The Mego Neptunian returns! (IDW's Mirror Broken #4)

[Therin of Andor]

Neptunian by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Wow! The Mego "Neptunian", (an original-to-Mego action figure) from the 1970s "Star Trek" line, just made an appearance as the penal administrator of Neptune Station in IDW's current comic mini-series, "The Next Generation: Mirror Broken" (issue #4).


Mirror Broken 4.1 by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Meet Dr Teusta Fonn the Neptunian, a pioneer of the Mirror Universe's agonizer technology.


Mirror Broken 4.2 by Ian McLean, on Flickr


Mirror Broken 4.3 by Ian McLean, on Flickr

 

[DimesDan]

Is this a really recent release then?

 

[Therin of Andor]

The current mini-series. Last week's issue.

 

[DimesDan]

The current mini-series. Last week's issue.

I got the impression is wasn't so brand spanking new.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I got the impression is wasn't so brand spanking new.

The "Mirror Broken" mini-series has been running for a few months now, since Free Comic Book Day, but the Neptunian only turned up last week. Still two more issues to go.

 

[JD]

Wow, that is really cool! I love it when the books and comics bring back obscure parts of the franchise like that.

 

[Avro Arrow]

That is *sooo* obscure and therefore awesome! I wouldn't have gotten the reference myself, so thank you for mentioning it!

 

[Therin of Andor]

That is *sooo* obscure and therefore awesome! I wouldn't have gotten the reference myself, so thank you for mentioning it!

Thanks! One of the first emails I ever sent to a website was to correct a claim by some page curator who claimed that Mego's Neptunian was a character from Filmation's TAS. I didn't bother seeking out a Neptunian for my collection until the retro-release retooled the Gorn (Mego's original used the head mould for Marvel's villain, The Lizard, and put him in a Klingon uniform, but the new version looked like his "Arena" appearance) and it became obvious that a new Neptunian wasn't coming.


New Gorn and Old Neptunian by Ian McLean, on Flickr

Stop press: Scott Tipton (co-writer) just sent me a message mentioning Teusta Fonn's guards, too. Another cool cameo.


Mirror Universe Gorn guards by Ian McLean, on Flickr

 

[Daddy Todd]

Thanks for catching that! I had a tickle in the back of my mind that Fonn looked familiar. I think I dismissed as something from the Gold Key or Marvel 1 comics of days long past.

Cool find!

 

[Stevil2001]

[...]the retro-release retooled the Gorn (Mego's original used the head mould for Marvel's Mr Lizard and put him in a Klingon uniform, but the new version looked like his "Arena" appearance)[...]

Omigosh this is great: http://vintageactionfigures.com/gorn-star-trek-mego.html

 

[JD]

Was that the Marvel Lizard that they used?

 

[Christopher]

Was that the Marvel Lizard that they used?

Yes. http://www.megomuseum.com/galleries/lizard/

 

[JD]

Wow, I didn't realize Mego did toys for so many popular franchises, I'd only ever heard of their Star Trek stuff. Obviously I knew they did more just Trek, but I just didn't realize how much else.