I had the '74 Mego Star Trek figures as a kid. Loved them,! Loved the Apes, loved the DC & Marvel Heroes as well. The Star Trek figures (aside from Lt Uhura) were cohesive.... they matched! This new wave looks like three different toy companies made action figures and branded them Mego.
I guess the hair looks like Sulu. The sculpt is just so soft, it looks more like a store mannequin than an actual person. Still better than that homunculus they called Andre the Giant. Love your stuff Dan, keep going against the grain.
The Sulu sculpt on the Mirror universe version is pretty good so improvements do get made. It's too bad there are so many early missteps. Thanks for your comments and support. I always appreciate it.
The 1970s Star Trek line was sculpted after the Filmation cartoon series, so the vintage figures aren't trying to be TV accurate. So the new Mego Sulu and Chekov are supposed to look like their cartoon characters to fit into the vintage line. I'm happy to have new Star Trek Mego figures, especially the re-released Aliens. As a kid who had the vintage figures, I have to agree the vintage figures are superior. But, I like to make lemonade out of lemons, so I also enjoy the new figures for what they are. Cheap nostalgia. My only gripe is no fat bodies are in this Star Trek line. Gimme Harry Mudd! As always, a hard hitting, honest review. Thanks for the entertainment.
Thanks John! I didn't know those were based on the cartoon. They should have used art from the Filmation series on the new packaging for context. I know improvements are being made as well so as long as the price is right, I will continue to give Mego a chance. Thanks again, John your comments are always appreciated.
LOL Paul Clarke aka Dr. Mego, recently said that Marty Abrams told him that the original 1974 figures were based on the live action show from the 60s and that the animated series came after MEGO had released the figures. Funny how the animated series came out in 1973 and the figures came out a year or two later. But Marty seems to be holding on to that version of the story.
Sorry John but that's not true. The cartoon and Mego had nothing to do with each other. The sculptors used images from the live-action 1960's series to sculpt the likenesses. I'm not sure who told you this cartoon series stuff but they made it up.
I have to agree with you. The thing that bothers me is the uniforms on the new Trek figures are so inconsistent from figure to figure. Also Scott and McCoy have the command division insignias (gold shirts) on their shirts instead of Engineering (red) and Science (blue).
Like John Wild stated, the vintage MEGO figures were done after the Filmation cartoon. The EMCE releases were great to have and we got Chekov and Sulu who were done to look like the classic cartoon. As far as the nuMEGO figures go, the folks who do the sculpting do a great job. As far as the Bones head sculpt goes, to me it doesn't look so good. The face looks chubby and the likeness to the cartoon is not there. nuMEGO should have just kept with the vintage sculpt Bones. But then look at what they did to the Kirk head! It is amazing seeing these and thinking about that they have been putting out. It is an endless toy line filled with bad shit. Glad you made this video. It was needed!
He's a 12 inch figure that runs large. It took me forever to get him into that Star Trek outfit. I actually get a new Jesse for every outfit change. I currently have 4 lol
Funny review hit and miss the universal monsters pretty cool and the Hammer figures are really cool the super white Mccoy kinda cool has the short sleeve so nice variation. It is what it is.
Scalpers are folks that buy items at regular price for the sole purpose of reselling them at a steep profit. It's typically used to describe someone that does this with tickets to events but works to describe somebody who does it with toys. Depending on where you live it can technically be illegal however it's rarely enforced as it's difficult to prove fault for a misdemeanor charge.
That's true. An actual green Gorn with a great sculpt and outfit, also the salt vampire is on point as well. The majority of the MEGO horror/monster figures have been great so far so it's not surprising
Re: stains on the heads. If you put a little bit of benzoyl peroxide (zit creme) on the stain, put the head in a sandwich baggie, and lay it out in the sun, it should remove the stain. I bought the green shirt Kirk took off the shirt and put it on a classic Mego Kirk. Looks great.
Another great episode. Or shall I say "Fascinating"? You know I always dig the Star Trek stuff. I have yet to pick up Scotty and Bones. I was really excited when I saw Bones at retail but was immediately disillusioned by the zombie-like looks of the damn thing. I want to get both of them now that they've done the running change on McCoy. I don't think I was even aware of the Sulu and Chekov figures. I think the "Mirror Mirror" Sulu is superior. I hope that at some point in the near future we get a better Kirk sculpt and more live action accurate versions Sulu and Chekov... hell even Uhura could use a revision. I feel like the most glaring issue with the new figures overall is that when you see them all together they do not work as a cohesive line, due to the variations in sculpt quality (and undead McCoy). Either way, I assume that Mego will make more or the original crew and hopefully improve them along the way. It's the only... Logical outcome ;)
Mego did a replacement campaign for Bones. I got mine for free from Mego. The brand new 55th anniversary Kirk 8s pale as well. The pale Bones could the a victim of the Salt Vampire.. The new Klingon is pretty boss too. Modeled after Kang...
