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Vintage Mego: Japanese Planet of the Apes

by palitoy • December 4, 2020

Vintage Mego this week talks about how Toy Maker Bullmark marketed the 1974 Mego Planet of the Apes line in Japan. They did a very…

by palitoy • December 4, 2020

Mego has graciously given us another surprise reveal today and this time it’s the Creeper from the “Jeepers Creepers” film series. Sculptor: Andrew Covalt…

by palitoy • November 27, 2020

“The pain, I can assure you, will be exquisite.” Mego has graciously given us another surprise reveal today in the form of the…

by palitoy • November 25, 2020

Vintage Mego looks at in our humble opinion, is one of the nicest range of action figures produced by Mego, the 12″ Buck Rogers…

by palitoy • November 20, 2020

Mego has graciously given us another surprise reveal today in the form of the upcoming straight jacket variant of Hannibal Lecter from “Silence of…

by palitoy • November 18, 2020

Let’s talk about the Mego 1978 REImagined Catalog project, a fan labour of love and how it managed to predict the future and what we…

by palitoy • November 13, 2020

We have a very sweet treat today that won’t give you cavities, a series of gorgeous photos of the upcoming Mego Willy Wonka figure that…

by palitoy • November 12, 2020

Mint Off Card gets an early look at the highly-anticipated Ultraman figure from Mego Corp. What Ultra characters would you like to see next…

by palitoy • November 7, 2020

Mint Off Card gets an early look at the highly anticipated Christopher Lee Dracula figure from Mego Corp. What Hammer Horror characters would you…

by palitoy • November 6, 2020

From the “we learn something new everyday” file comes this cereal box submitted to us by Kevin and Clem of the Mego Action Jackson and…

Vintage Mego: Japanese Planet of the Apes

by palitoy • December 4, 2020

Vintage Mego this week talks about how Toy Maker Bullmark marketed the 1974 Mego Planet of the Apes line in Japan. They did a very unique and quite wonderful job of marketing this iconic toy range. Check out Hunter’s Planet of the Apes archive: https://pota.goatley.com/ MegoMania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine issue 1 here:…

by palitoy • December 4, 2020

Mego has graciously given us another surprise reveal today and this time it’s the Creeper from the “Jeepers Creepers” film series. Sculptor: Andrew Covalt Seamstress: Rachel Baker Card Layout: Jason Young You can Pre-Order The Creeper and dozens of other Mego characters from Entertainment Earth, proud sponsor of the MegoMuseum! Limited Edition…

by palitoy • November 27, 2020

“The pain, I can assure you, will be exquisite.” Mego has graciously given us another surprise reveal today in the form of the upcoming Candyman figure in a series of gorgeous photographs. Sculptor: Sean Sansom Seamstress: Rachel Baker Card Layout: Jason Young You can Pre-Order Candyman and dozens of other Mego characters from…

by palitoy • November 25, 2020

Vintage Mego looks at in our humble opinion, is one of the nicest range of action figures produced by Mego, the 12″ Buck Rogers line. However, it’s not without its problems. Join us and our special guest, Marty Abrams, talking about Mego’s 1/6th scale revival in the late 1970s. Get Toy-Ventures Magazine here: http://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/…

by palitoy • November 18, 2020

Let’s talk about the Mego 1978 REImagined Catalog project, a fan labour of love and how it managed to predict the future and what we hope still happens like Mego Star Wars. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY HERE: PDF COPY OF 1978 REImagined You can Pre-Order Q and dozens of other Mego characters from Entertainment…

by palitoy • November 13, 2020

We have a very sweet treat today that won’t give you cavities, a series of gorgeous photos of the upcoming Mego Willy Wonka figure that will make you act like Veruca Salt. You can Pre-Order Willy and dozens of other Mego characters from Entertainment Earth, proud sponsor of the MegoMuseum! You can Pre-Order Q…

New Restored Mego Commercial: The Wayne Foundation Play Set

by palitoy • June 8, 2017

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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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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…