DST Spider-Man Limited Edition Collector Set

[DSTZach]

Will the repro box include the correct insert? And any chance the box could be the 'Electric Company' version?

It will likely not be a 100% accurate repro box, since it won't have the Mego logo or anything, as far as I know, so I doubt it will say Electric Company, and I don't know if there will be an insert. Perhaps Doc can weigh in.

Agree, the Peter head and clothes are the only thing they nailed in this set. Have to wonder how well this will sell if it comes out in October or so around the same time the first Superman wave or something similar comes from FTC. For the price of one figure and 2 suits from Diamond, you can get three figures MOC from FTC.

Well, two suits, two heads and a lot of accessories and interchangeable parts. There's also a retrospective booklet. But aside from the fact that they're both Mego-inspired products, they're not really similar. Besides the price point and our set's emphasis on customizability and play features, Spider-Man and Superman are pretty different. They may be their respective companies' flagship characters, but I'm not sure how much their fan bases overlap.

Maybe a Mego collector on a limited budget will have to choose between them, but we expect to sell this set to a lot of Spider-Man fans who aren't necessarily Mego collectors, and it also makes for a pretty cool gift idea.

[FamousCoversFan]

Could Ant-Man be a possibility for 2015? He is getting his own movie after all... probably the best time ever to make such a figure.
Classic Ant-Man with a Hank Pym and Yellowjacket outfit and a Scott Lang extra head. Ow and of course ants as accessories.

[tllgn]

I just hope that the spidey heads & peter head are not done like Pike ,Picard or the mirror-mirror figures-all
painted,i would rather see them done more like the first 15 emce star trek figures. more like classic mego paint
jobs.

[LonnieFisher]

https://whatwouldspideydo.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/amazing-spider-man-53-gwen.jpg

The Peter outfit is perfect.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

The more I look at this set, the less I kinda want it. I dont really need a repro box with spidey, nor do I really want the other spidey suit. The actual PP costume is great though, and just wish we could get a boxed version of that.

Agree, the Peter head and clothes are the only thing they nailed in this set. Have to wonder how well this will sell if it comes out in October or so around the same time the first Superman wave or something similar comes from FTC. For the price of one figure and 2 suits from Diamond, you can get three figures MOC from FTC.

[alex]

The more I look at this set, the less I kinda want it. I dont really need a repro box with spidey, nor do I really want the other spidey suit. The actual PP costume is great though, and just wish we could get a boxed version of that.

[melkorjunior]

For me, circle-suit Spidey's going in the repro box to be displayed on my boxed Mego shelf, and Peter Parker and webbing-arms Spidey will be displayed together on my loose Mego shelf. And I think people are underestimating how much the Peter Parker figure is going to really elevate this set. He'll be the best alter-ego figure ever made if the release looks like the prototype. No more Shazam masquerading as Peter, thankfully.

But as I've said before, Peter is one of the few alter egos I think people really want. I have no interest in Don Blake or Bruce Banner and very little interest in Steve Rogers (unless he comes with a stealth suit.) The one alter ego I really want is Matt Murdock, and I hope EMCE are at least considering a Daredevil set. I think Daredevil is the best choice for an unproduced Mego after Wolverine, and his various looks give EMCE plenty of options--how about a Mego style DD, a modern DD and a Murdock alter ego, along with an alternate yellow and red costume, and a retractable billy club? I'd buy the crap out of that set.

Character choice is one of the things that will make or break this line.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

Will the repro box include the correct insert? And any chance the box could be the 'Electric Company' version?

[Timothy2251]

I've waited YEARS for a web-pits Spidey Mego! That alone made this set a must get for me! Well, that and all the other goodies the set comes with, but hey...

[melkorjunior]

The webbing under the arms is an excellent addition.

[Boywonder0]

We mocked it up because we wanted to do it for real, and we still are, as far as I know.

And it's not exactly a modern Spider-Man as it is a modernized FIGURE of Spider-Man, as opposed to a Retro-styled figure. It has some classic details (web wings, for instance).

^^^ Yipeee!!! Thank you, Dr Mego and whoever else is involved in making these happen! Please bring them all again (Captain America, Thor, Iron Man and Hulk)! God bless!

[DSTZach]

We mocked it up because we wanted to do it for real, and we still are, as far as I know.

And it's not exactly a modern Spider-Man as it is a modernized FIGURE of Spider-Man, as opposed to a Retro-styled figure. It has some classic details (web wings, for instance).

[derekakadrock]

Will the final version of the modern Spider-Man have the webbing under the arms? I wasn't sure if that was just a mock-up detail.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

The repro box comes out of the display tray, and I'm fairly certain Peter comes with flesh hands like the new Spidey comes with web-shooting hands. I think we've only displayed mock ups of the final set.

I don't think you will ever see multi-character or multi-figure box sets due to our agreement, but who knows what the future may hold. I also don't think we're looking to make sets that are any more expensive than they already are by adding figures or characters, but again, who knows.

Excellent, if the repro box can be displayed with Spidey by itself then that makes me more likely to buy it. Would be nice to display the DC figures MOC from FTC and the Marvel figures MIB from Diamond.

[DSTZach]

The repro box comes out of the display tray, and I'm fairly certain Peter comes with flesh hands like the new Spidey comes with web-shooting hands. I think we've only displayed mock ups of the final set.

I don't think you will ever see multi-character or multi-figure box sets due to our agreement, but who knows what the future may hold. I also don't think we're looking to make sets that are any more expensive than they already are by adding figures or characters, but again, who knows.