First of all abosolute great review!!!, and I'm glad someone reviewed these figures that was not around when the vintage ones came out. So your decision was strictly off of which ones were better and not the nostalgic part of it. I myself actually owned these original vintage figures when they came out in the 70s, and as a kid we Loved these figures and still do. Hours of super st play time with these bad boys!!They were the only Star Trek we got back then that were well-made and relevant to the TV shows. As far as these new ones the uniforms are excellent the upgrades on the accessories are awesome but the figures themselves are horrible the bodies👎 and the over size soft head sculpts👎 are horrible!! I am not happy with these figures at all. I bought a few simply because I love Star Trek but I will buy no more. You hit the nail right on the head all they had to do was redo the old ones with all the new tweaks(uniforms/accessories)and we would have been happy as hell!!!! To find vintage figures in excellent condition are expensive so getting some retro redone figs would have been cool. Megos new monster line is awesome but they hurt my heart with these new St figures. Again great review and you got your self a new subscriber 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽somebody had to tell the truth🖖its not enuff just to give me a nice box. The Mr. Sulu and Mr Chekov head sculps where used first by the figure toy company.
Thanks for the sub and your kind words. Although I didn't grow up with Mego , I did grow up with Trek. Getting a hold of the vintage figures has been great fun. Although these new figures don't measure up, rumor has it that better figures with S Type bodies are on the way from Mego. Also I have heard talk that Playmates may get back into the Star Trek business as well and I love those figures. Anyway thanks again for checking out the video.
@@DanClassic playmates to me beats all other Star Trek toys. Own them all including play sets and ships. Playmates don’t get enuff credit for that. Hope mego does better.
Cool video. Although I'm not so sure about the hand painted thing in the 70's. They used a special type of spray paint that sticks to rubber real good. I've been told that type of paint has been environmentally illegal in the US for many decades. That's just what I heard. By no means am I claiming this as a fact. And I must admit that I like the rubber bands because of nostalgia. Nothing else. Just nostalgia. The S bodies seem to modern to me. Like they're just designed to look like Mego's without actually being Mego's. But I'm sure I'm a minority in thinking that, lol. I understand that the S bodies are more durable and long lasting. Out of the original 14, I have 11 of them. I still buy Nu-Mego figures and I've enjoyed them. Thanks for a cool video.
@@DanClassic CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Now I gotta buy two 2021 8 inch Captain Kirks. When you got time take a look at a video called My mego 14 inch mr spock is better than your mego 14 inch mr spock.
Your review is spot-on. The nu-MEGO line was massively “hit and miss.” Fortunately, I got the Romulan, Sulu and Chekov early-on, along with the Kirk/Spock mirror-universe set. I recently purchased the 55th Spock and Kirk (dress uniform). Got that awesome Scotty today. I refuse to buy Bones and Uhura, because they do indeed suck. I’ll have to watch for the new, revised Kirk and the Bones update.
Kirk's eyebrows! LOL! I had most of the original figures in the mid 1970s. Sadly, no idea where they are now. Wouldn't buy the new ones. The originals are generally better.
Agreed. I didn't grow up with the original line but even being beat up and used, my vintage Megos are far superior to these poor modern attempts. Thanks for checking out the review!
Vintage is always better overall!! Ghost Bones is garbage!! Wtf were they even thinking. Although the vintage is too a tad to dark in my opinion. But Still kicks ghost bones ass!!
No. I meant it all starts with MEGO because the Remco toys were crap. And had we had to depend on Remco for Star Trek figures, I shudder to think what derivative garbage they would have come up with. Although they could have just cribbed Mego's 8 inch clothed figures eventually like Remco did with Mattel's MOTU bodies in the 80s.
I have to say I rather like the vintage figures better. The new Scotty and Bones McCoy are terrible looking. The new Kirk, however, is fantastic. Unfortunately the uniforms are so inconsistent in the new figures. I wish Mego would re release them all in updated versions with updated uniforms. Im not sure why Checkov has Brown hair 🤔 The bad thing is that the phaser and communicator are placed on the belt in reverse and the newer figures should have the color updated equipment. Checkov and Sulu are based after the cartoon show. The new phasers handles are too skinny and just fall out of the hands. The new bandless bodies suck by the way. Damn your treatment of these figures is truly disturbing.
