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Exclusive! First Look at 14″ KISS from Mego

by palitoy • February 15, 2019

As we begin the 2019 Toyfair, here is the first bit of news from Mego Corporation (which is exhibiting at Booth #2553) and that’s the…

by palitoy • February 12, 2019

Welcome to another installment of Vintage Mego. This week we talk about the Mego One Million BC line and the series of awesome “Prehistoric Animals”…

by palitoy • February 7, 2019

The Megomuseum has received an exclusive news story from Mego Corporation! One of the many new mego items making its debut at Toyfair 2019 will be…

by palitoy • February 4, 2019

Legendary toy creator partners with Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment to create new action figures straight from the SECRET VAULT of Stan Lee himself!…

by palitoy • February 4, 2019

Welcome to Vintage Mego, a bi-weekly discussion of Mego toys produced during their “Golden Age” also known as our childhood. This week we talk about…

by palitoy • January 31, 2019

This time, staying awake won’t save you! Here comes Freddy Krueger cloth action figure from Wes Craven’s New Nightmare! The seventh film in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise…

by palitoy • January 30, 2019

White Elephant Toys and KC’s Galloping Gals are proud to present an 8″ fully articulated Bettie Page action figure. Betty Mae Page, known professionally as…

by palitoy • January 29, 2019

One more episode of “Mego Museum Mint off Card”, where we de-card a new Retro Figure and let you explore what’s inside. I know last…

by palitoy • January 28, 2019

Welcome to Vintage Mego, a bi-weekly discussion of Mego toys produced during their “Golden Age” also known as our childhood. This week’s installment serves as…

by palitoy • January 24, 2019

Thanks to our friend Eddy B, we have a wonderful trade ad for the UK version of the Fist Fighting Superheroes by Palitoy. Palitoy went…

Exclusive! First Look at 14″ KISS from Mego

by palitoy • February 15, 2019

As we begin the 2019 Toyfair, here is the first bit of news from Mego Corporation (which is exhibiting at Booth #2553) and that’s the announcement of 14″ KISS figures and our first exclusive look at the Star Child himself, Paul Stanley! This is certainly just the beginning of what is going to be a…

by palitoy • February 12, 2019

Welcome to another installment of Vintage Mego. This week we talk about the Mego One Million BC line and the series of awesome “Prehistoric Animals” that were created for the line. These (mostly dinosaurs) creatures are actually some of the hardest to find items produced by Mego and well, they’re a lot of fun. For…

by palitoy • February 7, 2019

The Megomuseum has received an exclusive news story from Mego Corporation! One of the many new mego items making its debut at Toyfair 2019 will be a 14″ line of Star Trek figures. Mego launched the 14″ format with the very popular DC Superheroes brand this past year and are now expanding that universe with the crew (and…

by palitoy • January 29, 2019

One more episode of “Mego Museum Mint off Card”, where we de-card a new Retro Figure and let you explore what’s inside. I know last week I said it MOC was going on hiatus but then I managed to get myself an Andre the Giant from wave four Target Exclusive series and thought we’d end…

by palitoy • January 28, 2019

Welcome to Vintage Mego, a bi-weekly discussion of Mego toys produced during their “Golden Age” also known as our childhood. This week’s installment serves as an introduction to the series and also, a discussion of your “Gateway mego” the action figure that saw you become a collector. Tell us us what your “Gateway Mego” was…

by palitoy • January 22, 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 14″ Joker figure by Mego Corp. This is from the fourth wave of Target. Mint off Card is going on hiatus with this show as I’m…

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…