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CustoMego Creations 4: Brain Machine Wonder Woman

by palitoy • October 19, 2019

This Week’s episode we make a weird custom from the Super Friends short “The Brain Machine” when Wonder Woman became a superior evolved being! Yikes!…

by palitoy • October 16, 2019

This week we take a look at a personal “Holy grail” of mine that i recently managed to acquire. The Power Action Superman was…

by palitoy • October 9, 2019

A quick one this week, these little Mystery bendy figures came into my life ten years ago and I’m still a little fuzzy. I’ll explain…

by palitoy • October 8, 2019

“The original Slumber Party has aged well, proving to be one of the smarter slashers of its time and a highly underrated effort from the…

by palitoy • October 6, 2019

A total change of pace this week, we unbox the new Hyperreal Darth Vader from Hasbro. Is this the 8″ Star Wars figure we’ve been waiting for all these years? You decide.

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https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/HSE4384?id=ME-002202116

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NECA unveils Pharoah Eddie from Iron Maiden’s Iconic Powerslave Album

by palitoy • September 30, 2019

Celebrate Iron Maiden’s metal masterpiece with this clothed action figure of Pharaoh Eddie, inspired by the themes of “Powerslave” and the historic World Slavery Tour!…

by palitoy • September 29, 2019

This week we look at the elusive Mego 14″ DC Comics Black Manta action figure from Wave 6! You can order this wave of figures…

by palitoy • September 26, 2019

This week we talk about the strange Mego Pocket Superheroes vehicles that began appearing in Toys R Us Stores in the early 1980s. Check out…

by palitoy • September 19, 2019

Let’s take a loving look back to 1978 when Mego’s Micronauts got a spiffy two-page spread in the JC Penny Catalog. Mego hit gold in…

by palitoy • September 17, 2019

Vintage Mego this week explores a figure that is on a lot of collector’s want lists, from 1978 we present the Zorro figure made…

Mego Power Action Superman: Vintage Mego

by palitoy • October 16, 2019

This week we take a look at a personal “Holy grail” of mine that i recently managed to acquire. The Power Action Superman was produced in the United Kingdom for a toy company called “Denys Fisher” but the story behind its creation is an interesting one. More on Power Action Superman: Super Strength Superman…

by palitoy • October 9, 2019

A quick one this week, these little Mystery bendy figures came into my life ten years ago and I’m still a little fuzzy. I’ll explain what I’ve discovered about them and why I don’t think they’re made by Mego. This video was created by Brain Heiler (@plaidstallions) Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg?view_as=subscriber Our facebook…

by palitoy • September 29, 2019

This week we look at the elusive Mego 14″ DC Comics Black Manta action figure from Wave 6! You can order this wave of figures at Entertainment Earth: https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116 See all of Mego Wave 6 at: http://www.megomuseum.com/megocorp/ Follow us on Twitter: @Megomuseum Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/ Related Images:

by palitoy • September 26, 2019

This week we talk about the strange Mego Pocket Superheroes vehicles that began appearing in Toys R Us Stores in the early 1980s. Check out the Mego Pocket Superhero Galleries here. http://www.megomuseum.com/galleries/pocket-heroes/ This video was created by Brain Heiler (@plaidstallions) Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg?view_as=subscriber Our facebook group is MegoMania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/

by palitoy • September 19, 2019

Let’s take a loving look back to 1978 when Mego’s Micronauts got a spiffy two-page spread in the JC Penny Catalog. Mego hit gold in 1977 with their take on Japan’s “Microman” toy line as children everywhere had a newfound love for space toys thanks to the popularity of Star Wars. In 1978, Mego would…

by palitoy • September 17, 2019

Vintage Mego this week explores a figure that is on a lot of collector’s want lists, from 1978 we present the Zorro figure made for the UK market by Palitoy Bradgate. We have a lot more questions than answers but that is part of the fun of collecting Mego! Check out the Mego Zorro…

New Restored Mego Commercial: The Wayne Foundation Play Set

by palitoy • June 8, 2017

We’ve…

by palitoy • January 7, 2016

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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!

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Mego Prototypes and Rarities

Hall of Justice or Legion Headquarters?

by palitoy • January 18, 2018

When we posted the original Mego 1976 trade advertisement featuring the Mystery General Urko art yesterday a sharp-eyed reader by the name of Dave noticed another weird anomaly, As featured in yesterday’s ad, here is the prototype for the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes Hall of Justice Playset. It’s obviously been handcrafted. One thing missing from this…

by palitoy • January 11, 2018

Top Ten Mego Superhero items that never got made

by Brain Heiler Mego- A name synonymous with “Superhero” in the 1970s and certainly one of the pioneers of licensed action figure success, while they are no longer, their formula and creativity live on today (hey, you may have heard, we’re fans). While the World’s Greatest Toy Company had an incredible, unprecedented amount of…

by palitoy • October 5, 2017

We got a splendid surprise this month courtesy of Museum founder Robyn Adams, a set of original Mego proof cards that originally came from former Mego director of creative services Tom Lavely. Some of the other items that Tom managed to save included this original proof card for the Pocket Superheroes and cards…

by palitoy • August 24, 2017

Mego Buck Rogers toy line, the lost prototypes

By Brain Heiler One of the bigger myths (constantly) written about Mego is the notion that none of their Science Fiction licenses in a post Star Wars world were a success of any sort. While Star Trek the Motion Picture and the Black Hole were certainly disappointments for the company, the weekly kid friendly adventures…