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Mego was going to make Superhero Vitamins, seriously.

by palitoy • April 12, 2018

When we published our list of the “Top Ten Mego Superhero items that never got made” recently, we forget to mention one of the more…

by palitoy • April 9, 2018

Mego Meet 2018 is June 1st & 2nd – Columbus, Ohio This is the Mego Collector gathering of the year! Mego Meet 2018 will be…

by palitoy • March 21, 2018

Another wonderful catalog scan from Germany to add to our archive, this one features MC Toys/Mego’s Franz Beckenbauer and the Muhammad Ali figure set.…

by palitoy • March 8, 2018

Following up on our piece about Mego’s large presence at German Toy Fair last month here is another wonderful bit of Foreign Mego love…

by palitoy • February 22, 2018

Mego Micronauts Advertisement from Holland

This wonderful catalog page from Holland in 1979 truly showcases what an international sensation Mego’s Micronauts line truly was for them. Thanks to Eddy for…

by palitoy • February 16, 2018

Our first announcement from New York Toyfair is that NECA Toys is increasing it’s collection of characters from iconic Christmas themed movies with Buddy the…

by palitoy • February 15, 2018

Horror fans rejoice, NECA has some wonderful 8″ scaled terrors for us. First up Re-Animator Herbert West was teased a couple of months ago but…

by palitoy • February 15, 2018

Germany has always been something of a mystery to us at the MegoMuseum, we’ve known how some of the more popular Mego toy lines made…

by palitoy • February 12, 2018

We’re totally beaming (see what we did there?) over this new submission from Eddy, a German catalog page for the Mego Star Trek line. It…

by palitoy • January 31, 2018

Happy Wednesday! Here’s an awesome Mego World’s Greatest Superhero catalog spread from 1976 pairing Spider-Man with Wonder Woman? we’d love to track down that mailer…

Mego was going to make Superhero Vitamins, seriously.

by palitoy • April 12, 2018

When we published our list of the “Top Ten Mego Superhero items that never got made” recently, we forget to mention one of the more interesting rumors that swirl around the World’s Greatest Toy Company. The concept that Mego was developing “World’s Greatest Superhero” vitamins was confirmed by the late Neal Kublan when interviewed by…

by palitoy • March 8, 2018

Following up on our piece about Mego’s large presence at German Toy Fair last month here is another wonderful bit of Foreign Mego love in the form of this German toy industry publication with celebrated Soccer star Franz Beckenbauer holding his Mego/MC Toys likeness. Above is Beckenbauer, Mego founder D. David Abrams and MC…

by palitoy • February 15, 2018

Germany has always been something of a mystery to us at the MegoMuseum, we’ve known how some of the more popular Mego toy lines made it to Deutschland but never had all the pieces to that puzzle. Well, thanks to an amazing contibution from our friend Eddy, we have some answers. Above is a shot…

by palitoy • January 31, 2018

Happy Wednesday! Here’s an awesome Mego World’s Greatest Superhero catalog spread from 1976 pairing Spider-Man with Wonder Woman? we’d love to track down that mailer box! Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/TheMegoMuseum/

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 17, 2018

Here’s a fun Mego Mystery that we don’t have the answer to. Prior to Toy Fair 1976 Mego Corporation (who were, really at the top of their game) took out a clever two-page ad (at the front) of all the leading toy trade magazines showcasing their successful and upcoming toy lines for 1976. Page One is…

New Restored Mego Commercial: The Wayne Foundation Play Set

by palitoy • June 8, 2017

We’ve…

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!

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Mego Prototypes and Rarities

Hall of Justice or Legion Headquarters?

by palitoy • January 18, 2018

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…