I would like to see Kor, Koloth / Korax and Kras figures from the Klingon Empire ......and a generic Klingon warrior ...... ahhhhhh, yes .......I want EVERYTHING and I want it NOW ......🤣 .....thanks for the review .....and looking forward to the new Kirk head sculpt in the yellow shirt coming soon .....😁👍🇺🇸❤
I ordered a lot of figures from this past wave and I really did not expect to love this one as much as I do. I agree the head sculpt is amazing there is no mistaking that this is Kang, and the outfit is very close to screen accurate. I absolutely love this figure!
What I appreciate about you is that, you seem to have a light touch to collecting. I’ve seen collectors develop an almost obsessive mania about the hobby-where it becomes an almost ocd obsession to collect everything and anything. Collecting should be fun. It should also be a nostalgic doorway to our childhoods, while giving us some fun here in the present. I agree with you. Buy what you like folks, it’s meant to be fun.
Another great review. It showed me too, seeing the 2 Kang's, how memory "adjusts" over time; I'd completely forgotten how different the original Klingon Mego uniform was from the authentic TV show's.
I actually think the classic Mego is based on Koloth from "Trouble with Tribbles" but you can see how Mego was reusing some fabric from the Planet of the Apes line on that one.
Life long grail. I mean his picture was on the boxart for the Bridge!!! Such a long time coming. 7 year old me wanted this, and 54 year old me is so very happy to finally have this.
Ansara was also on an episode of Lost in Space playing the Ruler who challenged Professor John Robinson to a voltablade sword fight in the first black and white season.
Funny as a kid in the 70's. I got the Mego Klingon. He was Kang to me. Not Kor, Koloth, Kahless or Kras the forgotten Klingon from Friday's Child. Hve they made Kor or Koloth. With Koloth you get a two for one sculpt... Koloth and Trelane.
Brian, if this has been answered elsewhere, my apologies, but was the original MEGO Klingon made to reflect the Filmation Klingon? It makes sense, but not sure if my chronology is off.
It's hard to say, I pressed some former Mego people on the source material and they told me it was a big mess of stills, film reels etc. Nobody remembers the cartoon but it's not impossible some promotional material from it wasn't included. He is the one figure who looks like he lept out of the cartoon.
Great video your knowledge and insight make me want to buy all of these great figures. Why are these not available in regular stores. Toy r us is out of business here in Michigan. Where do you recommend I buy this and the mego Monsters?
Lots of places, you can try the collectibles section in your local target or wal-mart. Also check out some online sellers like Absolutely Retro and Entertainment Earth.
@@BrickMantooth hey man just want to tell ya i love your fucking channel.. i was born 1980 so alot of this stuff was b4 my time.. but i love it.. great job brother..
There's not much more to add that you didn't say. It's a great figure that's incredibly well done. I do wish that Kang had an actual holster for his disruptor, but that's hardly a deal-breaker. Day of the Dove is one of my favorites as well, in no small part because it's the closest we had in TOS to a TNG-style Klingon episode that explored them a bit as more than just generic bad guys. Also, John Colicos, William Campbell, and Michael Ansara all reprised their roles of Kor, Koloth, and Kang in an episode of Deep Space Nine. Blood Oath. Where they all appear in TNG-era Klingon makeup and costumes, which would also make nice action figures.
That is a misconception. I've spoken to members of the original Mego R&D team at length about it and they were given a variety of stills, film reels and other promotional materials mainly from the original series. In fact, the head of the team said to me that he didn't even know about the cartoon.
I would like to see Kor, Koloth / Korax and Kras figures from the Klingon Empire ......and a generic Klingon warrior ...... ahhhhhh, yes .......I want EVERYTHING and I want it NOW ......🤣 .....thanks for the review .....and looking forward to the new Kirk head sculpt in the yellow shirt coming soon .....😁👍🇺🇸❤
Meaningful history & synopsis of the community's experience (important memories). Really unique and special presentation. 🏆Thank you !
This has been the best year since MEGO'S return in 2018. And this channel has made it even better for us(THE FANS).
I ordered a lot of figures from this past wave and I really did not expect to love this one as much as I do. I agree the head sculpt is amazing there is no mistaking that this is Kang, and the outfit is very close to screen accurate. I absolutely love this figure!
Yeah me too, seeing it on that peg, it just lept out.
Had the same feeling when I stopped at the local TRU after a stock of Mego. I picked up the Rocketeer.
Love this figure!!! So well made!!!!!
totally agree.
What I appreciate about you is that, you seem to have a light touch to collecting. I’ve seen collectors develop an almost obsessive mania about the hobby-where it becomes an almost ocd obsession to collect everything and anything. Collecting should be fun. It should also be a nostalgic doorway to our childhoods, while giving us some fun here in the present. I agree with you. Buy what you like folks, it’s meant to be fun.
