MY VINTAGE MEGO PLANET OF THE APES COLLECTION

[@pbales8951]

Doc, I finally watched this video after you pointed it out. I was born in 1965, so I'm a little older than you. I loved the planet of the apes toys from Mego and had many of them. I had the treehouse and horse as well as several of the apes characters. I also really enjoyed the TV show and was crushed when it didn't come back for a 2nd season. I can also remember going on vacation with my family and wandering into a costume store that had these beautiful rubber masks for General Urko and Galen/Cornelius. I begged my parents for one of them, but $60 in those days was so difficult to come by. This video brought back many great memories.

[@threebeeman]

Very enjoyable format, loved all the information and stories you have with them for each figure. Can't wait to see more of your collection of toys. Keep up the hard work.

[@walkersloop6450]

I was born in 1970 and megos were my first toys I remember having I loved the apes and I remember having all of the monsters

[@jamesmillikan663]

I saw planet of the apes at 3 years old and has been beloved since .

[@lamarravery4094]

Mego was a little before my time. Kenner Star Wars was my intro to action figures when I was 6, in 1978.

[@thomasgrant3842]

I do like to display my comics and my toys together. Looks much cooler lol

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

favorite mego was shazam and robin. robin is my all time favorite and i still got my og one from when i was a kid. and planet of the apes. i got tons of new mego released in the last few years. almost all the batman and robin. joker. riddler. superman. but i got horror ones also. mego is the best. i got 25 or so KISS mego also.

[@comicdoctor]

Always wanted to get the kiss figs!!

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

@@comicdoctor i got tons. i got tons of videos of me with kiss. and buying the dolls and getting boots signed. me in costume with kiss etc. i bet 150 videos of me at kiss shows. or meeting them.

[@darrelllane796]

The new line is awesome. Waiting for Nova to come out.

[@lamarravery4094]

Which line? 3.75 inch?

[@Karma-df2gm]

LOVED Mego and loved/still love Planet of the Apes! I still have my Mego Capt Kirk and Spock. Have Cornelius and Zira but for some reason neither have their outfits. No idea what happened to them but I was young when it did. Mego holds a place in my heart but I just received my Mezco Dr Zaius and he is absolutely amazing! Can't wait for the others to be released.

[@TheWeirdKidShow]

Galen had his ears painted green when Cornelius's ears were flesh colored.

[@comicdoctor]

I did not known that!!

[@BanthaPooDoo64]

Christmas 74 I was 10 yrs old Santa brought me the POTA treehouse and 3 ape figures Cornelius ,Zara and Soldier ape shortly in the new yr 1975 I made a terrible mistake,I was 10 going 11 still a kid ,I’ve taken two of my favorite apes to school 5th grade not to play w but just to hav them w me that day ,well my teacher noticed them demanded them held them up for the class to see and embarrass me then kept them to never see them again. A mistake I regretted for yrs. I still hav my original Zara and every “damn stinking bloody” mego ape character made plus all the play sets w boxes. That teacher that day might had taken something but not my LOVE for mego ape figures.

[@comicdoctor]

What a jerk...prob kept for himself!!

[@lamarravery4094]

You should've told your parents what your teacher did.

[@BanthaPooDoo64]

@@lamarravery4094 that’s a very good question ,I was young no father just my mom ,but I guess I personally just accepted the punishment and remember never do it again. Thanks for your response and Happy Holidays

[@jimbruce9502]

I had a few of those when i was a kid

[@comicdoctor]

Nice

[@peterg167]

I find much more interesting the Planet of the Apes movie itself which I saw when I was 14 when it was released in 1968. 2001 A Space Odyssey was also released that year. The movie was based on a sci-fi novel by French author Pierre Boulle. He was an allied spy in South East Asia in World War II, was captured by the Japanese and escaped after 2 years. Rod Serling (yes that Rod Serling) wrote the original movie screenplay based on that novel. The final movie script was written by Michael Wilson. Michael Wilson was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Wilson had written film scripts for classic movies as It's A Wonderful Life, A Place In the Sun, Lawrence of Arabia, A Bridge on the River Kwai. The novel and the movie has many layers and represents and comments on society, class and caste structure, religions, politics, racism, militarism, nuclear war, MAD (mutual assured destruction). The casting of Charlton Heston itself turns out to be ironic.

[@comicdoctor]

That's for sure!! Funny side note, look up the commercials for the mego planet of the apes on youtube....they use the famous Straus piece "Sunrise" as the background music! Even though the music will forever be associated with 2001, Mego used it for their POTA toy commercials!

