{"id":3860,"date":"2013-07-13T22:59:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T22:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/?page_id=3860"},"modified":"2014-07-20T05:16:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T05:16:10","slug":"lizard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/lizard\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lizard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"galleryimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mego Lizard\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/LizardArt.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/div>\n<p><!-- RIGHT LINKS BOX STARTS HERE --><\/p>\n<div id=\"linksright\">\n<div id=\"rightbox\">\n<ul id=\"linklist\">\n<li id=\"menutitle\"><a href=\"#\">LIZARD LINKS <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#intro\">1975 Introduction <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#variations\"> Variations <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#accessory\">Accessory Check <\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menutitle\"><a href=\"#\">PACKAGING <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#box\">Window Boxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#1975\">1975 Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#palitoy\">Palitoy UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#fistuk\">Fist Fighter UK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"intro\" name=\"intro\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">1975 Introduction<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/megolibrary\/heroesworld\/comad4.jpeg\" alt=\"1975 Comic Ad for the 3rd Wave\" width=\"343\" height=\"500\" align=\"left\" \/>While the early years of the World&#8217;s Greatest Superheroes were mainly dedicated to DC Heroes\u00a0mid seventies would see Mego switch gears and focus on Marvel. the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/catalog\/1975\/wgsh002.shtml\"> 1975 Mego Catalog <\/a> introduced five new Marvel characters ( Including <a href=\"hulk.html\"> The Incredible Hulk<\/a> and <a href=\"falcon.html\"> Falcon<\/a>) as opposed to only one DC character (<a href=\"greenarrow.html\"> Green Arrow<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Most of the figures in this release are truly the signs of a company on top it&#8217;s game, the Lizard is no exception. The character features a bodysuit with tail, removable labcoat (often found missing) and uniquely sculpted hands and feet, one hand is even a fist!<\/p>\n<p>The head, of course was later used with mixed results in the Mego Star Trek <a href=\"..\/trek\/gorn.html\">Gorn figure<\/a>. The Lizard is only one of two Marvel Bad guys, the other being <a href=\"goblin.html\"> Green Goblin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--LOOSE FIGURE HERE --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/accessory\/lizard\/lizardlarge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/accessory\/lizard\/lizard.jpg\" alt=\"Loose Lizard\" width=\"221\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--LOOSE FIGURE ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><!-- variations SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"variations\" name=\"variations\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Variations<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mego Lizard comparisions in body type\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/liz3.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Like most of the 1975 wave (save for <a href=\"hulk.html\"> Hulk<\/a>), the Lizard came briefly on a type 1 body. The type 1 Lizard has non-movable wrists and is more difficult to find than his type 2 brother. (photo courtesy of Tom)<\/p>\n<p><!-- Window Box SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"box\" name=\"box\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Window Boxes<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/liz1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Lizard box is the much easier to find than it&#8217;s carded counterpart. The source for the wonderful action pose can be traced back to it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/megolibrary\/megoart\/comicart.shtml\"> Comic Book Origins <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/packaging\/lizardbox75.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Lizard Spider-Man Foe MIB 1975\" width=\"499\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This box bears the old Mego logo. Note also that the word &#8220;The&#8221; on the front lays on top of the Lizard word. This was corrected on the later box.<\/p>\n<p><!-- 1978 SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"1975\" name=\"1975\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">1975 Card<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/liz2.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Mego Lizard on it&#8217;s standard US card, one of the most difficult Mego WGSH cards to find. Lizard was not available on a Kresge Card although Palitoy did release a standard Lizard card as well. The Lizard only came on the 1975 dated card.<\/p>\n<p><!-- palitoy SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"palitoy\" name=\"palitoy\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Palitoy UK<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p>Image needed<\/p>\n<p><!-- fistuk SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"fistuk\" name=\"fistuk\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Fist Fighter UK<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/fflizard.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Palitoy added the Lizard to their expanded Mego <a href=\"fistfighters\/index.html\">Fist Fighters<\/a> line in the UK. He&#8217;s the only Marvel bad guy in the lot.<\/p>\n<p><!--Title bar --><\/p>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\"><a id=\"accessory\" name=\"accessory\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/css\/images\/accessorycheck.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Museum Accessory Check\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/>Mego Museum Accessory Check: Identify original and repro parts.<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"accessory\"><\/a><br \/>\n<!--LOOSE FIGURE HERE --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/accessory\/lizard\/lizardlarge.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/accessory\/lizard\/lizard.jpg\" alt=\"Loose Lizard\" width=\"221\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--LOOSE FIGURE ENDS HERE --><br \/>\n<!-- SECTION STARTS HERE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"suits\" name=\"suits\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Suits<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"imagebox\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/accessory\/lizard\/lizardcoat.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/accessory\/lizard\/lizardcoatsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Suit\" width=\"250\" height=\"168\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"textright\">\n<p>Doctor Mego makes a reproduction of the Lizards lab coat. It is about as dead on as you can get. The material is just a touch thicker, and of course it&#8217;s new so it&#8217;s bright white. The biggest difference is the pockets. The reproduction uses a thicker foam-like material where the original uses thin vinyl. It is marked DM on the underside of the pocket material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIZARD LINKS 1975 Introduction Variations Accessory Check PACKAGING Window Boxes 1975 Card Palitoy UK Fist Fighter UK 1975 Introduction While the early years of the World&#8217;s Greatest Superheroes were mainly dedicated to DC Heroes\u00a0mid seventies would see Mego switch gears&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/lizard\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":91,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"lizard_page.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3860","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4858,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3860\/revisions\/4858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}