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Post by hondobrode on Jul 26, 2014 22:52:54 GMT -5
I bought the Thor figure, and it was awe inspiring, but have never seen the Conan or Tarzan figures.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2014 22:55:20 GMT -5
I bought the Thor figure, and it was awe inspiring, but have never seen the Conan or Tarzan figures. I had all 3, plus several others. I even had the Spider-Man van!  -M |
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 26, 2014 23:07:15 GMT -5
Spider-Man van ! I never even knew that existed ! I knew there was a Batman van and a Joker van. I had the Spider-Mobile and loved it !
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 26, 2014 23:30:02 GMT -5
My two brothers and I loved these Mego's. Got my first one a year after my first comic, so that was around '76, and there was an end aisle display as we headed out of Brandeis, a great store in Omaha. Picked up both Spider-Man for me and Shazam ! for my brother. $ 5 each. After that we got more for birthdays and Christmas including
Superman
Batman
Robin
fist fighting Karate action Batman & Robin
Aquaman
Catwoman
Spider-Man
Batgirl
Captain America
Green Arrow
Isis
Riddler
Joker
Thing
Hulk
Captain Kirk
Spock
a couple of aliens and the Enterprise
Batmobile
We played and played with them. These, the Micronauts and the Star Wars figures were the best ! Later on had some G.I. Joe's too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2014 23:48:16 GMT -5
I had the following Megos...
Tarzan
Conan
Thor
Captain America
Falcon
Hulk
Thing
Spider-Man
Lizard
Green Goblin
Batman
Robin
Joker
Riddler
Superman
Green Arrow
Captain Marvel
Aquaman
Kirk
Spock
McCoy
Scotty
Klingon
General Ursus (PotA)
I also had a bunch of the 12 inch G. I. Joes and often used the Intruder a sa villain for the Mego heroes.
I too got into Star Wars and Micronauts (and even had some Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica figures) but was out of the toy game by the time the smaller G.I. Joes hit the market. I did have some of the Kenner Super Powers though, and got back into the toy game when I was older with the first Toy Biz X-Men figures.
That said, this tangent should probably go in the super-hero toy thread...
-M
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Post by paulie on Jul 28, 2014 9:36:19 GMT -5
My LCS had a sale this weekend... I went Saturday and in reaction to finding out that I need a new Catalytic Converter I went back on Sunday! (Real mature Paul!)
Regularly priced back issues wee 50% off and I got in NM -
Howard the Duck 21 and 27
Legion of Super Heroes 259 (Love those Dave Hunt inks)
X-Men 159, 161, 207, 209 (I'm someone what anal-retentively filling in this run and replacing my dog-eared back issues of youth. I've almost no interest at this point)
And from the 50 cent bins all in NM, nothing dog eared at all, just dealer stock hoarded in some warehouse for 25 years...
Avengers 299 (replacement)
Batman The Way of the Gun (Ostrander one-shot)
Batman Annual 11
Conan 195, 201-205 (I now have 137-212)
Daredevil 247, 272-275, 300 (247 is a rare 1980s Marvel job for Keith Giffen)
Doc Savage 18 (Shadow Strikes crossover)
Legends of the Dark Knight 7, 21-26, 28-30, 46-49 (46-49 is a Moench-Russ Heath story that better be good.)
Legends of the Dark Knight Annual 2, 6
Legion of Super Heroes ('84 Baxter Series) 45, 60-62 (NM replacements for my well read copies of youth.)
New Titans Annual 10
Suicide Squad 4-5, 12, 39 (Slowly putting this series together. I read 4 and 5 last night. Just fantastic stuff.)
Superman Annual 2
All in all pretty happy with that haul.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 28, 2014 11:51:30 GMT -5
My neighbors had a garage sale. I went thru the longboxes they had and picked up some things I've never read:
Promethea #1-7, 9-25, 27-28
Planetary #1, 5-15, 17-25, 27
Rai TPB (collects issues 0-4, plus "Rai Companion", all in original packaging)
All of these were $1 each, even the tpb. I read Promethea #1 already, looking forward to the rest.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 29, 2014 20:29:43 GMT -5
Managed to swing by this little store today that I only get to once or twice a year and only when I am traveling that way for business. It seemed like they had cut prices on a lot of back issues to move some cold product or a recently-bought collection, because the things I bought today weren't there for these prices that last time I was there.
$.50 apiece:
Marvel Team-Up #'s 78, 79, 81, 89, 92, 98, 104, 106
Star Wars #'s 52, 54, 56, 57, 65, 66, 73, 74, 76, 79, 96
Avengers: The Initiative #32 (last issue I needed for the set, and this is the first copy I've seen in over a year at any store)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2014 20:52:25 GMT -5
Congrats on the Archie piece! Nighthawks has to be one of the most homaged paintings ever, right up there with the Mona Lisa.
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Post by paulie on Jul 30, 2014 8:36:54 GMT -5
Managed to swing by this little store today that I only get to once or twice a year and only when I am traveling that way for business. It seemed like they had cut prices on a lot of back issues to move some cold product or a recently-bought collection, because the things I bought today weren't there for these prices that last time I was there. $.50 apiece: Marvel Team-Up #'s 78, 79, 81, 89, 92, 98, 104, 106 Star Wars #'s 52, 54, 56, 57, 65, 66, 73, 74, 76, 79, 96 Avengers: The Initiative #32 (last issue I needed for the set, and this is the first copy I've seen in over a year at any store) Marvel-Team Up 89 was one of the first comics that was ever purchased for me off the spinner racks. Perhaps my judgment is clouded by nostalgia but I thought it was a pretty cool story when I went back and re-read it about two years ago. It has some nice Mike Nasser art who never did enough work in my opinion. |
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Post by MatthewP on Jul 30, 2014 23:25:17 GMT -5
Got a nice selection of comics at San Diego last week, very heavy on the Golden Age stuff. There's a lot of miscellaneous stuff:  some Fiction House and jungle books:  E.C. and ACG books:  and some silver age goodness:  I also picked up Lois Lane #126, 128, and 130, Justice League #77 and 122, Strange Adventures #219, Adventure Comics #395, From Beyond the Unknown #10, and Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #92. A little bit of all kinds of stuff, which makes me all kinds of happy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 23:33:51 GMT -5
I really like that first Forbidden Worlds cover and the fact that Blue Bolt wears all green.
What is that guy attacking on that last Forbidden Worlds cover? It looks like a file cabinet in a wizard's robe.
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Post by Pharozonk on Jul 31, 2014 9:46:16 GMT -5
I'm loving the EC finds, MatthewP.
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Post by killerbass on Jul 31, 2014 15:44:13 GMT -5
Some really cool comic book purchases guys! Just one for me -- this Amazing Spider-Man run is expensive...   I will have to break it out of the plastic slab tomorrow... I am down to just five more issues and one annual. I need to get issues # 1, 3, 4, 8, 11 and annual 1 for a complete run of Amazing Spider-Man. This December, I will have been collecting this run for ten years. Peace! Tom |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jul 31, 2014 16:54:39 GMT -5
Yes! Free that comic from its plastic tomb!
Great pickup, Tom. That was one of the few annuals I bought in the 60s and it's a good one.
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