if only mego had held out for a few more years and entered the playset and vehicle craze of the 80's. imagine the great toys mego would have made. i always liked the mego box playsets, yes they were cardboard but the were great and doubled as a carry case.
One of my neighbors had the Vulcan Shuttle! I used to play with it when I was at his house. He had everything Star Trek. I believe they may have blown it up on the Fourth of July...which was a tradition for them to blow up a no longer wanted toy on that holiday.
Even as a 7 year old, I hated that some Star Trek merchandise had 'Star Trek" written on it in large letters. The hardware in the show didn't, so I knew it was wrong. If a 7 year old thought it was dumb, why did they do it?
Awesome video, great content. I would have loved any of these as a kid. I was lucky to get alot of Star Trek Mego toys but would really like that 3" 3/4" bridge set with working elevator and instead of medical room maybe a n engineering room or phaser bank/photon torpedo room. Or maybe these rooms could've been add on purchases? Ooooo I can't stop now with all the possibilities that could've been!
Mego was, and is again, one of the coolest and affordable way to get action figures, period! Mego just needs to get their hands on some more licenses...Firefly anyone!
I saw in one of the ads shown in this video a pair of working wrist communicators based on the ones from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture". I would love to know about those and any other role playing toys Mego was going to make based on that movie.
Always fascinating to see what got left behind from out favorite toy lines. A 3 3/4" inch TOS set would have been amazing. I do find the higher priced bridge a little odd. Not just because you have to go up to get to the Sick Bay, but because the Sick Bay seems more like a Crows Nest.
I always wondered what would have happened if Star Wars was never made. Would Mego and Star Trek have moved forward with many more successful years? Would a 3.75 Star Trek line dominated the toy market? Would sci-fi shows in general have backed off without something big like Star Wars coming into existence? It makes me wonder what toy lines would have evolved from that vacuum.
Happy Thanksgiving 🙏 I like that machine Spock was riding on the best! Man that would have been nice.👍 The two aliens you mentioned that were canceled were actually made in the Star Trek The Motion Picture line of 3.75 inch alien figures. They are very rare and expensive! But I know you are aware of that.👍
I do wish that Mego had made a line of 3-3/4" action figures for the Star Trek TV series. In recent years, Funko/Super7 made a line of Star Trek "ReAction" figures, but Mego's head sculpts for even its smaller figures were superior to those of the ReAction figures... and Funko/Super7 still didn't make figures of some of the notable Enterprise crew people -- Chekov, Chapel, Rand, etc.
Really when you consider the GI Joe flag or the the GI Joe headquarters, the Death Star etc play setsprobably had more to do with the quickly rising price of oil and plastic. By the early eighties the oil supplies were straightened out with OPEC. But the jump from $0.25 to a dollar a gallon for gasoline during that time. Definitely had some effect. I also wonder what Megos Star trek budget was vs. There micronauts budget since the micronauts had a whole hell of a lot of plastic.
I always wanted more areas of the ship. So a 3 inch line would have made that possible. Engineering and Sickbay would be great. Sometimes I look to see if Love Boat could be found cheap. I would just use all those compartments for areas of the Enterprise.
Feed communicators which were cool picked up CB radio and the Communicator console and the Tricordeer which came with a prerecorded Cassette of the bridge computer talking. The Star Trek utility belt with Phases and tricorder..
I’ve long wished for a Star Trek 3.75” action figure line. They’d be more affordable, easier to build custom dioramas for, and have “built-in” playability when one considers all the other 3.75” products available in other toy lines. I don’t need crazy # of points of articulation but knee-bending is good. I’ve seen some bad sculpts in regards to character likeness. With the advent of modern scanning tech the toy industry should be able to achieve very good likeness with the actors. A 3.75” might also be easier to retool for new characters over time. I know some folks adore the Playmates Trek figures but I never liked the “cartoonish” caricatures preferring more lifelike proportions. Thanks again for a fun video and share. See you “Out There!” P.S. an animated tour of my own WIP U.S.S. Vortex; a Sparrow Class science starship I imagine existed during TOS. Only 4 decks. Could be made into a playset lol! ruclips.net/video/W5zKmlCsZaI/видео.htmlsi=YXMZvRynjxtXSV2X
The 3 3/4 figures AND the improved bridge. And yeah, there didn't seem to be a price-break problem with the GI Joe Space Shuttle or any of the GI Joe bases. Heck, the Jabba the Hut Star Wars set was pricey but they flew out of stores. But this is a great video presentation - thanks!
