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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2017 21:50:41 GMT -5
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE !!!! Shhhhhh! It's a secret. (hence the spoiler tags) -M
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 14, 2017 21:58:50 GMT -5
You can't have a spoiler on a 40 year old movie.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2017 22:19:21 GMT -5
You can't have a spoiler on a 40 year old movie. Who's talking about the movie? Have you seen the Soylent beverages? Blergh. It looks like people in a bottle... -M
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 14, 2017 22:19:51 GMT -5
You can't have a spoiler on a 40 year old movie. Rosebud's the sled. Cei-U! Ain't I a stinker?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 15, 2017 12:04:38 GMT -5
Oh goody. Looks like I'm getting a murder case. That will make the new year merry and bright.
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 15, 2017 17:50:59 GMT -5
You can't have a spoiler on a 40 year old movie. Rosebud's the sled. Cei-U! Ain't I a stinker? I summon the buzzkill.
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 16, 2017 13:31:23 GMT -5
I served on a jury for a week that was a murder. Let's just say it was an interesting experience, and it was hard not to talk to anyone about it, but I kept my mouth shut. In this case, there was no murder weapon, and that was a big hang up with a handful of people, but in the end, the guy was guilty. When we finally gave our verdict, it was found out that he was guilty of another similar felony though I can't remember what. That was withheld from us thinking it would bias our verdict, though ultimately he was still found guilty. I drove Susan to the garage apartment where it happened and she freaked out.
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 16, 2017 14:50:42 GMT -5
I served on a jury for a week that was a murder. Let's just say it was an interesting experience, and it was hard not to talk to anyone about it, but I kept my mouth shut. In this case, there was no murder weapon, and that was a big hang up with a handful of people, but in the end, the guy was guilty. When we finally gave our verdict, it was found out that he was guilty of another similar felony though I can't remember what. That was withheld from us thinking it would bias our verdict, though ultimately he was still found guilty. I drove Susan to the garage apartment where it happened and she freaked out. It's a near-spiritual experience. At least it was for me. I felt the weight of hundreds of years of tradition, ceremony, the law, and above all, the pursuit of truth when I was in a similar circumstance. I was appointed foreman, but was lucky to have 11 fellow jurors who took their responsibilty most seriously. Ours was also a murder case, in this case a young woman accused of murdering her two-year-old child. An experience I would prefer not to have to go through again, but one I wouldn't shirk, either. Although how anyone does itfor months of sequestration, I don't know. Ours was start-to-finish, five days, with two of deliberation, and we weren't sequestered. If my experience is any indicator, this will stay in your memory for a long time, hondo.
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 16, 2017 22:25:19 GMT -5
So, last night at my company Christmas party, I got to talking with one of the veterans of the group, Corey. We're the same age; he's a huge Dead head, and my manager says I ought to go see his collection of action figures. I asked him about it last night. He said he inherited them from an uncle who collected Megos. I'm like "really ?" Yeah, he knows what he's talking about. Apparently it's a near complete collection too. Said he doesn't have the Kiss figures. Then we got to talking a little comics. He's lifelong friends with Dean "Dino" Haspiel ! I dig his Alex Toth-ish vibe How cool is that ? He said I'm the only person he's ever met that knew you that was (or cared). Ha !
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Post by Phil Maurice on Dec 16, 2017 23:32:10 GMT -5
. . .He said he inherited them from an uncle who collected Megos. . .Apparently it's a near complete collection. . . How exciting! The uncle must have been a collector with exquisite taste and foresight!Hypothesis confirmed!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2017 23:35:41 GMT -5
. . .He said he inherited them from an uncle who collected Megos. . .Apparently it's a near complete collection. . . How exciting! The uncle must have been a collector with exquisite taste and foresight!Hypothesis confirmed! I think I would rather have the Kiss figures than the Mego Waltons figures or Our Gang figures, at least they could be crazy looking villains to fight the World's Greatest Super-Heroes, but John Boy is just a dude in overalls. -M
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 16, 2017 23:49:38 GMT -5
So, this is one of the rarest Megos, and Corey has it. Honestly, I don't collect action figures, but I had maybe half of the Megos back in the day along with my two younger bros. We loved them ! Apparently Dr Kromedome here was, literally, called in from Montgomery Wards as an exclusive (they were big with Mego exclusives) to be used as a villain for the Six Million Dollar Man to help increase sales of that figure as well (we had one). Super spectacular flop, super low production numbers, and you can see it was a joke. It's not even fully articulate. He never appeared on the show either.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Dec 17, 2017 1:32:37 GMT -5
I think I would rather have the KISS figures than the Mego Waltons figures or Our Gang figures, at least they could be crazy looking villains to fight the World's Greatest Super-Heroes, but John Boy is just a dude in overalls. Hah! Predictable as ever, mrp! Your elitist roots are showing! Never underestimate the overall! It's a force to be reckoned with, whether worn fiercely like the women above or in a more traditional style like the one in this dashing self-portrait:
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 1:45:42 GMT -5
I think I would rather have the KISS figures than the Mego Waltons figures or Our Gang figures, at least they could be crazy looking villains to fight the World's Greatest Super-Heroes, but John Boy is just a dude in overalls. Hah! Predictable as ever, mrp! Your elitist roots are showing! Never underestimate the overall! It's a force to be reckoned with, whether worn fiercely like the women above or in a more traditional style like the one in this dashing self-portrait: Yes, overalls can be cool, but the coolness comes from the wearer not the garment (especially in the case of TLC), but I ask you, would you rather have this Mego... than one of the Kiss Megos? I mean what's menacing about that dude? Even the Conan Mego in a fur diaper or Tarzan in his onesey leotard look more menacing than that dude (hell Conan in the overalls would look more menacing than that dude with body armor and an M-16)... and would any of these even give a solo Robin Mego a challenge? I mean really Spanky? You'll take that over a Kiss figure and call it good taste? Your season pass at a certain theatre you resemble might be revoked for that. -M
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Post by Phil Maurice on Dec 17, 2017 2:05:58 GMT -5
Yes, overalls can be cool, but the coolness comes from the wearer not the garment (especially in the case of TLC), but I ask you, would you rather have this Mego...than one of the Kiss Megos? I mean what's menacing about that dude? Even the Conan Mego in a fur diaper or Tarzan in his onesey leotard look more menacing than that dude (hell Conan in the overalls would look more menacing than that dude with body armor and an M-16)... Whoa! I didn't say overalls were the end-all, be-all of the action figure world. I was only saying that the KISS figures (at 12") were too big to credibly interact with the regular Megos. And their long hair required constant maintenance and their unstable footwear made them difficult to pose. The Waltons could at least blend in.
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