Customs

Playmates' 9" "Star Trek" figures: Mirror Universe Marlena Moreau (TOS), with a Lokai (made from a painted "Lost in Space" Major Don West figure in Bele's customised costume) and "Deep Space Nine"'s Ezri Dax (made from a Marlena figure - hair removed, new hair sculpted in putty) and wearing a "First Contact" Geordi LaForge uniform (inner collar dyed teal).


Ezri Dax

It figures: Being black on the right side?

Commercial Playmates Toys' Commissioner Bele of Cheron and (customised by me in the 90s) Lokai of Cheron - from the "Star Trek" episode, "Let that be your Last Battlefield". The face sculpt of Frank Gorshin (aka The Riddler of the 60s' "Batman" TV series) is uncanny. I chose a Major Don West of TV's "Lost in Space" to double as Lokai. I did remove the silver hem of the costume's tunic, by simply tucking in Lokai's shirt, and unstitching the collar decoration.


Today's pic: They meet the official 2009 replica of the 70s Mego figure!

Mego Museum freebies

In the mail today came my complimentary set of fourteen Mego Museum trading cards, #39 to 52 inclusive, featuring the highly-coveted Mego 8" Star Trek action figures from the 1970s. All one had to do to get these cards was send both email and postal addresses to the guys who run the Mego Museum website.



The photography is very nice. The designers and photographers have managed to get those early figures, including the ultra-rare Andorian and Romulan figures, into some great poses. The monochrome cardbacks feature "Mego Facts", and trivia questions and answers. Too bad the mailing list has been closed off for now, or they'd be swamped with more word-of-mouth orders.