JDH wrote:
I was a Star Wars/He-Man/Secret Wars kid, but I had a hand-me-down Spidey Mego. I do think I found it a little too doll-like to properly like it as a toy though, so it was by no means a cherished possession.


Given our different ages that makes sense. You were a kid just as the smaller scale action figures took over. Up until then, the Mego 8" scale had been the norm. Before that, the larger 12" scale stuff like GI Joe and Captain Action had been popular.

Kenner's Star Wars line was the last great toy bonanza for me, although Mego had ruled for years. One of the greatest toy business "What Ifs" of all is if Mego hadn't passed on the Star Wars license when they had the chance.

The Mego World's Greatest Super Heroes line really was the greatest. Here you had the biggest names in comic book characters from DC AND Marvel together in the first and greatest inter-company crossover of all.

JDH wrote:
Hey Mr Mania, remember the fun of calling those dress-me-up high-end statues "dolls"? Man, some folks did not see the fun side of that at all.


"Collector dolls!" That infuriated some people. And that's what the Sideshow Premium Format figures are. What else can it be when you dress up a 30" statue of the Hulk with a pair of pants?

JDH wrote:
Mego Aunt May might get her own banner. Have Hallmark invented an Aunt's Day yet?


Next month, on July 26th, plan on celebrating Aunt & Uncle's Day with your relatives. Make sure to bring the yarn and firecrackers. (Insert WTF?! emoticon here.)

That link I provided was actually for the Mego Grandma Walton figure, but she could substitute for dear old Aunt May. Or, you could always use the Famous Covers Mail-Away Aunt May figure. It starts off nigh innocently enough...

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Then you open the cover...

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Is that Lurch, post-operation, inside...?

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The horror. The horror.

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JDH wrote:
Was ROM in scale with a Mego collection?


No, the Greatest of the Spaceknights measures in at a glorious 13" tall.