That's really really cool I think I would ride to see the advanced bridge but I noticed the doctor McCoy is wearing a red uniform I wonder why that is I guess somebody forgot I do wonder if the Planet of the Apes had anything in the works process crashed spaceship set or something that would be really cool
If the mego toy company just had thought to make a Sulu and Chekov action figure they could have at least advertise that properly and showed the two pilots sitting with Kurt, Lieutenant Uhura could have been at her station, And chief engineer could have been in engineering and why wasn't there a doctor McCoy action figure in the medical instead of two Scotty's ? Thanks for the info love what you do keep it up.
Vulcan shuttle looks super simple to make at home using a home vacuform rig and or 3d printing. Same for all the other plastic parts Color laser printers or good ink jets can print any artwork shown.
I had the bridge plays set!!! Capt Kirk Mr. Spock Dr. McCoy it. Future and Scotty. The King the Horn who shared the Klingons costume. The Keeper from Menagerie
Yeah, we could've had Sulu, Chekov, Chapel, Rand, Kahn, Mudd, maybe some more aliens like a Telerite, an Orion, the Salt Vampire, maybe even Nomad or the Horta!
As far as the Vulcan shuttle goes, was the commercial Aired on tv in the 70s / 80s, or was it a commercial that was never aired and has only been released in the modern day? If the commercial was aired on tv, why would they advertise a toy that was never going to be released? I wasn't alive back then, so I'm asking.
@@BrickMantoothThey were like a toy commercial pilot to show retailers how they would advertise the toy if the retailer decided to place an order to sell that toy in their store. Very interesting.
I think I speak for virtually everyone here when I say that the cancellation of the Spock "Vulcan in a Plastic BUBBLE TANK" is one of the great tragedies of our lives. 😣 😜
Hi how are you I'm interested where the mego Museum I like to see these things cuz I'm a collector I mean Star Trek is my biggest thing besides of superheroes
if only mego had held out for a few more years and entered the playset and vehicle craze of the 80's. imagine the great toys mego would have made.
i always liked the mego box playsets, yes they were cardboard but the were great and doubled as a carry case.
One of my neighbors had the Vulcan Shuttle! I used to play with it when I was at his house. He had everything Star Trek.
I believe they may have blown it up on the Fourth of July...which was a tradition for them to blow up a no longer wanted toy on that holiday.
Did you notice the wrist communicators the kids were wearing in the ad?
Yeah those actually got made, I don't own a set but I've seen them.
@@BrickMantooth ahhhh
Even as a 7 year old, I hated that some Star Trek merchandise had 'Star Trek" written on it in large letters.
The hardware in the show didn't, so I knew it was wrong. If a 7 year old thought it was dumb, why did they do it?
Well, it's the same with halloween costumes back then too i guess.
i still want the vinyl Bridge playset. I had so much fun playing with my best friend's set as a kid.
Fantastic video, thank you! That deluxe bridge would have been amazing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the look at these play sets that never made it to market. Lots of fun to see what might have been!
I want all of them! Having the TMP Bridge , I've always wanted the Vulcan Shuttle . The 3 3/4 line would've been awesome.
I noticed lots of Micronauts decals on the deluxe bridge playset - most notably the bottom of Biotron's foot on one of the upper view screens. :-)
Awesome video, great content. I would have loved any of these as a kid. I was lucky to get alot of Star Trek Mego toys but would really like that 3" 3/4" bridge set with working elevator and instead of medical room maybe a n engineering room or phaser bank/photon torpedo room. Or maybe these rooms could've been add on purchases? Ooooo I can't stop now with all the possibilities that could've been!
Mego was, and is again, one of the coolest and affordable way to get action figures, period! Mego just needs to get their hands on some more licenses...Firefly anyone!