2021 Scotty blows the 1974 Scotty out of the freaking water! Received a new McCoy figure with better color, Last night, from the seller I had originally purchased from. MEGO sent it for free since the first one was a major F up.
Could do without the foul language, I had to turn this of,because of you swearing all the time ,your giving toy collectors a bad name and also children watch this, get you act together.
Children shouldn't be watching this. It's not for kids. Sorry to offend your sensitive ears Sean. Clean up your spelling and grammar, and somebody might take you seriously. Anyway thanks for the engagement. 😉
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I had the '74 Mego Star Trek figures as a kid. Loved them,! Loved the Apes, loved the DC & Marvel Heroes as well. The Star Trek figures (aside from Lt Uhura) were cohesive.... they matched! This new wave looks like three different toy companies made action figures and branded them Mego.
I love the vintage Mego figures.
A new Kirk sculpt is coming soon in the yellow shirt.
I saw that. Hopefully it looks a bit better
The likeness of Takei and Konig in the new models are easily more accurate than the old Shatner and Nimoy models. The newer Doohan one is excellent.
Update: Dec.1,2021 Mego's Kirk Star Trek: 55 Year Anniversary is out! And it is far better than the unfortunate 70's type remold attempt!
Can you believe Kirk went to space for REALS!? :O
I guess the hair looks like Sulu. The sculpt is just so soft, it looks more like a store mannequin than an actual person. Still better than that homunculus they called Andre the Giant. Love your stuff Dan, keep going against the grain.
The Sulu sculpt on the Mirror universe version is pretty good so improvements do get made. It's too bad there are so many early missteps. Thanks for your comments and support. I always appreciate it.
This review is so hilarious great commentary
Thanks!
Dantastic Review! "You just got Reviewed!"✊🏼
The 1970s Star Trek line was sculpted after the Filmation cartoon series, so the vintage figures aren't trying to be TV accurate. So the new Mego Sulu and Chekov are supposed to look like their cartoon characters to fit into the vintage line. I'm happy to have new Star Trek Mego figures, especially the re-released Aliens. As a kid who had the vintage figures, I have to agree the vintage figures are superior. But, I like to make lemonade out of lemons, so I also enjoy the new figures for what they are. Cheap nostalgia. My only gripe is no fat bodies are in this Star Trek line. Gimme Harry Mudd! As always, a hard hitting, honest review. Thanks for the entertainment.
Thanks John! I didn't know those were based on the cartoon. They should have used art from the Filmation series on the new packaging for context. I know improvements are being made as well so as long as the price is right, I will continue to give Mego a chance. Thanks again, John your comments are always appreciated.
LOL Paul Clarke aka Dr. Mego, recently said that Marty Abrams told him that the original 1974 figures were based on the live action show from the 60s and that the animated series came after MEGO had released the figures. Funny how the animated series came out in 1973 and the figures came out a year or two later. But Marty seems to be holding on to that version of the story.
Sorry John but that's not true. The cartoon and Mego had nothing to do with each other. The sculptors used images from the live-action 1960's series to sculpt the likenesses. I'm not sure who told you this cartoon series stuff but they made it up.
@@Forest_Giant I believe you're correct. Besides that, Chekov was not represented on the cartoon series.
I have to agree with you. The thing that bothers me is the uniforms on the new Trek figures are so inconsistent from figure to figure. Also Scott and McCoy have the command division insignias (gold shirts) on their shirts instead of Engineering (red) and Science (blue).
Your one of my favorite channels. I tell my friends to check you out all the time but do they F no.
Thanks man! I'm glad you're here.
What about comparing them to the Playmates 9 inch figures?
I'm sure I'll get around to that eventually. I've got the whole Playmates TOS crew.
Mego did a revision on the Bones McCoy. If you would've contacted Mego they would have sent you a new McCoy body with the corrected skin tone.
Like John Wild stated, the vintage MEGO figures were done after the Filmation cartoon. The EMCE releases were great to have and we got Chekov and Sulu who were done to look like the classic cartoon. As far as the nuMEGO figures go, the folks who do the sculpting do a great job. As far as the Bones head sculpt goes, to me it doesn't look so good. The face looks chubby and the likeness to the cartoon is not there. nuMEGO should have just kept with the vintage sculpt Bones. But then look at what they did to the Kirk head! It is amazing seeing these and thinking about that they have been putting out. It is an endless toy line filled with bad shit. Glad you made this video. It was needed!
Glad to make it! And there's more where that came from!
@@DanClassic Good! Someone needs to be on top of nuMEGO and you are that guy!
