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Enjoy Retro Irreverence with the Deadpool Wooden Push Puppet – SDCC Exclusive

by palitoy • May 25, 2017

Deadpool is coming to San Diego Comic-Con, and he’s bringing his foul mouth. Marvel has one of the most exciting rosters of characters in all…

by palitoy • April 27, 2017

It’s weird not to see a single Superhero in this, doesn’t it?

by palitoy • April 19, 2017

Some wonderful new pre-orders are now available from NECA for this holiday season including Chainsaw Clarke Griswold from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. This is the…

by palitoy • April 13, 2017

Back when we posted the poll in 2014 there were conditions on Figures Toy’s license that prevented them from producing a Batmobile with rolling wheels.…

by palitoy • April 6, 2017

From 1977: Farrah was a major coupe for Mego, who also made a fashion doll of her Angels Co-Star Jaclyn Smith (Much to the chagrin…

by palitoy • March 16, 2017

Fun new addition to our growing catalog library. 1979 would be the final year for Palitoy and the World’s Greatest Superheroes (and sadly all 8″…

by palitoy • March 15, 2017

Celebrated auction house Hake’s Americana has a terrific sampling of Mego items in their latest auction, which ends tomorrow. Mego fans may want to…

by palitoy • February 25, 2017

Mego collectors may want to pick up the latest issue of Doctor Who magazine, it’s focus this month is the 1970s and with it they…

by palitoy • February 23, 2017

One of the biggest supporters of Mego’s Action Jackson line was Morris Kotzer, founder of Parkdale Novelty, one of Canada’s leading toy suppliers. In the…

by palitoy • February 21, 2017

As promised last week, we have more from Stephan’s epic discovery of “Los Famosos Superheroes” in Colombia, (first installment is here in case you missed it)…

1979 Palitoy Bradgate Catalog added to the Library

by palitoy • March 16, 2017

Fun new addition to our growing catalog library. 1979 would be the final year for Palitoy and the World’s Greatest Superheroes (and sadly all 8″ product) but they still added another new character in their final year. Check out the 1979 Palitoy Catalog Here. Discuss this find on the Mego Museum Forum. Now Available Mego…

by palitoy • February 23, 2017

One of the biggest supporters of Mego’s Action Jackson line was Morris Kotzer, founder of Parkdale Novelty, one of Canada’s leading toy suppliers. In the MegoMuseum Pod Cast interview with Kotzer’s son Lorne, he recounted the amusing circumstances behind Parkdale placing such a big order. Action Jackson‘s sales fell well below expectations in Canada and…

by palitoy • February 21, 2017

As promised last week, we have more from Stephan’s epic discovery of “Los Famosos Superheroes” in Colombia, (first installment is here in case you missed it) . This time we’ll concentrate on the other loose Caravajal figures he stumbled upon, namely Batman, Superman Penguin and…. The Joker! Any collector of Lili Ledy figures from Mexico knows…

by palitoy • February 17, 2017

Many thanks to our new friend Stephan, who upon a recent visit to Columbia discovered that yet another country licensed the World’s Greatest Superheroes brand from Mego. Instead of importing Hong Kong manufactured product, Colombian distributor Caravajal produced the figures locally at the Rimax plastic factory to produce Los Famosos Super Heroes (en Accion).This…

by palitoy • December 22, 2016

Our Christmas gift to you is another Mego Museum Video Short! This month’s topic is the Mego Doctor Who line by Denys Fisher UK. Like all of our video shorts, this piece is narrated by Jason Lenzi (@bbplenzi) and written by Palitoy (@plaidstallions). This video showcases the known history of the line, dispelling some myths…

by palitoy • November 18, 2016

Marvel dropped this on their blog today and made a lot of people’s day Is the Marvel Retro line ready for… The Punisher?! Never released in the classic Mego toy line of yester-year, violent vigilante The Punisher is the latest Marvel character to get the 8-inch Retro action figure treatment from DST! This gift set…

High Quality Mego Commercial Reels discovered!

by palitoy • January 7, 2016

Thanks…

by palitoy • September 1, 2013

Our commercial marathon continues~
The Incredible Hulk and Captain America, a Mego Marvel Team up! Plus they both have Fly Away action, just like they never did in the comics!

Be sure to check out the MegoMuseum Facebook page for more!

Mego Museum Labour Day Vintage Commercial Marathon

by palitoy • August 31, 2013

Long weekends and marathons go together, so we’re going through the archives and giving you some vintage Mego toy commercials and Toy Fair reels. Kicking it off with this one from 1979, the Mego Star Trek Enterprise Bridge and Vulcan Shuttle reel.

This is likely a toy fair reel and not something that saw air time. Sadly the Vulcan Shuttle was not produced, rumours abound but no physical samples have ever surfaced.

Also, what’s with the kid saying “and Officer Ilia” in such a suggestive way?

Mego Prototypes and Rarities

Mego Superhero Prototypes discovered (and for sale!)

by palitoy • June 7, 2016

Mego Prototype heads for the World's Greatest Superheros

Heritage Auction Strikes again with more from the collection of sculptor Gene Salamacha, who it turns out sculpted the original line of Mego’s World’s Greatest Superheroes. This latest offering may be the strongest pieces of Mego history every put up on auction as the offering contains clay and hard copies for Robin, Superman, Aquaman and…

by palitoy • June 3, 2016

Many Mego collectors know about Frankenbumps the never released vacuum pump figure (the concept was later used on Cap Toy’s Vac Man) from 1982. The figure was never released but one lucky collector has the box in their home. Now the original art for that box has surfaced in Toronto of all places. According to…

by palitoy • April 21, 2016

Heritage auctions has revealed it’s mid May lot which includes more treasures from Mego Sculptor Gene Salamacha this month’s lot includes the never before discussed line of “Welcome Back Kotter” Super Softies that Mego was apparantly planning as well as the original head sculpt for the Wizard from the Wizard of Oz. You can see…

by palitoy • February 25, 2016

The Mego line of action figures based on the television series “Logan’s Run” has haunted many a collector. The toyline was cut before toyfair 1978 (due to the series cancellation) and only a handful of factory samples of the figures exist. While the Mego Museum has uncovered the figures of the male cast, the Jessica 6 (played by…

Star Trek Phaser Battle Commerical

by Museum • May 16, 2007

Another remastered commercial from 70’s toy explosion, this time it’s for the Phaser target game, enjoy!

Mego Star Trek Communcations Console Commercial

Mego Commercials