Mets Police 90’s Week: Mr. Met 1.5

Almost forgot this one, thanks @willmusto for reminding me!

As much as the Mets act like they love Mr. Met these days, he was a complete non-entity for about 15 years. Then…THIS showed up!

At some point I dubbed this character “Mr. Met 1.5” which seems to have stuck (Mr. Met being the character in the museum and Mr. Met 2 being the current design).

Mr. Met 1.5 had TUDE.  It was the 90s.  Itchy, Scratchy & Poochy.  Everything had to be XTREME.  So Mr. Met came back with an attitude and a scary look in his eye.

It didn’t last long, there are very few images, and like much of the 1990s in Queens, best forgotten.