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Mego Super Foes: Penguin-Reverse Flash-Joker Review (Mint Off Card)

by palitoy • January 22, 2023

Bring on the Bad Guys! Mint off Card gives you a sneak preview of figures hitting stores this Spring, the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes’ next…

by palitoy • January 19, 2023

Super grateful to my pal Mark for sending me these vintage clippings from a child’s scrapbook featuring the Mego Star Trek: The Motion Picture bridge,…

by palitoy • January 14, 2023

Vintage Mego returns to the interchangeable world of the Micronauts with this look at the Astro Station Playset. Originally a toy made for the Japanese…

by palitoy • January 13, 2023

Mego Meet 2023 will become part of Power-Con August 11-13 in Columbus, Ohio. Greater Columbus Convention Center400 North High StreetColumbus, Ohio 43215USA Tickets can be purchased here…

by palitoy • January 8, 2023

Good news, everyone! Super Joe Unlimited from White Elephant Toyz is now in stock and available to order. You can order figures and accessories from…

by palitoy • January 8, 2023

One thing we Mego and retro figure collectors can agree on is that 2022 was indeed a high point in terms of choice and selection.…

by palitoy • January 6, 2023

“I want my cake!!” Nathan Grantham from the “Father’s Day” vignette in the 1982 George Romero Creepshow movie, complete with his daughter’s severed head as…

by palitoy • January 6, 2023

Figures Toy Company sure knows how to start the New Year, because 2023 is kicking off with a double dose of Puppy Power! The first…

by palitoy • January 5, 2023

Mego Corp has shared it’s 50th anniversary Joker packaging with us and it’s a total call back with one difference. There was an issue with…

by palitoy • January 3, 2023

A new solicitation list from Mego distributor License to Play has been released, including some figures even we at the Museum were surprised to see.…

First look at Mego 50th Anniversary Joker

by palitoy • January 5, 2023

Mego Corp has shared it’s 50th anniversary Joker packaging with us and it’s a total call back with one difference. There was an issue with the original Mego Joker logo as WB didn’t have it in their toolkit, so they found an era appropriate substitute.

by palitoy • December 11, 2022

l Recently on an episode of Toy Ventures, we looked at a book containing a child’s sticker book from the mid-1970s. Among these were an oddity known to some collectors, these strange bootleg stickers of Mego Figures from Star Trek and Planet of the Apes. These full-figure stickers are about six inches tall and, like…

by palitoy • December 9, 2022

1975 was a tremendous year for Mego, and one of their best partners was the now sadly defunct Montgomery Ward chain of Department stores. Mego created many an exclusive figure for MW in the 70s, and in 1975, the wishbook featured 8 pages of Mego goodness. Let’s dig in, shall we? The Mego Wizard of…

by palitoy • November 17, 2022

Mego Corp shared some new photos of the upcoming Pinnochio line based on the upcoming Guillermo del Toro film. Certainly a departure for Mego but one that looks like a fantastic effort. Look for these figures this December. Photography by Jason Saville.

by palitoy • July 21, 2022

We’ve already seen some of the new reveals from Mego from San Diego Comic Con but this list that recently surfaced shows a few new surprises. Mego Worlds Greatest Superheroes 50th Anniversary figures: Batman Shazam Aquaman Robin Superman Scream Ghostface White Variant Ghostfaces Ghostface Skull variant The Batman 2022 Figure Animal House Bluto The Dude…

by palitoy • July 20, 2022

San Diego- Mego Corp has shared some neat sneak peeks via a live stream in the Mego Ambassadors FaceBook group. Several new figures revealed (likely Diamond Exclusives), including Red Son Superman, Flash Point Batman and The Red Hood. The belle of the ball however would be the reveal of the first five Mego World’s Greatest…

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

Vintage Mego: Buck Rogers Star Searcher

by palitoy • January 2, 2020

This week we look at the total oddity that is the “Buck Rogers Star Searcher” a repackaged Micronauts vehicle, we also look at some of the other proposed (but not produced) vehicles and playsets for this line. They may look familiar. Visit us online at : http://www.megomuseum.com/galleries/buck3/ Twitter: @megomuseum Facebook Group: Mego Mania

by palitoy • November 27, 2019

We all know that Mego’s Star Trek line may contain the best-loved and iconic Toys produced for the brand but this installment of vintage Mego looks at the items that didn’t make it to the marketplace such Vulcan Explorers, additional aliens and playsets will just haunt you. Special thanks to Vinnie Baiera, Robyn Adams and…

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…