Vintage Mego: Japanese Planet of the Apes

[@JoeyNYSDnomad]

They took the time to pose every figure,,,awesome.

[@locksmith2441]

Every time you do a video I think, "Wow that would be the cornerstone of my collection." And then I watch another video, and I think, "Wow that would be the cornerstone of my collection."

[@BrickMantooth]

wow, thank you. These are the cornerstones of my collection.

[@genesanford9412]

also ,whats my fave toy in my collection....my brain starts to fizzle...

[@mathieu4204]

Got to love a toy box that tells a story that sends you on great adventures.

[@BrickMantooth]

The best!

[@jerseyhurricane9085]

Awesome Video ! CONGRATULATIONS on getting the full set. Thanks Brian !

[@BrickMantooth]

Thanks for watching!

[@jimkuna8687]

You have such cool toys!! Allways interesting to learn and watch.

[@BrickMantooth]

Thank you!

[@thrashpondopons2776]

When I 1st started playing with Micronauts as a kid... I used to wonder how cool it would have been to have a 'crossover' game with the Mego Apes! (Which were long gone!) How envious I am at the Japanese kids who got the opportunity!

[@theunknowngamer5477]

The video library is priceless!!!

[@brendanduffy2367]

Very cool figures I enjoyed watching thanks 😎👍

[@BrickMantooth]

Glad you enjoyed

[@perello23]

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing!👏👏👏👍😉

[@BrickMantooth]

thank you, I'm pretty chuffed. Thanks for watching.

[@hansgruber377]

Amazing pick up. Those figures are gorgeous. Congratulations.

[@ivane5110]

I'd like to believe that Time of the Apes takes place in the same timeline as Heston's, just showing us how it was in Japan.

[@BrickMantooth]

I like that theory.

[@richardwatts4660]

Fabulous video, Brian, that was really interesting to watch. Like yourself, I really love 70's Japanese toy packaging, it's an artform all in itself, and deciphering it can yield some very strange translations indeed.

[@collector60]

Awesome review!!!!

[@BrickMantooth]

thank you my friend.

[@jwebstersmithii7459]

Love your videos, Brick. I'm not a collector, but as a designer I see tremendous value in what you're showing. And I think the look and feel of all of these 70s toys you show could be rebuilt in 3D for VR, so that when VR is here IN FULL there will be worlds awaiting people who love a particular collection. And even for people who aren't familiar with those toy line collections. People could either witness-externally or internally (first person style)-stories unfolding within those worlds...or take part in games. Do you think MEGO people might be interested in something like this? Stories and Games based on 70s look and feel toys? It wouldn't take much to get it going. No tooling needed. All digital.

[@RogueTwo]

They seem to be very good condition boxes, so probably worth what you paid for them. I'm not a carded guy, but they look very nice. Congratulations! It's strangely comforting to know that there were Japanese kids who were likely jealous of the toys that we got for once. Lol!

[@BrickMantooth]

good way of looking at it!

[@Gappasaurus]

Fun fact: The official international title of “Saru no Gundan” is “Army of the Apes”, but it translates literally as “Monkey Corps” 😆

[@BrickMantooth]

that would explain why I see "Monkey" so much in my yahoo auction searches.

[@Gappasaurus]

🐵👍🏼

[@Ektalon]

Ah, Time of the Apes, my first MST3K . . .

[@icanliveforever1243]

@@BrickMantooth To be fair, that show had actual monkey characters in the cast (specifically baboons and mandrils). (Also of note was the Gibbon child).

[@theoneandonlycaptaincanada6915]

I had so many of these. I had the apes and the guns, the treehouse I had, horses, trucks, astronauts, and gear, the full set for the planet of the apes. dam I'm old.

[@simonfarrell6585]

Another excellent & very interesting upload

[@eltenda]

Very interesting! Thanks

[@BrickMantooth]

Glad you liked it!

[@genesanford9412]

Pretty cool...pretty ,pretty cool.I too ,dig foreign packed copies of my figs !

[@seanstewart6893]

Sweet and sour ape please and 1 friad. astronaut, Seriously great figures, a Japanese contact of mine is tracking 70s Japanese toys now for me, Apes, Bionic s, Bond, and many more, hoping to locate these for myself, great hobbey we all have, and very very expensive..

[@johnalucard7860]

Where can I get these??? Cool.

[@bio1656]

My brother had the playset when we were kids .

[@BrickMantooth]

its' a fun one.

[@brunobillion3435]

great video!

[@BrickMantooth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Hoonozit]

I have a mint on card Mego 8 inch Amazing Spider-man action figure. The writing on the card is in Spanish. Can you tell anything about it?

[@BrickMantooth]

You sure it's Spanish and not French?

[@genesanford9412]

@@BrickMantooth right ? ...or Italian , or from Argentina ?

[@Pokehon]

I need some planet of the apes toys!

[@BrickMantooth]

You do!

[@Pokehon]

@@BrickMantooth I grabbed a lot of the hasbros for 15 and now im looking at the medicoms

[@donaldwiller9238]

Cool video

[@Elementa2006]

I have a question, was there ever a Sherlock Holmes toyline?

[@BrickMantooth]

To my knowledge, no.

[@Bucky749]

Gundam now I want to see apes from planet the apes drive Gundams and fight kaiju .

[@BrickMantooth]

it's Gundan but i get it.

[@carlosescobar6973]

B E A U T F U L L 😍

[@JNathanielBerke]

Plaid Stallions is my madeleine

[@warmonger8799]

AWESOME

[@Merylstreep1949]

The Orion of the Andromeda galaxy???? W T F F F

[@BrickMantooth]

Yeah I'm not sure this is the smoothest of translations.