TMP figures
#1
Posted 15 September 2006 - 06:40 PM
Not sure if this thread will need to be moved...but I was wondering...
I saw an Ilea figures on eBay a while ago....she was wearing her Starfleet uniform & the figure looked pretty cool.
I can't see any on eBay at the moment...I was wondering if people could tell me who made this figure, when & who else they made.
Cheers heaps,
Sam,
Oz.
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Actually I just found a pic of her on a friendly Playtrekkers page:
So she is Mego, this thread will need to be moved!
Who else was in the series?
#4
Posted 15 September 2006 - 07:25 PM
They are nice looking figures...I'll try & hunt them down some day.
It is a shame they didn't manage to finish the main crew.
#5
Posted 16 September 2006 - 02:49 AM
It's a shame Mego didn't make them in their traditional 8" format! Only these pieces of plastic and some 12" figures were made. But the 12" figures didn't have enough details on them, a problem with all Mego's 12" figures.
Mego 12" TMP figures
#6
Posted 16 September 2006 - 09:49 PM
These may be uglyish but would have been a great little set with Uhura, Sulu, Checov, Chapel, Rand, Ilea probe & some other folk mixed in.
Still isn't a bad set...odd they didn't have any accessories.
Did the 8"ers come with anything?
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Just took a loot at the link Bernsy...thank you kindly...it was a much better idea to give the 8"ers inclusions.
You wouldn't have a loose pic of the 8" Ilea would you?
#7
Posted 16 September 2006 - 10:13 PM
Anyone one else remember that?
#8
Posted 17 September 2006 - 06:34 AM
#9
Posted 17 September 2006 - 08:08 AM
#10
Posted 17 September 2006 - 11:57 AM
Anyone one else remember that?
Yes, there was inferior paint used on the later mego figures, including the 8" figures from the same era as the TMP 12" figures. I have never seen any of the earlier figures such as the TOS figures that have ever had this problem. Examples of the 8" figures that have this problem is "Dukes of Hazzard and "Chips" which i have personally seen to have the "Mego disease". Too bad that mego scrimped on the paint for these figures because it severely impacs the value of them i think. On Dr Mego's website, there is a remedy for this which involves removing the head and dipping it in some chemical for a certain perid of time. I have never tried it but Dr Mego seems like an authority on the subject so i would bet that it does work.
Its a real shame that mego didnt do a better job with the sculpts on the TMP figures, i really was disappointed by these figures back in 1979 and still today. I have the Spock figure MIB, which i got for 20 bucks since he had the gray face. I used to have the whole set of the TMP figures MIB, but sold them years ago. I am not really that interested in these since they are so badly sculpted and have the mego disease, but will keep the Spock figure since i normally have at least one of every Spock item produced. I am considering trying the treatment that Dr Mego prescribes to treat the mego disease, i will post the results and whether my Spock figure will pull through or not.
#11
Posted 17 September 2006 - 12:33 PM
These may be uglyish but would have been a great little set with Uhura, Sulu, Checov, Chapel, Rand, Ilea probe & some other folk mixed in.
Still isn't a bad set...odd they didn't have any accessories.
Did the 8"ers come with anything?
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Just took a loot at the link Bernsy...thank you kindly...it was a much better idea to give the 8"ers inclusions.
You wouldn't have a loose pic of the 8" Ilea would you?
You must have missunderstood. Mego only made small all plastic TMP figures (I think they were 3 3/4 inch) and 12" figures. The pictures I posted were pictures of the 12" figures. There were no 8" TMP figures.
About accessories, there were (I think) no accessories for the 12" figures. There was however a TMP Bridge set for the small all plastic figures.
#12
Posted 17 September 2006 - 01:02 PM
#13
Posted 17 September 2006 - 05:35 PM
#14
Posted 17 September 2006 - 06:09 PM
#15
Posted 18 September 2006 - 06:11 PM
Not sure what the klingon came with or the Ilia, i just had the Kirk and Spock figures that had the phasers with them.
#16
Posted 18 September 2006 - 08:48 PM
Anyone got a close up of Decker & Ilea's faces?
#17
Posted 13 November 2006 - 04:05 PM
Did anyone have some more detailed pics, perhaps with crew included, for the TMP Mego Bridge Playset?
Cheers heaps,
Sam.
Pic: NewForce
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Never mind...found a page dedicated to it.
If anyone has one of these for sale at any time...or any price...just let me know. If anyone see's any on eBay...please let me know.
http://www.thelogbook.com/toy/tmp-set/
Does anyone have any comments on this piece? any own it? anyone tried to customise the rest of the crew?
#18
Posted 14 November 2006 - 12:03 AM
I bought a new bridge on eBay for $120, and actually saw another that I wanted to buy for the same price, but it had four figures included ON CARD. I couldnt afford it at the time, so I let it go. I dont know if I should paint the new bridge or not, and I think I will have to glue it, as the tape they used never worked on my old one either.
#19
Posted 14 November 2006 - 03:08 PM
It seems we have Scotty at communications, Spock & McCoy at the helm, another Spock & McCoy doing other things, while Ilea is wandering around near the viewscreen...Decker is at navigation, is that where he was stationed?
Checov, Sulu & Uhura wouldn't be too hard to customise. You could use a re-painted Decker for both men.
Uhura would need some hair molded on the Ilea figure & a paint job.
Where were Sulu & Checov stationed in TMP?
#20
Posted 16 November 2006 - 04:03 PM
Any help would be great...
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