[@peterg167]

@@comicdoctor The music Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Ricard Strauss I just found out was inspired by a novel, poem of the same name by Friedrich Nietzsche written in the 1880's. As an aside English translations of the German Ubermensch in the novel reference either as an overman or Superman. Nietzsche and others wrote of the Ubermensch long before the character introduced in Action comics.

[@hulksmash8159]

Good job at reading Wikipedia and posting it here.

[@brettbutler5219]

Awesome to see! Always enjoying seeing old sets of toys/action figures

[@PhilAnotherRound]

I'd only heard legend of this collection 👏👏👏

[@ragmancomics2418]

Loved the movies but I never saw the toys to it theey look pretty vintage

[@jimcardenas3131]

Regarding format: The Man from U.N.C.L.E also had blonde and dark haired leads

[@comicdoctor]

Guess that was an early form of diversity!

[@jamesmillikan663]

Mr. Heston wouldn't give permission for likenesses rights so the mystery figure was used. The back of neck is marked 1973 .

[@ronaldbourgeois1255]

Mego similar to marvel famous covers and dc had some in 1977 or 1978.

[@paulmichaud1514]

What a fun vid! Love the sandbox flashbacks 😊…those were the days!!!!!

[@comicdoctor]

They sure were!

[@lamarravery4094]

Luke and Han, blonde and brunette, too.

[@comicdoctor]

Yes!

[@pdworld3421]

The early Doctor Zaius boots didn't have the design on them

[@ajjy1110]

yup GENERAL urko. because despite a certain youtuber who likes to argue he wasnt... yes he was

[@pdworld3421]

Blonde - Brunette Formula goes way Back... Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Time Tunnel, even Star Trek.

[@comicdoctor]

I guess an earlier form of inclusivity

[@lamarravery4094]

Lol, no redheads?

[@ericmuller8875]

Yes, I still own/collect Megos!

[@kevinlaughery1076]

I JUST GOT THE HOT TOYS GENERAL URSUS, 12 INCH FIGURE, ABSOLUTELY KILLER.!!! GORILA SOLDIER. AND GORILA CAPTAINS. ULTIMATE FIGURE S.!!! JAMES EAGLE.

[@comicdoctor]

Oh man...sounds amazing...I can't star that hot toys journey....

[@davidv.3135]

2nd

[@craigsmith7423]

Was never into the planet of the apes or the toys for them. I was young and remember them being on TV and mostly bored with it. Generally on cable 57, or city TV. I think the toys where before my time. I was an 80s kid. For me it was he man's, gi Joe's and then transformers which lead into thunder cats.

[@comicdoctor]

Love those too

[@TheWeirdKidShow]

Actually from what I understand, Mego didn't loose the bid for Star Wars, they actually turned it down because they had so much going on. A decision that was quickly regretted. I love Mego Apes. They are probably my favorite out of all the toys I grew up with in fact, I used to sew and create custom POTA clothing and sell them in the Mego Museum.

[@comicdoctor]

Awwww..that's amazing...would.love to see some of your creations. Marty Abrams said he was out of the country and didnt have a chance to bid on the star wars line.

[@TheWeirdKidShow]

@@comicdoctor yes that's it!

[@TheWeirdKidShow]

@@comicdoctor I am still featured at the Mego Musuem under "Customizer of the month" section. My name is Dave Lepage. You can see other customs there as well.

[@samuelt467]

I loved planet of the apes series. Never had a store near me that sold the figures

[@comicdoctor]

By the early 80s, you could find megos in discount and liquidation stores...and for very cheap.

[@pdworld3421]

12 inch GI Joes

[@comicdoctor]

Love those also...bit b4 my time

[@arricammarques1955]

Suspect MEGO POTA are expensive to own.

[@comicdoctor]

You can get deals.....boxed -> for sure....but loose....good deals to be had.

[@papi-sauce]

1st

[@fatalfury01]

No blue eyes?

[@comicdoctor]

The did not release a Taylor.....

[@louisborselio8608]

My opinion of the Mego Planet of the Apes is not very positive. Don't get me wrong I'm a gigantic fan of the Classic films and TV series, which only lasted 3 months, but I found the Mego line to be nothing but a disrespected disappointment. It seems Mego never really had a love for the Planet of the Apes. Bad head sculpts, wrong hair colors, incorrect style clothing, I can go on. They give Cornelius moccasins and Zira cowboy boots, just as an example. If you were just to look at them you can imagine this as a conversation. Cornelius: Me luv' em you very much. Me want' em marry you. Zira: Well ah declare Ah just don't know. Ma Pappy don't take too kindly to the moccasin wearin kind.