty high...

[Audiorij]

They were/are great! A miracle that they happened at all. Mattel made some mistakes, but what are you gonna do about that?

The original MEGOs had their issues, the bodies were made and revamped, some of the faces were a little simple and all that, but I loved them as a kid anyway. I feel the same way about the ReMEGOs. They had some issues, but those issues were improved upon and would of continued to be improved upon.

People used to say MEGOs would never come back and then they did, now they say it's over.. and I would bet we have not seen the last of this type of figure.

[Saroyan]

It's because of DC Retro Action that I'm here.

I had picked up Batman and Aquaman- and many months later saw Shazam hanging at a comic book store and after finding out the line was dying, picked him up as well- and that led me to finding what the status was of Megos on the web- and of course here.

If it weren't for the Retro line, I might still be supressing my action figure urges!

[jimsmegos]

They got me playing again (see Jims Toy Box | A fun place to play (and learn a little too)! ) . That in and of itself puts my negatives to rest. With one exception... I still want a Robin! To have given us virtually the complete cast from Challenge of the Super-friends I think what was done was great.

With the exception of Robin

[alex]

We can moan and groan about the bodys, but who cares I think they were all very well done, and what a load of fun. Toys dont always have to be perfect, and thats the beauty of them.

[Toyman_Chris]

My only negative comment was that I didn't like the faces on the majority of the figures. However, that had not kept me from carrying the line in both of my collectibles stores. They sold/sell well. I would carry them again. I could be wrong, but I don't see the line being completely "over".

[ScottA]

I enjoyed everything about the line except the distribution. I never saw Wave 2 or 4 at my TRU (and I still don't have Wave 4). But everything else was fine once the bodies were fixed. I will miss it.

[thunderbolt]

I personally loved the look of the line, nice and old school Silver age looking DC Heroes.

[raider5gt]

^^^
I quite liked the RAH figures,i thought what Paul and the others did and are still doing is great for the hobby,hats off to them for all their hard work,the GL line was my favourite,along with the Apes but really,i liked them all.If some people did not like the Mattel bodies,then swap em out like a few people did.

Just my 2 pence in olde english money.

[HardyGirl]

I think it's awful that some people are STILL complaining about how bad this line was now that it's gone. Paul and others worked very hard to try and bring the magic that was Mego back to us. Sadly it didn't work. And I'm sorry that people who are not in the know thought that Mego were RAH figures, but that's no reason to get down on the efforts to restore Mego to the masses. Get over it and get on with it. Sheesh.

[johnmiic]

The failure of the line has more to do with distribution, price point and character choices. They couldn't be that goofy = undesirable because Bats and Supes as well as many in the early waves sold out and are hard to find. People are buying up the later waves online and the Matty Collector exclusives are selling briskly. You can't tell the figures have leg problems by looking at every one of them on the blister card. Even so, the ones that had obvious problems sold out too.

Sinestro and Luthor are still warming many pegs here in NY and if they were cheaper I think they would sell. The sculpts on these 2 guys are as good as any Mego from the old days. Many of the sculpts in the line are very good. I would theorize that Luthor sits around because regular customers don't want to pay much $$$ for a bald guy figure. Sinestro has a great sculpt and is downright evil looking. He might sell more if he was cheaper & GL figures were on the pegs with him. Darned if that goofy, defective, unwanted GL figure isn't a dependable sell-out, all the time.

If Mattel had been smart they would have done what Mego would have done in the `70's: pull the Luthor and Sinestro and change the costumes. Re-purpose them and send 'em back out into the wild. The Justice League cartoon revitalized Luthor time and time again: The Evil CEO, The Mad Scientist, The Super Villain, The Convict, The Soldier of Fortune, The Leader of the Legion of Doom. All these versions of Luthor are easily recognizable and DC fans would probably buy any number of these variants. Mattel just isn't quick on their feet to think of this and implement it. Having molded figures has spoiled them.

[GoldBlade6]

"From my point of view, the Jedi are evil!" <-- Worst line ever. Sorry, this thread just reminded me of that line. Please, continue.

[MIB41]

I don't think Reto-action hurt anything having to do with Megos. You might ask yourself whether this crowd would have said the same thing if you had nothing but authentic Mego's at your table. The Mego community is a small, but vital lot. I don't believe it truly spills over into the average neighborhood of kids though. I believe it's fairly limited to those of us who grew up with them and our kids who pick it up from watching us. I applaud the efforts of those who have tried to recreate that 70's experience. But the days of it being a huge market remain tied to the past. Mego has a niche in the marketplace, but not on the scale that other toys enjoy.

[megojim]

Respectfully disagree . . . . Mego stands on it's own for the era it dominated and to those of us that collect the figures for nostalgia's sake. The toy biz these days is too fickle for any line to take off in that manner. Were the figures a little sub-standard I think we'll all agree on that but who would have ever thought we would hold a "Production Flash" in Mego fashion? I choose for my glass to be half full . . .