{"id":3910,"date":"2013-07-18T13:56:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T13:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/?page_id=3910"},"modified":"2019-08-01T12:21:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T12:21:46","slug":"thing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/thing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"galleryimg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/ThingArt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\"><\/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=\"#\">The THING LINKS <\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"<li\" class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#intro\">1976 Introduction <\/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\/78 Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#1975\">1979 Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#french\">French Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#palitoy\">Palitoy UK Card<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#harbert\">Harbert Italy Card<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"intro\" name=\"intro\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">1976 Introduction<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Window Box SECTION STARTS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/FantasticFourHWad.jpg\" alt=\"Fantastci Four Mego Heroes World Ad\" width=\"450\" height=\"286\" align=\"left\">The Thing, along with his Fantastic Four counterparts were released in the final wave of new 8&#8243; WGSH characters in 1976.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/accessory\/thing.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"imglink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/accessory\/thing\/thing.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Thing Ben Grimm\" width=\"186\" height=\"352\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\nThe Figure has a head sculpt that seems to suggest the character is yelling or cracking wise, which shows real attention to detail.<\/p>\n<p>The Thing shares the same squat muscle body as The Hulk but his forearms are unique to give the impression of his tough hide<\/p>\n<p>There are some reported minor variations in the Things bodysuit but they do not warrant a great deal of collector attention. The Thing came with no accessories.<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!--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\"><!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/packaging\/thingbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"400\" align=\"left\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- 1978 SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"1975\" name=\"1975\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">1975\/78 US card and 1979 French<br \/>\nPinPin Card<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mego Thing on a number of different cards\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/megothing.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Mego Thing on his 1975 US card, 1979 US and finally a 1979 Pin Pin card where he is &#8220;La Chose&#8221;. Pics courtesy of Dan (Dumbldor)<br \/>\n<!-- palitoy SECTION STARTS HERE --><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\"><!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"palitoy\" name=\"palitoy\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Palitoy UK Card<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7429\" style=\"width: 1867px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thingpalitoy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thingpalitoy.jpg\" alt=\"Mego The Thing on UK Card Mego Superheroes\" width=\"1857\" height=\"1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thingpalitoy.jpg 1857w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thingpalitoy-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thingpalitoy-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thingpalitoy-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thingpalitoy-900x864.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1857px) 100vw, 1857px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mego Thing on the Palitoy UK card back<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the United Kingdom, Palitoy Bradgate christened all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/mego-wgsh\/\">World&#8217;s Greatest Superheroes<\/a> with beautiful new card backs, all in this stunning green colour. The Fantastic Four became the &#8220;Fantastic Two&#8221; as the UK toy distributor opted out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/mr-fantastic\/\">Mr. Fantastic<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/invisible-girl\/\">Invisible Girl <\/a>and only released the Thing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/human-torch\/\">Human Torch <\/a>into their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/mego-wgsh\/\">Mego Super Hero<\/a> Offering. (Carded Thing courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\">www.plaidstallions.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7430\" style=\"width: 2245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoythingback.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7430\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoythingback.jpg\" alt=\"Palitoy Bradgate the Thing\" width=\"2235\" height=\"1824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoythingback.jpg 2235w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoythingback-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoythingback-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoythingback-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/palitoythingback-900x734.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2235px) 100vw, 2235px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Backer for the Mego Thing as issued by Palitoy Bradgate.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!--ANCHOR TAG --><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"harbert\" name=\"harbert\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Harbert Italy Card<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><!-- SECTION ENDS HERE --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mego Fantastic Four on Harbert Italy Cards\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/harbertfantasticfour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"215\"><\/p>\n<p>In Italy, Harbert just placed an Italian language sticker over the US Mego cards and boxes until they eventually produced their own line of cards. Below is a nice set of those stickers on their own, cards and stickers are courtesy of Dan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Harbert Mego Fantastic Four Stickers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/wgsh\/images\/harbertstickers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"437\"><\/p>\n\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The THING LINKS 1976 Introduction PACKAGING Window Boxes 1975\/78 Card 1979 Card French Card Palitoy UK Card Harbert Italy Card 1976 Introduction The Thing, along with his Fantastic Four counterparts were released in the final wave of new 8&#8243; WGSH&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/thing\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"thing_page.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3910","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3910","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=3910"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7431,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3910\/revisions\/7431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}