It’s been almost a month since the last contest (which was reportedly far too easy), so here’s the next What in the Mego World? contest. Hopefully, this one is a little more difficult. Good luck!

Correctly identify each of the following four Mego-related items:

Contest starts at noon EST (9am Pacific) today, June 17, 2008. Eligible answers must be posted in the comments section below… first correct answer wins! Answers will be posted the following day. Previous winners are ineligible. I look forward to your answers.

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Update: June 18, 2008 7:30pm PST
The contest has officially ended. To recap:

There was no winner

Here we go:

The correct answers are:

1. Bruce Wayne Suit
2. Aquaman Gloves (would have accepted Robin Gloves)
3. Green Goblin Satchel
4. Detail of Hall of Justice Playset (floor)

Thanks to Jay, Bryan and Scott for playing.

Benjamin

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It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year since I posted the first What in the Mego World? contest. How time flies.

Anyhoo, time for another contest!

Correctly identify each of the following four Mego-related items:

Contest starts at 9am EST today (May 28, 2008). Eligible answers must be posted in the comments section below. I look forward to your answers!

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Update: May 28, 2008 6:32pm PST
The contest has officially ended. To recap:

Kolin E. (Wyatterb)

Here we go:

Kolin submitted the following answers at 7:19am:

1. Riddler face
2. Thing Suit
3. Action Jackson jumpsuit with dogtag
4. Batmobile rear sticker

Congratulations to Kolin E. Please Email me your address and I’ll get your prize out to you. Thanks to everyone who played, including Mitch, Derek, Jay, Bryan, Scott, Chris and Thomas!

Benjamin

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Since the first contest ended so abruptly — not allowing enough time for Megoheads to submit their answers — I decided to expedite another brain-twisting edition of:

The object of the game is to identify the four Mego-related objects depicted below. There is no Extra Credit this time…

As before, please submit your answers directly to me at: benjamin@worldsgreatesttoys.com. Good luck!

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Update: August 18, 2007 8:25pm
The contest has officially ended. To recap:

For this edition of the What in the (Mego) World?! contest, I have decided to award 1st Prize to two different people:

Due to the facts that Thomas had a nine-hour head start on the contest, and Pat submitted the correct answers within 8 hours of Thomas’ submission, I think it’s only fair I come up with two prize packs.

In the future, I have decided to level the playing field by introducing a starting time for the next contest, giving everyone a chance to participate and, more importantly, to win.

This was a good contest, with a lot of great answers! As I had hoped (I warned you the contests would get harder), most people mistakenly identified the first image as a detail of Joker’s bodysuit. My favorite answer was for the second image, which one participant identified as “Wonder Woman’s cleavage from some artwork.”

I also got a good laugh out of Paul H’s submission. Paul won the 1st Edition of “What in the (Mego) World?! and he wrote, “As the current champion, I reserve the right to say that number 2 is so easy that I don’t even have to say it. Which means I have no clue. ”

Brilliant, Paul!

Here we go:

Congratulations to Thomas and Pat. Please Email me your addresses and I’ll get your prizes out to you. Thanks to everyone who played!

Thomas’ answers:
1. Penguin’s pants
2. Catwoman’s eyebrow
3. Fist Fighter Robin box
4. Green arrow boot

Pat’s answers:
1) The Penguin’s hip /the bottom edge of his “vest”
2) Cat Woman’s eyebrow
3) Fist Fighting Robin’s packaging art (impact point where he’s punched out the Riddler)
4) Green Arrow’s boot (seam where the foot meets the shin)

What do you think? Should we do another Edition? Let me know!

One of my fondest memories of childhood: Scholastic delivery day at my elementary school.

Why? Simple:

Remember Scholastic’s Dynamite Magazine from the 1970s? Dynamite (1974-1992) was a veritable “Pop Culture” barometer… published during the Golden Age of Pop Culture itself. Very Postmodern, in retrospect.

Among the innumerably cool things about Dynamite was a back-page puzzle entitled, if memory serves correctly, “What In The World?” This page featured macro-focus photographs of common objects that kids encountered in everyday life.

An extreme close-up of an orange peel…

An extreme detail of a crack in concrete sidewalk…

Anyway, the object of the game was to identify the larger object being photographed. It was a challenge I relished and looked forward to. I think it’s high time we revisited this brilliant, mind-twisting challenge.

So, without further ado, I present:

This is a contest. The first person to Email me with the proper identification of the following four Mego-related objects will win a prize.*

Here’s the first contest:

Email your answers to me, directly, at: benjamin@worldsgreatesttoys.com

The first person to correctly identify all four Mego-related objects correctly will win a prize. Good luck!
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* Prize to be determined by Benjamin Holcomb, contest coordinator. No exceptions will be made. Extra credit if you can provide specific information about one or more of the objects depicted. For example, furnish answers to relevant questions such as, “is it an early- or late-edition Mego attribute?” or “What is the material or texture shown?” or “What year did this attribute debut?” You get the idea. Have fun!

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Update: August 14, 2007 8:40pm
The contest has officially ended. To recap:

Only one person correctly identified all four Mego objects. The winner is:

Paul H. (AKA Grendel)

Paul submitted his answers at 10:59am today:

1) Human torch outfit
2) Aquaman paper belt
3) Back of the Batman 8″ box
4) Captain America fabric star

Paul gets extra credit for:

1) Recognizing the paper emblem on Aquaman’s belt
2) Recognizing the fabric material of Captain America’s emblem.

Congratulations, Paul! Email me your shipping address, and I’ll send your prize right away. Thanks to everyone who played!