More EMCE Star Trek Pikes/Salt Vampires?

[captact]

i want vina and nurse chapel!

me tooooooooooooooooo!

[sprytel]

I used a vintage mego Richie Cunningham head for my Mr Riley it works pretty well but I think Lt Leslie or Mr Kyle are the most worthy as they appear in multiple episodes

I use Richie Cunningham for Riley, too! And the blonde Swat guy (Hondo, I think?) in one of Theressa's jumpsuits makes a pretty good Kyle.

[mpramuk]

Definitely Nurse Chapel, Lt. Leslie & Yeoman Rand (though I use Uhura's uniform on Dinah Mite as a quick & easy substitute).

For aliens I'd love to see Mudd (would be a nice 2-fer to also do one of his Alice androids as well and have them made with random numbers on their necklace), Vina (using the WOZ witch body with a black Dinah Mite painted green just isn't doing it!) and Trelane. I also like the idea of the female Romulan (the original Mego uniform design would be more in keeping with reMego but doing the correct uniform would generate additional sales from people wanting the uniform to make a Romulan crew).

[melkorjunior]

I have gone back to pick these up and got them all for excellent-to-decent prices, except McCoy, The Gorn and the Romulan, all still needed. I have no room for the playset, unfortunately. I know some people would hate to see another run of these repros , and DST has not ruled that out, but I bet a lot of people like me would welcome it, along with new ones. They could make Kirk with his green shirt, as to not make more of what seems to be common standard yellow shirt Kirks. And any revival of a star Trek line will need a Kirk and probably Spock. I'd love to see Next Generation expanded and fleshed out too.

I had the same problem finding a McCoy until I decided to kitbash one. I bought a blue Trek uniform from Doc Mego and then I ended up buying a cheap original Mego McCoy on ebay for about $20. The body was shot to hell and the uniform was crap but the head was perfect. I used the Mego head, the Doc Mego outfit and a spare EMCE Trek body I had lying around from Mirror Kirk (didn't like that headsculpt so I gave his uniform to Khan) and voila, instant McCoy. Yes, repro McCoy is considerbaly more expensive than kitbashing one with an original Mego head. Ironic.

I skipped the Romulan because I've never been a huge fan of it (the uniform is just wrong) and as for the Gorn, I just had to be patient until one came up on ebay for a semi-reasonable price.

Oh, and my EMCE Klingon has also been recycled for kitbashing, as I've never liked that uniform either: I'm using his head for Shazam's foe Black Adam (a much better head than the Mattel one, and he looks a lot more like an Egyptian to boot) and I'm using the Klingon uniform for Dr. Zaius, whom I've decided is an alien from a parallel earth where apes destroyed humanity and then went on to build an interstellar empire. One of the best things about Megos, for me, has always been the ease of kitbashing them together; I don't play with them like I did when I was a kid, but putting different heads and outfits together to make new characters according to my imagination is the way I play these days. And the Keeper is wearing that Romulan uniform now.

[TRDouble]

I had the same problem finding a McCoy until I decided to kitbash one. I bought a blue Trek uniform from Doc Mego and then I ended up buying a cheap original Mego McCoy on ebay for about $20. The body was shot to hell and the uniform was crap but the head was perfect. I used the Mego head, the Doc Mego outfit and a spare EMCE Trek body I had lying around from Mirror Kirk (didn't like that headsculpt so I gave his uniform to Khan) and voila, instant McCoy. Yes, repro McCoy is considerably more expensive than kitbashing one with an original Mego head. Ironic...

I have noticed that too and have been keeping my eyes peeled for a decent McCoy head so I can kitbash my own. The crew was my main focus when I decided to go back and grab these, but I'd like to get the others for completion and maybe display's sake (I forgot that I need a Khan too, so I need four). I know some are wrong, but they still say "Mego" to me and I think it's more nostalgia than it is accuracy for me when it comes to the repros, unlike the new ones, like 1966 Batman.

I need the Salt Vampire and Pike too (now my number is up to SIX!), but neither are necessities, although I'd like the Salt Vampire, not so much Pike.

[melkorjunior]

The Salt Vampire's awesome, I'm displaying it with my Universal Monster and Twilight Zone figures as it looks more like a monster than an alien to me.

[hedrap]

I regret not grabbing the Salt Vampire. Can't remember why I didn't since I love the design.

My picks are still - Ruk, Mudd, Kang, a Tellerite, a correct Talosian and a Mark Lenard set with Sarek/Romulan Commander outfits.

Chapel and an Orion should be exclusives where, for example, you have to buy three above to order one female.

[SKotK]

I really would have liked more TNG figures--Data and Worf, at least. They would have been great sellers, I think. Maybe a Romulan and a Cardassian to go with the Borg. Oh, well. Maybe someone else will pick up the license for 8" Trek figures someday? It seems that just about everything is getting the 8" treatment right now.

I think it would have been cool to have more TNG figures too, although not really for my own interest...I like them, but didn't consider them necessary to my own collection (which is based around nostalgia for Classic Trek and MEGO). I picked up all of the EMCE Trek figures for myself (barring Pike, who I still need), and I did wind up buying Picard and the Borg, but I bought them as a gift for friends of mine who are more TNG fans than Classic Trek! I'm happy with that.

--SKot

[TrekStar]

Like to see Ruk, Harry Mudd, Tellerite, a correct Talosian, a correct Mugato and how about Cyrano Jones
( Trouble withTribbles ) and a Vians alien from the episode ( The Empath ) and lots more if you think about it.

[TRDouble]

What did anyone think of the Khan figure?

[melkorjunior]

I thought the Khan figure had an awesome head-sculpt, though the skin tone was a bit red. Definitely a cool addition to the line. I put him in Mirror Kirk's uniform because the basic red crewman outfit he was wearing just isn't worthy of such a great character (although it is episode-accurate.)

[madmarva]

Yeoman Rand was always a favorite of mine.

[PNGwynne]

Sarak & Amanda
Rand & Tellerite
Chapel & Trelane
Leslie & Mudd
Green-shirt Kirk & Vina/Marta
Med. tunic McCoy & Kor/Kang


Or some combination thereof; Ah, one can dream.

[SKotK]

What did anyone think of the Khan figure?

I was very pleased with the Khan figure. More than any other in the line, it seemed to belong to the time period it was designed to look like. The outfit having such an open v-neck chest was not necessarily accurate to the episode, but definitely accurate to the spirit of the character (and the line). I give it a big thumbs up.

--SKot

[TRDouble]

I was very pleased with the Khan figure. More than any other in the line, it seemed to belong to the time period it was designed to look like. The outfit having such an open v-neck chest was not necessarily accurate to the episode, but definitely accurate to the spirit of the character (and the line). I give it a big thumbs up.

--SKot

I just got him and McCoy in the mail today. Khan is great! I am glad I got him. That just leaves Pike and the Salt Vampire, neither necessities, but I will pick them up if I can find them at a decent price.

I (almost) finished these up much quicker than I thought I would. A little patience and a lot of luck helped.