Im thinking Jesse would make a good custom trek fig maybe Admiral Jesse V
He's a 12 inch figure that runs large. It took me forever to get him into that Star Trek outfit. I actually get a new Jesse for every outfit change. I currently have 4 lol
Funny review hit and miss the universal monsters pretty cool and the Hammer figures are really cool the super white Mccoy kinda cool has the short sleeve so nice variation. It is what it is.
Thanks for checking out the review!
What are scalpers I don’t understand
Scalpers are folks that buy items at regular price for the sole purpose of reselling them at a steep profit. It's typically used to describe someone that does this with tickets to events but works to describe somebody who does it with toys. Depending on where you live it can technically be illegal however it's rarely enforced as it's difficult to prove fault for a misdemeanor charge.
@@DanClassic oh wow those bastards freaking scalpers now I know thanks
They are evil and must be burned at the stake immediately right after their action figures are confiscated and fairly distributed
@@jpmcelroy5729 well is good that I never encounter one.I’m gonna try not the beat the crap out of a scalper so hard tho.
I had the old figures and some of the new ones. I also had the Bridge...that was great.
at least they got the aliens correct. They look awesome.
That's true. An actual green Gorn with a great sculpt and outfit, also the salt vampire is on point as well. The majority of the MEGO horror/monster figures have been great so far so it's not surprising
@@DanClassic I have the Son of Frankenstein figure. MEGO did a great job with Karloff’s likeness and the outfit is excellent.
I came up with a Dan Classic Special Idea its called The Wrath of Jesse V what do you think??
Sounds fun. I had the same idea for another character. There's a lot more Trek figures so I'm sure there will be more Trek skits to come!
Re: stains on the heads.
If you put a little bit of benzoyl peroxide (zit creme) on the stain, put the head in a sandwich baggie, and lay it out in the sun, it should remove the stain.
I bought the green shirt Kirk took off the shirt and put it on a classic Mego Kirk. Looks great.
This review is hilarious.
Thanks! I appreciate you checking it out.
We should fucking change to the outfits for them for the bones
Another great episode. Or shall I say "Fascinating"? You know I always dig the Star Trek stuff. I have yet to pick up Scotty and Bones. I was really excited when I saw Bones at retail but was immediately disillusioned by the zombie-like looks of the damn thing. I want to get both of them now that they've done the running change on McCoy. I don't think I was even aware of the Sulu and Chekov figures. I think the "Mirror Mirror" Sulu is superior. I hope that at some point in the near future we get a better Kirk sculpt and more live action accurate versions Sulu and Chekov... hell even Uhura could use a revision. I feel like the most glaring issue with the new figures overall is that when you see them all together they do not work as a cohesive line, due to the variations in sculpt quality (and undead McCoy). Either way, I assume that Mego will make more or the original crew and hopefully improve them along the way. It's the only... Logical outcome ;)
dont get the zombie mccoy
@@jpmcelroy5729 No man, they did a running change and there are more fleshy ones out now.
What is that stain on Spock ? Space herpes? Okay who got freaky with the Vulcan???
Mego did a replacement campaign for Bones. I got mine for free from Mego. The brand new 55th anniversary Kirk 8s pale as well. The pale Bones could the a victim of the Salt Vampire.. The new Klingon is pretty boss too. Modeled after Kang...
Your right on, Mego giving us crap.
First of all abosolute great review!!!, and I'm glad someone reviewed these figures that was not around when the vintage ones came out. So your decision was strictly off of which ones were better and not the nostalgic part of it. I myself actually owned these original vintage figures when they came out in the 70s, and as a kid we Loved these figures and still do. Hours of super st play time with these bad boys!!They were the only Star Trek we got back then that were well-made and relevant to the TV shows. As far as these new ones the uniforms are excellent the upgrades on the accessories are awesome but the figures themselves are horrible the bodies👎 and the over size soft head sculpts👎 are horrible!! I am not happy with these figures at all. I bought a few simply because I love Star Trek but I will buy no more. You hit the nail right on the head all they had to do was redo the old ones with all the new tweaks(uniforms/accessories)and we would have been happy as hell!!!! To find vintage figures in excellent condition are expensive so getting some retro redone figs would have been cool. Megos new monster line is awesome but they hurt my heart with these new St figures. Again great review and you got your self a new subscriber 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽somebody had to tell the truth🖖its not enuff just to give me a nice box. The Mr. Sulu and Mr Chekov head sculps where used first by the figure toy company.
Thanks for the sub and your kind words. Although I didn't grow up with Mego , I did grow up with Trek. Getting a hold of the vintage figures has been great fun. Although these new figures don't measure up, rumor has it that better figures with S Type bodies are on the way from Mego. Also I have heard talk that Playmates may get back into the Star Trek business as well and I love those figures. Anyway thanks again for checking out the video.
