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Brad Brickley
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I loved these as a kid! I remember getting the removable Batman cowl
action figure and playing with it forever! Until I lost it, or the body broke
apart. I think it had rubber bands holding it together and I ended up
breaking a few. I'm sure my Mom got tired of buying new ones. They were
sure fun. Cool site.
http://www.megomuseum.com/index.html
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Michael Connell
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Yeah, I had almost all of those, only missing Thor, Falcon, Wonder Woman, Batgirl & Supergirl. They were great indeed. When the rubberband that held them together would break I'd beg for a replacement figure and bury the broken one in my backyard with a pretend funeral. I suppose one day someone will unearth the Mego cemetary in the backyard of our old house.
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Joe Hollon
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As a child of the 80s, I have always prefered the smaller size action figures....so my favorite Megos are the Pocket Heroes:
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Brad Brickley
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We didn't have anything else in those dark days of the 1970's! It was a simpler time! When comics were good and women wore mini-skirts!
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Michael Connell
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Those Mego pocket heroes came out in the late 70's, I remember having a few, but they always looked odd like they were squatting.
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John Byrne
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grumble grumble ten miles to school uphill both ways in the snow grumble grumbleWhen I was a kid, it was pretty slim pickings for toys. Oh, sure, there were neat things that came along from time to time, but the idea of "action figures" was totally alien. You might be lucky to get a box of toy soldiers, as seen in TOY STORY, but most of those wouldn't actually stand up by themselves! (I "invented" action figures when I was about 11, by getting some toy cowboys -- who had removavle gear, so they didn't really look like cowboys -- cutting off their arms and legs and pushing pins thru the "joints" so as to articulate them.) As I moved into my early teens, I became increasingly convinced that the toy companies were actually spying on me. "Okay -- Byrne is starting to lose interest in toys! Release the GI Joes!" "Hey, look! He's really not interested any more! Unleash Major Matt Mason!" Grrrrrr
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Michael Connell
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By the way, anyone remember those rubber Superman & Batman figures that were made to hang from a rearview mirror? I had those as well (used to buy them at TG&Y) weren't much good for playing with though as you couldn't pose them.
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John Byrne
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To be fair, I did have this guy (tho this is not my original). All he did was roll along the floor and turn around if he bumped into things, but that was pretty impressive when I was 9 years old! He's about 10inches (25cm) tall. I guess he might well qualify as my first robot!
(First posted picture with the new digital camera! Yay!)
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Brad Brickley
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Nice robot! I remember having something similar, though maybe a bit more detailed. Seems like those were the style that prevailed for the longest time until the mid-seventies when Star Wars came out.
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Michael Cross
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I had Tobor the Remote controlled robot..his remote was basically just a clicker that when activated would make him slightly turn aroud..i think it might have been a Sears exclusive..
Edited by Michael Cross on 30 September 2007 at 8:55am
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John Byrne
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I've mentioned that when I was a kid my favorite toy was a tin model of the Lincoln Futura showcar from the mid-Fifties, later chopped and channeled into TV's Batmobile. It's about 11 inches long.* I often poke around the Web, looking for one on sale at a reasonable price. This morning I found this one…
$3600. So still looking!
*The upcoming Hot Wheels TV Batmobile is the same size.
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Michael Cross
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just to add, i did have the Mego Spider-Man, and my buddy has Batman..our other friend had Green Arrow...there you go
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