Comments on: Mego Arcturian (3 3/4″)

By: Engineernerd

Engineernerd — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:43:39 +0000

David, thanks for the wonderful insight into this character and your behind the scenes peek!

By: David A. Pack

David A. Pack — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:21:19 +0000

Sorry..that would be the 24th take since we drunk Arcturians messed up Shatner’s 23rd. We knew he would mess it up too, so we figured they couldn’t replace us at such a late hour and went for the drunk act. lol You should’ve been there!

By: David A. Pack

David A. Pack — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:17:11 +0000

I was in ST:TMP and played one of two Arcturians stepping off the shuttle behind Kirk as he landed at Star Fleet. I was the one carrying the flask and was later asked to stand for still shots for publicity. So I have no idea if I was the model or not for the action figure. I’m 6’4″ tall. The rubber heads we wore at the time did not have nose, mouth, or ear openings and they were extremely HOT! When we would breathe in the air would come in around our eyes and cause them to burn and itch and water. There were several of us and all with the same problem. We asked for the Prop Dept. to help and they kept putting us off. We threatened to take a pocket knife and cut our own holes and they came through after several panicked warnings! Those heads are worth over $1,000 each..don’t you DARE touch them! FYI Shatner screwed that scene up 22 times in a row. In the next take as we stepped off the shuttle behind Kirk, we put on a drunk act and the crew howled and the Vulcan lost it. Shatner spun around and was enraged at first, then laughed! We all had a good stress-relieving laugh as one of the film crew yelled “Get those drunk aliens off the planet!!” We put the shot in the can as they say on the 23rd take! True story.

By: Engineernerd

Engineernerd — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:22:15 +0000

I’m planning on reviewing Kirk and the rest I have at some point. They didn’t hold up nearly as well. I fair amount of hair is missing from Kirk and Spock. There’s also significant wear to the large painted areas on their tunics. The Klingon would be the alien I would want if I’d had much choice.

By: Errex

Errex — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:16:41 +0000

Now, that’s an interesting figure. I only had both Kirk and Spock, but I would have loved to have any other alien to go with them. The design is pretty much on par with the 1:18 figures from the 70′s, and from your pics, I must say it holds up pretty well today.