@@DanClassic playmates to me beats all other Star Trek toys. Own them all including play sets and ships. Playmates don’t get enuff credit for that. Hope mego does better.
Cool video. Although I'm not so sure about the hand painted thing in the 70's. They used a special type of spray paint that sticks to rubber real good. I've been told that type of paint has been environmentally illegal in the US for many decades. That's just what I heard. By no means am I claiming this as a fact. And I must admit that I like the rubber bands because of nostalgia. Nothing else. Just nostalgia. The S bodies seem to modern to me. Like they're just designed to look like Mego's without actually being Mego's. But I'm sure I'm a minority in thinking that, lol. I understand that the S bodies are more durable and long lasting. Out of the original 14, I have 11 of them. I still buy Nu-Mego figures and I've enjoyed them. Thanks for a cool video.
I myself enjoy modifying action figures. The new Captain Kirk can be so easily corrected.
Still won't look as good as the vintage figure
@@DanClassic CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Now I gotta buy two 2021 8 inch Captain Kirks. When you got time take a look at a video called My mego 14 inch mr spock is better than your mego 14 inch mr spock.
The 2018 Scotty was the only one close enough to the classic 1974. I have the OG 1974 Mego
Your review is spot-on. The nu-MEGO line was massively “hit and miss.” Fortunately, I got the Romulan, Sulu and Chekov early-on, along with the Kirk/Spock mirror-universe set. I recently purchased the 55th Spock and Kirk (dress uniform). Got that awesome Scotty today. I refuse to buy Bones and Uhura, because they do indeed suck. I’ll have to watch for the new, revised Kirk and the Bones update.
Kirk's eyebrows! LOL! I had most of the original figures in the mid 1970s. Sadly, no idea where they are now. Wouldn't buy the new ones. The originals are generally better.
Agreed. I didn't grow up with the original line but even being beat up and used, my vintage Megos are far superior to these poor modern attempts. Thanks for checking out the review!
The sculpt on the kirks is the same, but the colors are off.
The uniforms on the originals are way better
Your "stain" on Spock's chin may actually be a wearaway of the paint.
Is the base plastic really dark blue?
@@DanClassic It's common on vintage figues. It's a sign of age. The heads are cast in flesh tones then hair, lips, eyes, eyebrows are painted on.
I'm the new doctor McCoy looks like Kennedy and you're right the 70s look better than the present once one's
Vintage is always better overall!! Ghost Bones is garbage!! Wtf were they even thinking. Although the vintage is too a tad to dark in my opinion. But Still kicks ghost bones ass!!
You're so right! Those new headsculpts are AWFUL!!!
Did you mean to say It all starts with Remco? Because they were making Star Trek toys from 1968 to 1971.
No. I meant it all starts with MEGO because the Remco toys were crap. And had we had to depend on Remco for Star Trek figures, I shudder to think what derivative garbage they would have come up with. Although they could have just cribbed Mego's 8 inch clothed figures eventually like Remco did with Mattel's MOTU bodies in the 80s.
@@DanClassic I said that because you started talking about Remco first.
Oh maybe Kirk is trying to be more metrosexual?? Maybe being in space all those years got to him?
Why didn’t you not get the Goran
Or Ethan Peck?...lol
I have to say I rather like the vintage figures better. The new Scotty and Bones McCoy are terrible looking. The new Kirk, however, is fantastic. Unfortunately the uniforms are so inconsistent in the new figures. I wish Mego would re release them all in updated versions with updated uniforms.
Im not sure why Checkov has Brown hair 🤔
The bad thing is that the phaser and communicator are placed on the belt in reverse and the newer figures should have the color updated equipment. Checkov and Sulu are based after the cartoon show. The new phasers handles are too skinny and just fall out of the hands.
The new bandless bodies suck by the way.
Damn your treatment of these figures is truly disturbing.
2021 Scotty blows the 1974 Scotty out of the freaking water! Received a new McCoy figure with better color, Last night, from the seller I had originally purchased from. MEGO sent it for free since the first one was a major F up.
Awesome. I've seen the recolor McCoy but I still think the 74 sculpt is a bit better.
Could do without the foul language, I had to turn this of,because of you swearing all the time ,your giving toy collectors a bad name and also children watch this, get you act together.
Children shouldn't be watching this. It's not for kids. Sorry to offend your sensitive ears Sean. Clean up your spelling and grammar, and somebody might take you seriously. Anyway thanks for the engagement. 😉
Agreed, wish he cared a little bit more about his audience like he does about Megos. Other than that it's a pretty good video