Hope no crew members have to discuss any embarrassing personal ailments in McCoy’s open air sick bay directly above the bridge
I saw in one of the ads shown in this video a pair of working wrist communicators based on the ones from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture".
I would love to know about those and any other role playing toys Mego was going to make based on that movie.
Always fascinating to see what got left behind from out favorite toy lines.
A 3 3/4" inch TOS set would have been amazing.
I do find the higher priced bridge a little odd. Not just because you have to go up to get to the Sick Bay, but because the Sick Bay seems more like a Crows Nest.
I wish I could’ve had that 8 inch figure bridge said that you showed.
Those science kits would have been huge
that shuttle for the Star Trek Movie 3.75" figures looks so fragile, that if it existed, the copies would all be ash by now
I always wondered what would have happened if Star Wars was never made. Would Mego and Star Trek have moved forward with many more successful years? Would a 3.75 Star Trek line dominated the toy market? Would sci-fi shows in general have backed off without something big like Star Wars coming into existence? It makes me wonder what toy lines would have evolved from that vacuum.
The fancy Bridge for sure (Does that prototype still exist?)
We can only hope it's still out there....
Happy Thanksgiving 🙏
I like that machine Spock was riding on the best! Man that would have been nice.👍
The two aliens you mentioned that were canceled were actually made in the Star Trek The Motion Picture line of 3.75 inch alien figures. They are very rare and expensive! But I know you are aware of that.👍
That bunk bed is straight off a Montgomery wards sales floor
The Bridge for 8 inch would have been popular. Very interesting video, I didn't know about any of those other than the Vulcan shuttle.
I do wish that Mego had made a line of 3-3/4" action figures for the Star Trek TV series. In recent years, Funko/Super7 made a line of Star Trek "ReAction" figures, but Mego's head sculpts for even its smaller figures were superior to those of the ReAction figures... and Funko/Super7 still didn't make figures of some of the notable Enterprise crew people -- Chekov, Chapel, Rand, etc.
Yeah TOS has never gotten the 3 3/4" line it deserves.
Really when you consider the GI Joe flag or the the GI Joe headquarters, the Death Star etc play setsprobably had more to do with the quickly rising price of oil and plastic. By the early eighties the oil supplies were straightened out with OPEC. But the jump from $0.25 to a dollar a gallon for gasoline during that time. Definitely had some effect. I also wonder what Megos Star trek budget was vs. There micronauts budget since the micronauts had a whole hell of a lot of plastic.
I always wanted more areas of the ship. So a 3 inch line would have made that possible. Engineering and Sickbay would be great. Sometimes I look to see if Love Boat could be found cheap. I would just use all those compartments for areas of the Enterprise.
That would be cool!
Feed communicators which were cool picked up CB radio and the Communicator console and the Tricordeer which came with a prerecorded Cassette of the bridge computer talking. The Star Trek utility belt with Phases and tricorder..
That bridge is cool
I’ve long wished for a Star Trek 3.75” action figure line. They’d be more affordable, easier to build custom dioramas for, and have “built-in” playability when one considers all the other 3.75” products available in other toy lines.
I don’t need crazy # of points of articulation but knee-bending is good.
I’ve seen some bad sculpts in regards to character likeness.
With the advent of modern scanning tech the toy industry should be able to achieve very good likeness with the actors.
A 3.75” might also be easier to retool for new characters over time.
I know some folks adore the Playmates Trek figures but I never liked the “cartoonish” caricatures preferring more lifelike proportions.
Thanks again for a fun video and share.
See you “Out There!”
P.S. an animated tour of my own WIP U.S.S. Vortex; a Sparrow Class science starship I imagine existed during TOS.
Only 4 decks. Could be made into a playset lol!
ruclips.net/video/W5zKmlCsZaI/видео.htmlsi=YXMZvRynjxtXSV2X
The 3 3/4 figures AND the improved bridge. And yeah, there didn't seem to be a price-break problem with the GI Joe Space Shuttle or any of the GI Joe bases. Heck, the Jabba the Hut Star Wars set was pricey but they flew out of stores. But this is a great video presentation - thanks!
