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Mego “Trouble with Tribbles” Wave Announced

by palitoy • April 17, 2019

An interesting Pre-Order just popped up on the License-2-Play website this afternoon and reveals the details of the next Star Trek assortment from Mego: …

by palitoy • April 16, 2019

This week is all about one of my favourite Mego Playsets, the amazing Forbidden Zone Trap from the Planet of the Apes line. We give…

by palitoy • April 10, 2019

Exciting times here at the MegoMuseum as we’re privileged to share another awesome foreign Mego discovery. We recently spoke to a collector who was generous…

by palitoy • April 9, 2019

This week we look at the amazing Flying Batcopter made in 1977 for the Mego Comic Action Heroes line, it really works and you…

by palitoy • April 3, 2019

BIDI BIDI BIDI! This week’s installment of Vintage Mego covers the prototype of Twiki from Buck Rogers. I go into my affection for the Mego…

by palitoy • March 28, 2019

In a recent Youtube Interview Mego Chairman Marty Abrams spoke candidly about Mego’s past and future and let a few new details slip about what’s…

by palitoy • March 28, 2019

A new episode of “Mego Museum Mint off Card”, where we de-card a new Retro Figure and let you explore what’s inside. Our subject this…

by palitoy • March 18, 2019

This week’s installment of Vintage Mego covers the weird Superhero (formerly Micronauts) Shuttle toys produced by Mego (using the Lion Rock Logo) for the Pocket…

by palitoy • March 14, 2019

It is truly rare to find something related to mego production after all these years, prototypes, original sculpts and proof cards are actively traded in…

by palitoy • March 13, 2019

Another installment of Mego Museum Vintage Mego, this time we look at the Mighty Mightor 12″ action figure that was exclusive to France but…

Vintage Mego 9: Planet of the Apes Forbidden Zone Trap

by palitoy • April 16, 2019

This week is all about one of my favourite Mego Playsets, the amazing Forbidden Zone Trap from the Planet of the Apes line. We give a history of the set, it’s many fun features and also talk about whether the gift set may or may not exist. For more information on the Planet of the…

by palitoy • April 10, 2019

Exciting times here at the MegoMuseum as we’re privileged to share another awesome foreign Mego discovery. We recently spoke to a collector who was generous enough to share his epic collection of the “Los Famosos Super Heroes (en Accion)”. The MegoMuseum originally reported on these in 2017 with the discovery of a boxed Superman. Instead…

by palitoy • April 9, 2019

This week we look at the amazing Flying Batcopter made in 1977 for the Mego Comic Action Heroes line, it really works and you run the risk of losing your Batman on a roof or in a tree. However, did you know that this began life as a different toy line in a different…

by palitoy • April 3, 2019

BIDI BIDI BIDI! This week’s installment of Vintage Mego covers the prototype of Twiki from Buck Rogers. I go into my affection for the Mego Buck Rogers line, dispell some myths and share my collection of Twiki stuff. For more information on the Buck Rogers line, please visit the Mego Museum gallery page: Buck Rogers…

by palitoy • March 28, 2019

In a recent Youtube Interview Mego Chairman Marty Abrams spoke candidly about Mego’s past and future and let a few new details slip about what’s coming forward. In addition to showing a headsculpt of Snape from Harry Potter, Abrams mentioned that Mego plans to release figures of Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson and Twisted Sister to…

by palitoy • March 28, 2019

A new episode of “Mego Museum Mint off Card”, where we de-card a new Retro Figure and let you explore what’s inside. Our subject this week is the new Bruce Lee action Figure from Mego Corp. You can order Bruce Lee at Entertainment Earth: https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116 Let us know at the forums at www.megomuseum.com Hit us…

New Restored Mego Commercial: The Wayne Foundation Play Set

by palitoy • June 8, 2017

We’ve…

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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Mego Prototypes and Rarities

Hall of Justice or Legion Headquarters?

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…

by palitoy • October 5, 2017

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 palitoy • August 24, 2017

Mego Buck Rogers toy line, the lost prototypes

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…