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Vintage Mego: Star Trek Mission to Gamma VI

by palitoy • August 29, 2020

Vintage Mego takes a look at the classic Mego Star Trek playset “Mission to Gamma VI” an alien world environment loosely based on a classic…

by palitoy • August 26, 2020

PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures magazine is an old school print magazine about vintage toys from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s covering topics and items that don’t get…

by palitoy • August 20, 2020

This week’s Vintage Mego isn’t about toys but a celebration of the pioneering Heroes World chain, their catalog helped spread knowledge about Mego and other…

by palitoy • August 13, 2020

This week Vintage Mego takes a look at Terraphant, the terrifying Mammoth from the remote world of Visceros! Half elephant, half tank we talk…

by palitoy • August 13, 2020

Just announced in Mego Ambassadors, the 8″ DC Comics line or “The World’s Greatest Mego Heroes” as the line will be called is coming to…

by palitoy • August 10, 2020

So, let’s begin with the big news. Mego Wave 7 and 8 are coming to Canada this month and so far they are confirmed to…

by palitoy • August 6, 2020

Harold the scarecrow from the 2019 film “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” may be the most modern horror character that Mego has produced…

by palitoy • August 3, 2020

Yeah, I’m doing the Waltons episode, even though I don’t collect the toyline or enjoy the show itself, let’s defend Mego’s decision to make a…

by palitoy • July 29, 2020

This 1973 article interviews Licencing Corp of America’s Stan Weston and Don Levin. Weston’s impact on our childhood is immeasurable, from the creation of GI…

by palitoy • July 23, 2020

Time to take a look at one of the most collectible lines Mego created, the 8″ line of Star Trek Aliens from 1976.…

Vintage Mego: Star Trek Mission to Gamma VI

by palitoy • August 29, 2020

Vintage Mego takes a look at the classic Mego Star Trek playset “Mission to Gamma VI” an alien world environment loosely based on a classic epsiode of the television series. We also talk about why the Mego Star Trek line abruptly ended in 1977 even though it was still quite popular. Talk Mego Star Trek…

by palitoy • August 26, 2020

PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures magazine is an old school print magazine about vintage toys from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s covering topics and items that don’t get the respect they deserve. Each issue will feature collector guides, rare photographs, interviews, and articles by some of the toy experts in the Collector Field. Issue #1 will be a…

by palitoy • August 20, 2020

This week’s Vintage Mego isn’t about toys but a celebration of the pioneering Heroes World chain, their catalog helped spread knowledge about Mego and other toy lines. It was the 1970s internet! I’m joined by some special guests this episode, Art Baltazar, David Weiner, and Dr. Mego for the retrospective on the amazing Heroes World…

by palitoy • August 13, 2020

This week Vintage Mego takes a look at Terraphant, the terrifying Mammoth from the remote world of Visceros! Half elephant, half tank we talk about this vehicle’s development including prototype shots and the fun things that were left out of the final product. Special Thanks to Ray “AcroRay” Miller for the amazing photos and…

by palitoy • August 13, 2020

Just announced in Mego Ambassadors, the 8″ DC Comics line or “The World’s Greatest Mego Heroes” as the line will be called is coming to Meijer stores this September. UPDATED: Thanks to our friends at Mego Corp, we have the first shot of Batman, hot off the production line. This is what will be hitting…

by palitoy • August 10, 2020

So, let’s begin with the big news. Mego Wave 7 and 8 are coming to Canada this month and so far they are confirmed to be at all Toys R Us locations and on amazon.ca. We’ll have more updates on retailers as they come in. Now the neat bit of trivia, Mego’s new distributor in…

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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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…