posted Jul 29, 2010 2:44 PM by Paul Wasson
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updated Jul 29, 2010 3:00 PM
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The latest cover of the Entertainment Earth catalog shows a whole lot of Mego-like figures that will soon be shipping!
Click on the image for a really large scan.
Its an impressive sight! Doc Mego must be proud. |
posted Jul 3, 2010 2:06 PM by Paul Wasson
I just got some new custom Mego outfits from Theressa at the Mego Museum. Kirk in his famous "Belly Shirt" and an ape in a red jumpsuit. They look great and are very well made. Thanks Theressa! |
posted Jun 30, 2010 10:23 PM by Paul Wasson
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updated Jun 30, 2010 10:51 PM
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The Apple II computer holds a special place in my heart. It was the first computer my family bought in 1980. I spent hours every day playing games and programming it. It was what got me interesting in electronics and set me on the course to become an electrical engineer and computer architect. When I saw the Apple II featured on the Lost TV show, I flipped out. And since there are going to be Mego-like retro Lost action figures, I knew I had to make an in-scale computer for the figures. So here is the my 1:9 scale Apple II computer, being demonstrated by Scotty: "Thank-you. This is a really lovely machine!" "It has a great keyboard with all the uppercase letters you need. And a convenient power indicator, that gets uncomfortably warm." "If we spin it around to the back, you can find all the ports you'll ever need." "And if we pop it open, you can see the blazingly fast 1MHz processor with a whopping 48K of random access memory!" "Yes, this is all the machine you will ever need." Thanks Scotty! The model was printed out on my Cupcake 3D printer and painted using Krylon Fusion beige paint. I then made several stickers from various images of the Apple II. It measures about 1.5 inches wide and 2 inches deep. Coming soon, a monitor and disk drives. Plus I'll make a Lost Dharma Initiative version. |
posted Jun 23, 2010 8:58 PM by Paul Wasson
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updated Jun 23, 2010 9:19 PM
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I'm planning to make a 8" Mego Acroyear figure base on his comic book appearance:
Here is the 3D model I constructed for his head: However, my first attempt at a 3D printed was more in a 6" scale. So I decide to see how it would look on a Baron Karza body.
The feature of the face need a little more detail, but I thought the "ears" turned out nice.
As you can see, the "ears" are perfectly straight and thin (about 2mm) but still very strong. The great thing about the Baron Karza body is that I just screwed in a large metal screw into the head and the magnets hold it tight. Once I get the face better, I'll print him out in red and probably print him in both 6" and 8" scale.
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posted Jun 14, 2010 7:44 AM by Paul Wasson
Although Micronauts were not the main focus of Mego Meet (one person asked "What are those?" when I mentioned Micronauts), Ray had a tremendous display at the Museum. He was kind enough to put the prototype pieces I had brought along in the display.
This shows the original along with some new laser cut pieces in the lower right.
I had also made a piece with the Embassy logo etched onto it.
Here are the pieces in context.
And the rest of that case.
The following pictures show all the other cases...
This was my favorite case, as it mostly resembles my collection I had as a kid.
Here is a close-up of the Astro Station, which was the first Micronaut toy I had as a kid. |
posted Jun 13, 2010 10:09 PM by Paul Wasson
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updated Jun 13, 2010 10:26 PM
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Here are some pictures from the Castaway Toys panel discussion at Mego Meet.
Dave and "Boss" discussing future projects for Castaway.
They showed Jesse James and a new line of generic super hero costumes. The costumes come either solid colors or with contrasting shorts. There were a few different styles of suits and collars. The backs had three snaps to avoid gapping at the waist and give an overall tighter fit. The capes were unattached, but could be easily added to a suit.
A very detailed Nosferatu prototype was shown. The head is final, but the hands may undergo some revision.
Also shown was the Creepy Classics line, starting with the Headless Horseman and the Invisible Man. There was some discussion of having a magnet to attached the pumpkin head to the horseman while having it easily removable. There was also talk of the Invisible Man's head being cast in clear plastic with the details painted on. This would give an interesting effect of having the gaps between the bandages look transparent. There was further questions of having a transparent body that were hinted at but not confirmed.
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posted Apr 7, 2010 11:44 AM by Paul Wasson
I've started a new page to document my Cupcake CNC 3D printer from Makerbot. Check it out here! |
posted Mar 21, 2010 5:29 PM by Paul Wasson
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updated Jun 30, 2010 10:22 PM
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This first 3-D Modeling I did for the 3-D printer was a reproduction of a 30 year old Micronaut city piece. When I got the printer working, I thought it would be too big to print. Now that I am more familiar with how the printer works, I thought I would give it a try and was very happy with the results. The new black piece is compatible with the original white pieces and the original small purple dome. One nice thing about being able to print this piece is that I can print it in lots of different colors (blue, green, red, yellow, etc.) As always, click on a picture for a larger view. Enjoy! |
posted Mar 20, 2010 3:21 PM by Paul Wasson
Here is the latest custom figure from LaserMego. Its Tomar-Tu, a member of the Green Lantern Corps. My son calls him "Chicken Man". The head came from bleit1701, the body from Cast-a-way, and the suit, boots, hands and forearms are from the Retro Action Mattel Green Lantern figure. The Cast-a-way body offer more articulation than other Mego-like bodies. |
posted Mar 8, 2010 8:34 PM by Paul Wasson
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updated Mar 9, 2010 9:28 AM
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Remember those vinyl emblems we showed a while ago? Well here is a complete Daredevil figure!   The suit, body and belt all came from Cast-a-way toys, and the head also came from one of the cast-a-ways guys. The only thing I did was put it together and slap on the Daredevil emblem made from the vinyl cutter. I like the simple, clean look of the figure. |
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