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#1 Artistix

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 06:59 PM

Hey all,

Some new pics & a great video interview with Dr. Mego over at the MegoMuseum about the upcoming Retro items
http://www.megomuseu.../emcetrek.shtml
Scroll to the bottom of the page for more pictures of the new figures.

Interesting Paramount asked them to make changes to Vina so she better resembled Susan Oliver, but when it came to Chapel they had to alter her features so she looked less like Majel!

Original proto next to re-worked proto:

She is certainly beautiful now, though less Majel looking IMO.

They requested a lot of changes to Vina including her face, hair colour & length as well as her outfit.





Move over 'Crazy Hair Crusher'...Vina's taking your title! laugh.gif




I will not get my hopes up that we will see further assortments (they have to get these four figures out first!) but I would certainly love to see a few more characters added...such as Yoeman Rand who was mentioned by NewForce Rick in the past.

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 01:39 PM

Did they explain the reasoning behind making the likeness less like Majel? I would think they would be thrilled about an item with an excellent likeness. Was it a request by the family/estate?

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Posted 14 May 2011 - 06:56 PM

I'm not sure. The interview seems to state Paramount thought she was too angular, but that might have been what Majel's family had told them.

It might explain why the Playmates Chapel figures didn't feature her angular face. Though the Lwaxana figure was really good.

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Posted 16 May 2011 - 06:23 PM

Latest DST Q&A has a question about these:

http://toynewsi.com/...68&itemid=17231

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Posted 17 June 2011 - 09:26 PM

In a recent Q&A for mattel, the designers said that their Retro line has been shleved due to lack of interest. I wonder if this will have any affect on future releases from DST and if they are experiencing the same problems selling this.

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Posted 18 June 2011 - 08:13 AM

QUOTE (TheHSBR @ Jun 17 2011, 11:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
In a recent Q&A for mattel, the designers said that their Retro line has been shleved due to lack of interest. I wonder if this will have any affect on future releases from DST and if they are experiencing the same problems selling this.

My opinion of the Mattel Superheroes line is that they shouldnt even call it Retro. Yes its retro because its similar to the Mego style, but Mattel opted to recreate the Superhero figures and not rerelease the original Mego Superheroes line. I would have been all over a Original Mego superhero line, but after i bought a Superman when they first released, i lost interest in them when they were so far removed from Megos and the figure bodies are so cheap. I have seen several of the releases at my LCB shop and while Mattel seemed to put out new figures that Mego didnt, its still not enough to lure me into buying that line. I think Mattel alienated older collectors who would have liked an original mego line, and younger collectors who may not be interested in a clothed superhero line that is'nt super detailed and articulated like most of todays figures are. Star Trek's retro line was a rerelease of the original line along with a few new entries. Yes, the gorn was updated, but that was a welcome change but i still wouldnt mind having the original mego Gorn to compliment my collection. I hope that DST will continue to release these, and i wouldnt mind having a set of the 2009 Star Trek figures in Mego form, as well as some TNG figures.

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 07:41 PM


Dr. Mego sure has put a lot of work into these figures. He commented on the DC line ending over at Mattycollector:

"I would like to thank everyone for their support of the Retro
Action line. It has been a labor of love for us, and I hope
the remaining completed figures (I will not say who they are)
could be produced and sold through mattycollector.com

The people we worked with at Mattel have all been terrific
and very knowledgeable about DC Comics and megos - something
you don't often find in a toy company.

drmego@drmego.com"


What a kick in the teeth it will be for him if DST cancel Chapel & Vina. He's sculpted them, re-worked them, re-re-worked them...& possibly for nothing.

But, such is life in this business.

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Posted 19 June 2011 - 10:25 PM

It would also mark the second time Nurse Chapel was taken away in figure form and also the 3rd time the Salt Vamp was.

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Posted 21 June 2011 - 06:20 PM

Just saw that Pike and Salt Vampire should be in stores on 7/ 16, according to DST Chuck's latest Tweets on Twitter!

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Posted 21 June 2011 - 07:32 PM

Could you link us to his twitter please? I'd like to follow him.

Edit: nvm, I found him.

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Posted 05 July 2011 - 03:25 PM

Rick says he just got the Pike/Salt Creature in stock and is processing pre-orders!!

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Posted 05 July 2011 - 06:15 PM

That is excellent news for all those who collect these. I cant remember the last time we got some Trek happiness shipped!

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 03:39 PM

I recently got the Pike/ Salt creature set and I am glad to be able to add to my retro Mego collection on my shelf. However, I am not all that thrilled about Pikes head size or the face sculpt. Sallah remarked in his review of this figure that it looked more cartoonish and was similar to the Mattel superheroes heads and sculpts style, and I agree. I am glad to get the figure, but it could have been so much better! I really like the Salt creature and seems to be right in line with Mego style, very happy with it. I really hope we will get Vina and Chapel in near future.

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Posted 18 July 2011 - 06:38 PM

Thanks for the honest feedback VF.

I'm going to get a chapel just because it might be the only one we get from DST, but I'm passing on these two.

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 07:22 PM

After seeing the pics I will definately grab Salty.

I would skip Pike, but I really want to support the line till we see Chapel/Vina.

Ofcourse I will be happier having Pike if we actually get Vina.

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Posted 20 July 2011 - 07:31 AM

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Posted 02 April 2012 - 01:56 PM

I am very happy! I just picked up Retro Spock and Andorian this past weekend at Gem City Comic-Con in Dayton, Ohio. I still have a ways to go but the hunt is part of the fund. I have the originals from 40 years ago but they are in near mint condition. I can play with these new retros. wink.gif

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 12:22 AM

Hmmm...just noticed on the MegoMuseum forums that Dr. Mego said Chapel/Vina are cancelled:


"CBS gave us such a hard time with Vina's costume that I started to think they
did not want to see it made. It pains me to say it, but lots of retailers have
been offered Rand and Chapel two-packs but no one has the money to go
for it in quantity - and it's not worth it for DST to make a small number.

Diamond has been trying to get some of the larger retailers to take them
as exclusives but no one wants them enough to put their money up."

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"No interest has been expressed - if we can't get retailers to take a
chance on Nurse Chapel or the Orion Slave Girl - I don't see how
Spock's mom and dad would make it.

When Playmates did the 5 inch they had a long relationship with
their factory and was able to get very small runs done to satisfy
fan requests.

Since a lot of factories in China have shut down over having to
pay for safety certification after the lead paint scandal - the ones
that survived are not willing to do small runs."

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"My hope is that now that DST is making Bride of Frankenstein and as the economy
improves, we may be able to re-visit putting Chapel, Rand, and Vina in a future
assortment. As long as DST has the Trek license, it's possible - not a certainty -
but considering how much of a long shot this whole thing has been over the past
6 years, I refuse to give up hope."

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"Retailers were not willing to commit to the women so DST put the two
stronger characters - Pike and the Salt Vampire - together. Even those
were not big sellers, given that most retailers were cautious about
buying non-returnable merchandise in a bad economy."

http://megomuseum.co...ead.php?t=71413

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Posted 09 April 2012 - 05:13 AM

That is a shame. I figured that at least, even if it was a mego-type figure, the nurse would get made.

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Posted 10 May 2012 - 11:07 PM

The Retro Picard and Borg are mentioned in the latest DST release lineup!

QUOTE (DST ship date update)
07/11/12 STAR TREK RETRO CLOTH PICARD & BORG FIGURE ASST JAN121704





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