This is a brilliant likeness of the late, great Michael Ansara.
The figure looks great.
Another great review. It showed me too, seeing the 2 Kang's, how memory "adjusts" over time; I'd completely forgotten how different the original Klingon Mego uniform was from the authentic TV show's.
I actually think the classic Mego is based on Koloth from "Trouble with Tribbles" but you can see how Mego was reusing some fabric from the Planet of the Apes line on that one.
Great likeness to the character.
Totally agree.
Life long grail. I mean his picture was on the boxart for the Bridge!!!
Such a long time coming.
7 year old me wanted this, and 54 year old me is so very happy to finally have this.
I forgot about him being on the bridge box art!
6:02 Well played 😆
thank you for noticing.
I'm liking the Mego Kor too. Kor is my fav Klingon. The uniform is more detailed and it too comes with the disruptor.
Awesome, glad to see him. Gotta get him
I highly recommend it!
@@BrickMantooth asap
Ansara was also on an episode of Lost in Space playing the Ruler who challenged Professor John Robinson to a voltablade sword fight in the first black and white season.
It’s a great likeness. I’ll have to pick it up to go with my TOS Star Trek.
Michael Ansara also played the Blue Djin in I Dream of Jeanie, which would make a great figure by the way (but with hopefully a less severe face).
I didn't know that.
He looks great they should do the other two Klingons that appeared on the series 2 love the disruptor
Hope they keep going, that Marta looked good as did those other custom ones.
I hope so too!
Made me wanna get him faster than I was going to anyways
Funny as a kid in the 70's. I got the Mego Klingon. He was Kang to me. Not Kor, Koloth, Kahless or Kras the forgotten Klingon from Friday's Child. Hve they made Kor or Koloth. With Koloth you get a two for one sculpt... Koloth and Trelane.
I always got a Koloth vibe from the Mego Klingon.
@@BrickMantooth Well maybe because of the slight grin on the Mego Klingon. Kid see thing in different ways. Keep up the great video.
I think Mego made the right choice by going with the more, rubbery boots. I remember my old Klingon's plastic boots splitting.
:31 is the point where I start to get more interested in the bigger size. And then :37 is the point where I say oh well, there goes my money.
yeah if the box hadn't have been dented, I probably would have caved on the Frankenstein.
I guess this is my niche in my comments, since Ansara was married to Barbara Eden, Kang and Jeannie go together.
I wish I had remembered that I have a Jeannie kicking around, that would have been fun.
@@BrickMantooth just a guess, she’s not far from Elizabeth Montgomery.
Brian, if this has been answered elsewhere, my apologies, but was the original MEGO Klingon made to reflect the Filmation Klingon? It makes sense, but not sure if my chronology is off.
It's hard to say, I pressed some former Mego people on the source material and they told me it was a big mess of stills, film reels etc. Nobody remembers the cartoon but it's not impossible some promotional material from it wasn't included. He is the one figure who looks like he lept out of the cartoon.
Great video your knowledge and insight make me want to buy all of these great figures. Why are these not available in regular stores. Toy r us is out of business here in Michigan. Where do you recommend I buy this and the mego Monsters?
I live in michigan. I find these in target, meijer, and wal-mart
Lots of places, you can try the collectibles section in your local target or wal-mart. Also check out some online sellers like Absolutely Retro and Entertainment Earth.
Is that yvonne craig trek figure for sale by mego.... damn that looks great.
hopefully some day.
@@BrickMantooth hey man just want to tell ya i love your fucking channel.. i was born 1980 so alot of this stuff was b4 my time.. but i love it.. great job brother..
Goes a ways to redeeming the Kang figure name after his pegwarming cousin from the Secret Wars line. (Never let it be said I won't milk a joke!)
Oh how could I have forgotten about that Kang?
There's not much more to add that you didn't say. It's a great figure that's incredibly well done. I do wish that Kang had an actual holster for his disruptor, but that's hardly a deal-breaker. Day of the Dove is one of my favorites as well, in no small part because it's the closest we had in TOS to a TNG-style Klingon episode that explored them a bit as more than just generic bad guys. Also, John Colicos, William Campbell, and Michael Ansara all reprised their roles of Kor, Koloth, and Kang in an episode of Deep Space Nine. Blood Oath. Where they all appear in TNG-era Klingon makeup and costumes, which would also make nice action figures.
Yeah, I'm personally hoping for a movie-style Klingon as well, always liked those.
It would be stupid to get everything else screen accurate and then give him a traditional red phaser.
yeah it wouldn't fit.
The original Mego Klingon was based on the cartoon as were the rest of the figures.
That is a misconception. I've spoken to members of the original Mego R&D team at length about it and they were given a variety of stills, film reels and other promotional materials mainly from the original series. In fact, the head of the team said to me that he didn't even know about the cartoon.