
Toyfair 2019: Mego Corporation previously announced an 8″ Bruce Lee but this weekend at Toyfair showcased a new 14″ version with a new head sculpt…
Mego Corporation is launching a new toy concept this year and while not action figure related, they are still licensed products. Head’s Up is a new series of “Collect-A-Balls” with stands, featuring such characters as Spongebob Squarepants, Marvel Comics, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, South Park, Beavis and Butthead and of course, KISS. Mego is at…
Welcome to another installment of Vintage Mego. This week we talk about the Mego One Million BC line and the series of awesome “Prehistoric Animals” that were created for the line. These (mostly dinosaurs) creatures are actually some of the hardest to find items produced by Mego and well, they’re a lot of fun. For…
The Megomuseum has received an exclusive news story from Mego Corporation! One of the many new mego items making its debut at Toyfair 2019 will be a 14″ line of Star Trek figures. Mego launched the 14″ format with the very popular DC Superheroes brand this past year and are now expanding that universe with the crew (and…
Welcome to Vintage Mego, a bi-weekly discussion of Mego toys produced during their “Golden Age” also known as our childhood. This week’s installment serves as an introduction to the series and also, a discussion of your “Gateway mego” the action figure that saw you become a collector. Tell us us what your “Gateway Mego” was…
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!
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 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…
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 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…
Another remastered commercial from 70’s toy explosion, this time it’s for the Phaser target game, enjoy!