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Up Close: Hjalmar Poelzig from Distinctive Dummies

by palitoy • July 31, 2014

Our newest photo review is the first from Distinctive Dummies Boris Karloff line of figures. Officially licensed through the Karloff estate, these four figures represent…

by palitoy • July 31, 2014

In a recent kick starter to produce a pilot for a TV series based on the cult film “Free Enterprise” (which every Mego head should…

by palitoy • July 29, 2014

[Show as slideshow] A new feature here on the Museum is up close, which is showing off some of the latest arrivals in the growing…

by MegoScott • July 25, 2014

Here’s a look at NECA’s 8 inch retro style Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child.

by palitoy • July 25, 2014

The good people at EMCE toys shared with us some wonderfull indepth images of the upcoming Captain America set. Drink in this patriotic goodness. [Show…

by EMCE Hammer • July 24, 2014

Mego Museum founding partner Scott C. Adams spent the day basking in SDCC glory and snapped these photos of upcoming DST product. These figures were…

by palitoy • July 24, 2014

In a move that will prove very popular NECA announced an 8″ Retro Planet of the Apes figure line by unveiling the one character every…

by palitoy • July 24, 2014

Some random shots of the Entertainment Earth/Bif Bang Pow! booth this year, no evidence of their upcoming Flash Gordon figures yet but that could change.…

EE reveals 1966 Joker Exclusive

by palitoy • July 10, 2014

Entertainment Earth revealed it’s exclusive Softball Joker from Figures inc today. This is the Joker as he first appeared on the 1966 series, to preorder visit Entertainment Earth.

by palitoy • July 1, 2014

Courtesy of super collector Mark Huckabone, we don’t talk enough about Mego’s entry into 1/6th scale and here is proof. Four distinct variations in carded Spider-Man 12″ figures right under our noses. This would be the first version, featuring the Canadian skinny body. Version 2 features the muscular body that is more known in the…

by palitoy • March 24, 2014

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Steven Ross generously shared with us this awesome letter from Mego VP Bill Baron (whom we interviewed in 2006). Steven explains “When I was a teenager (with a lot of time on my hands, apparently), I sent the Mego Corp. a multi-page letter (on notebook paper!), that explained why Marvel’s Micronauts (comics) would make an…

by palitoy • January 20, 2014

It doesn’t look like much but this inauspicious looking room is actually Fort Knox for Mego collectors. You’re looking at Lion Rock’s store room in Hong Kong where all the tooling dies were kept. This is where Batman, Baron Karza and Dinah-Mite came from. Just a shiny bit of Mego love for a cold…

by EMCE Hammer • May 8, 2012

Issue no. 56 of Back Issue! focuses on the Avengers, and contains a special treat for Megoheads. Our own Chris Franklin contributed an article titled Assemble Them All! Avengers Action Figures in the Back Issue! Era.

by Museum • April 8, 2011

A fun little bit of Foreign Mego history for a Friday afternoon. This fun addition to the Megomuseum Ad Archive for Spanish Mego distributor Poch comes to us from sister site Foreign Mego Archive. Dinah Mite seems to be the only lady at this square dance and the Solider Ape looks lonely. Visit Foreign Mego for more exotic…

Mego 12″ Captain America and Hulk Commercial

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 Museum Labour Day Vintage Commercial Marathon

by palitoy • August 31, 2013

Long weekends and marathons go together, so we’re going through the archives and giving you some vintage Mego toy commercials and Toy Fair reels. Kicking it off with this one from 1979, the Mego Star Trek Enterprise Bridge and Vulcan Shuttle reel.

This is likely a toy fair reel and not something that saw air time. Sadly the Vulcan Shuttle was not produced, rumours abound but no physical samples have ever surfaced.

Also, what’s with the kid saying “and Officer Ilia” in such a suggestive way?

Comic Action Heroes Batmobile Commercial

by Museum • July 6, 2007

Another remastered Mego commercial from 70s Toy Explosion, this time from the Comic Action Heroes line it’s Batman and the Exploding bridge!

Mego Prototypes and Rarities

Prototype Mego Knights

by palitoy • January 15, 2014

How gorgeous is the Catalog page from Marx UK (this is the only Mego line they were selling in 1975) which shows the hand painted Super Knights in all their glory? Try and spot all the little differences between these and the factory versions, also, you might notice somebody is missing. Check out the Mego…

by palitoy • March 27, 2012

Thanks to super collector Mark Huckabone we have another glimpse into the inner workings of the Mego toy corporation. This rare early vinyl test head reveals an early rejected head sculpt for Arthur Fonzerelli AKA “The Fonz” from the Mego Happy Days line. Found at the home of a former Mego employee, this early head…

by palitoy • December 30, 2011

The good folks at BifBangPow! have given us a New Years treat on their blog, the first peak at their Battlestar Galactica line with this shot of the upcoming Cylon figure. Happy New Year indeed!

by palitoy • October 19, 2011

Prototype 12 Inch Superman The good folks at Hake’s Americana have really outdone themselves with their current slate of auctions which include an unprecendented amount of rare carded Mego Superheroes from the Benjamin Holcolmb collection . The show stopper this time around however would be the Mego 12″ Superman prototype from the Parkdale Novelty archives. Kresge Carded…

by Museum • May 16, 2007

Another remastered commercial from 70′s toy explosion, this time it’s for the Phaser target game, enjoy!

Mego Star Trek Communcations Console Commercial