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A look inside the Mego Factory

by palitoy • June 3, 2020

Our amazing friend Eddy Berst has uncovered another incredible piece of history, this photo of the Mego factory shows a group of Lion Rock workers…

by palitoy • June 1, 2020

Proposed for the 1977 Toy Buying Season, the Mego Comic Action Heroes Spider-Man exploding tower playset was the one that got away, as a…

by palitoy • May 28, 2020

Let’s unbox the latest retro action figures from NECA based on the once-maligned 1980s Horror classic “Halloween 3 Season of the Witch” can you believe…

by palitoy • May 19, 2020

Vintage Mego takes a look this week at the 1974 Mego Playset “The Lost Continent” which is available in both Action Jackson branded packaging…

by palitoy • May 19, 2020

A figure that escaped yesterday’s update was Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Well, Mego Corp has generously provided that image for us as well,…

by palitoy • May 18, 2020

We’re elated to get some new looks at the final figures for the highly anticipated eighth wave of figures from Mego Corp. You can pre-order…

by palitoy • May 14, 2020

This week we crack open the new Meteor Man figure from “Birdman and the Galaxy Trio” tv series from Figures Toy Company. You can purchase…

by palitoy • May 6, 2020

Vintage Mego opens up another Mego item from back in the day and plays with it. This week we’re looking at the classic Mego Comic…

by palitoy • May 5, 2020

So we have a double bit of goodness today, first, Mego is producing an 8″ Dr. Hannibal Lecter from “The Silence of the Lambs” and…

by palitoy • April 30, 2020

Our friends at Figures Toy Company have just informed us that they’ve expanded their offerings of their Type S bodies and accessories. This greatly expands…

A look inside the Mego Factory

by palitoy • June 3, 2020

Our amazing friend Eddy Berst has uncovered another incredible piece of history, this photo of the Mego factory shows a group of Lion Rock workers hastily assembling Mego Starsky and Hutch action figures. You can pre-order Wave 8 from Entertainment Earth and help the MegoMuseum. Like Mego Knock-Offs? Join our Facebook group dedicated today, it’s…

by palitoy • June 1, 2020

Proposed for the 1977 Toy Buying Season, the Mego Comic Action Heroes Spider-Man exploding tower playset was the one that got away, as a lack of overal buyer interest would have Mego scrap the concept and it would never see production. It even made our recent video of Cancelled Mego Superhero items: …

by palitoy • May 19, 2020

A figure that escaped yesterday’s update was Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Well, Mego Corp has generously provided that image for us as well, below is an updated look at the Leatherface figure, it features a slightly different look from ToyFair 2020 with a new chainsaw. Join Mego Ambassadors today! You can pre-order any…

by palitoy • May 18, 2020

We’re elated to get some new looks at the final figures for the highly anticipated eighth wave of figures from Mego Corp. You can pre-order any of these figures from Entertainment Earth and help the MegoMuseum.

by palitoy • May 6, 2020

Vintage Mego opens up another Mego item from back in the day and plays with it. This week we’re looking at the classic Mego Comic Action Heroes Exploding Bridge playset with Batman and the Batmobile. We talk about the rare gift set, the foreign versions, and how well this toy works. Did you have this…

by palitoy • May 5, 2020

So we have a double bit of goodness today, first, Mego is producing an 8″ Dr. Hannibal Lecter from “The Silence of the Lambs” and it will be another addition to their growing line of horror characters, also, thanks to our friends at Mego Corp, we’ve got a sneak peek at the head sculpt. …

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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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…