OMG I ACTUALLY CONCIVED AS A KID an elevator and sick bay set And what happened to the Sulu figure?
"Damn it Jim I'm a doctor not an action figure!" 😂😂😂
Brought the star trek walkie talkie to show and tell
That's really really cool I think I would ride to see the advanced bridge but I noticed the doctor McCoy is wearing a red uniform I wonder why that is I guess somebody forgot I do wonder if the Planet of the Apes had anything in the works process crashed spaceship set or something that would be really cool
There was something in the works for Toy Fair 1976 for Apes but it got scrapped, I'd love to know what it was as well.
Deluxe bridge playset all the way!
Thanks Brian !!!! LOVE THIS !!!!
Glad you dug it!
I also had Planet of the Apes action figure Cornilious Zira and planet of the apes tree house play set. And the Eagle from Space 1999
Man, I would have loved all this stuff.
me too!
That Vulcan explorer looked awesome. 😞
Hey Brick, I would have loved the deluxe bridge set.
Fantastic job
Definitely the bridge playset with sick bay!
i remember one X-Mas i DID get a big box girt ,the 'G.I. Joe training center ,& a yellow plastic k/o adventures team 6 -wheeler atv
The deluxe bridge set is cool.
If the mego toy company just had thought to make a Sulu and Chekov action figure they could have at least advertise that properly and showed the two pilots sitting with Kurt, Lieutenant Uhura could have been at her station, And chief engineer could have been in engineering and why wasn't there a doctor McCoy action figure in the medical instead of two Scotty's ? Thanks for the info love what you do keep it up.
thanks for watching!
Oh the 3 3/4" space shuttle!!
Vulcan shuttle looks super simple to make at home using a home vacuform rig and or 3d printing. Same for all the other plastic parts
Color laser printers or good ink jets can print any artwork shown.
I had the bridge plays set!!! Capt Kirk Mr. Spock Dr. McCoy it. Future and Scotty. The King the Horn who shared the Klingons costume. The Keeper from Menagerie
All of them
I weep for the lack of Trek goodness.
i know your pain.
Yeah, we could've had Sulu, Chekov, Chapel, Rand, Kahn, Mudd, maybe some more aliens like a Telerite, an Orion, the Salt Vampire, maybe even Nomad or the Horta!
@@steverino6954 I would kill for a Horta figure!
These all look great, sadly so DO the ones that got away!!!
I really hope MEGO re-releases the original Star Trek Bridge playset from the seventies.
It was re-released (as a replica) by DST and EMCE along with the other figures, and new ST figures from MEGO have been made as well.
Great vid, but you misspelled "Trek" in the title... :-)
I had the large size Captain Kirk and Buck Rogers action figures.
As far as the Vulcan shuttle goes, was the commercial Aired on tv in the 70s / 80s, or was it a commercial that was never aired and has only been released in the modern day? If the commercial was aired on tv, why would they advertise a toy that was never going to be released?
I wasn't alive back then, so I'm asking.
They prepare the commercials for toy fair. It's why some stuff you find is 47 seconds long.
@@BrickMantoothThey were like a toy commercial pilot to show retailers how they would advertise the toy if the retailer decided to place an order to sell that toy in their store. Very interesting.
No Vulcan Shuttle made for Star Trek TMP figures.
Dammit.
=M=
Big fan is Mego. Had so many of their toys. Favorite was planet of the apes
Wish they would have used better plastic on the bridge
Deluxe bridge set
the shuttle looks like one of these styrofoam casing your kebab takeaway comes in
I think I speak for virtually everyone here when I say that the cancellation of the Spock "Vulcan in a Plastic BUBBLE TANK" is one of the great tragedies of our lives. 😣
😜
Hi how are you I'm interested where the mego Museum I like to see these things cuz I'm a collector I mean Star Trek is my biggest thing besides of superheroes
Star Trek toys SUCK! That "Bridge" is weak! Star Wars toys LAUGH at Star Trek Toys.
Star Trek pseudo science was never real science
Since the Vulcan Explorer tread assembly are from the Terraphant, are we to understand this a photoshopped concept?