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Mego Mint Off Card: The Fly and Mr. Hyde plus a contest!

by palitoy • September 13, 2020

Mint Off Card looks at The Fly and Mr. Hyde two of the World’s Greatest Mego Monsters from Wave 8. We’ll be decarding both figures…

by palitoy • September 10, 2020

This week Vintage Mego looks at an underrated line of Mego toys based on the World’s Greatest Superheroes. The Bend N Flex line was a…

by palitoy • September 3, 2020

Thanks to our friends at Mego Corp (Please check out their Facebook group Mego Ambassadors) we have an exclusive look at the finsihed factory versions…

by palitoy • September 3, 2020

Mego Corp gave collectors and update they were waiting for yesterday with the announcement of an expanded presence at Wal-Mart stores and when we…

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…

Mego Mint Off Card: The Fly and Mr. Hyde plus a contest!

by palitoy • September 13, 2020

Mint Off Card looks at The Fly and Mr. Hyde two of the World’s Greatest Mego Monsters from Wave 8. We’ll be decarding both figures and giving one away! Contest details in the video. Subscribe to the MegoMuseum Newsletter here MegoMuseum Links: MegoMuseum Forums MegoMuseum…

by palitoy • September 10, 2020

This week Vintage Mego looks at an underrated line of Mego toys based on the World’s Greatest Superheroes. The Bend N Flex line was a best seller for Mego, why was it cut? We’ll get into that in this installment. Subscribe to the MegoMuseum Newsletter here MegoMuseum Links: MegoMuseum Forums …

by palitoy • September 3, 2020

Thanks to our friends at Mego Corp (Please check out their Facebook group Mego Ambassadors) we have an exclusive look at the finsihed factory versions of the World’s Greatest Mego Heroes hitting stores this fall. Exclusive currently only to Meijer Stores (although more retailers may be announced down the line) the World’s Greatest Mego Heroes…

by palitoy • September 3, 2020

Mego Corp gave collectors and update they were waiting for yesterday with the announcement of an expanded presence at Wal-Mart stores and when we could expect wave 9. Directly quoted from their web page: We have been hard at work with Walmart to expand our distribution of Mego products and we are very excited…

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…

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…