almost 1:18 King Kong being made by MezCo

bluesparrow · Post by **bluesparrow** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:41 pm

MezCo toys announced the other day they've gotten the license to do an 18" King Kong figure. Playmates has the mass market King Kong license and has done a pretty shoddy job of it, imo, so this is terrific news. MezCo is one of the best specialty toy makers around imo, their quality is top notch and I have no doubt it'll be a cool figure just like their others. They have a tendency to do cartoony likenesses from time to time but I have a tough time seeing how they're going to do that with Kong.

No other details are available, but I did some math and a 18" King Kong would very nearly be 1:18 scale.

3.75 x 18 = 5'6.25" man
18 x 18 = 27' gorilla

The new King Kong is said to be designed to be 25' tall, so it's actually just a tad larger. The original King Kong, if that's the one they end up doing(it's unknown) was 19' in the jungle but 25' in the city so that works too.

NOW WILL BBi or 21st KINDLY MAKE US SOME BIPLANES?!?!?!

KAGNEW · Post by **KAGNEW** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:53 pm

i always liked the between wars byplanes better then the WW1 planes
a 1/18 P-6E would be nice

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:32 pm

I thought King Kong was ten times the size of a man....ie about 60 feet tall.

The cartoon king kong was...that was even stated in the title song's lyrics.

Anyway, i'll have to get one.....he can battle my 22 inch Neca Balrog.

bluesparrow · Post by **bluesparrow** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:12 pm

In the original movie they claimed King Kong was 50 feet but in proportion to the actors he ranged from 19 to 25 feet. Denham was engaging in hyperbole.

bluesparrow · Post by **bluesparrow** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:33 pm

Mez mentioned on his message board that their Kong will be from the new movie and won't be stylized, so good news!