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Vintage Mego: Aquaman vs the Great White Shark

by palitoy • May 21, 2019

This week we explore the “Aquaman vs the Great White Shark” set from 1978, including its origins, history and some of the odd trivia surrounding…

by palitoy • May 14, 2019

Meet Antron, Membros and Repto, the Mego Micronauts Aliens with Glow in the Dark brains. We talk about their development, background, appearances in Marvel comics.…

by palitoy • May 7, 2019

Distributor License-2-Play has released photos of the upcoming variant wave intended for Foreign Markets and some of these are rather different. See images below: …

by palitoy • May 7, 2019

We dare you to say his name five times! From the classic horror film series Candyman! The terrifying slasher films told the story of vengeful…

by palitoy • May 4, 2019

MegoMuseum presents the history of Mego Logan’s Run: The Lost Toyline. Chronicling Mego’s attempts to make a toy line out of both the film and…

by palitoy • May 4, 2019

The Hairy Wolfman is one of the latest variants coming out of the little shop of Mego Horror. Half-Human and half Wolf, this furry…

by palitoy • April 30, 2019

A bit of a departure this week, instead of talking about a vintage Mego toy, we thought we’d talk about some myths and rumours that…

by palitoy • April 27, 2019

We’ve got an exclusive look at the flocked WereWolf from the upcoming Wave six horror assortment. This wave is being called an “Interim Wave” by…

by palitoy • April 23, 2019

Vintage Mego takes a look at an empty box but WHAT an empty box, this is the only surviving sample of the Action Jackson Adventure…

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: …

Vintage Mego: Aquaman vs the Great White Shark

by palitoy • May 21, 2019

This week we explore the “Aquaman vs the Great White Shark” set from 1978, including its origins, history and some of the odd trivia surrounding this hard to get Mego item. Please hit like and subscribe to never miss one of our weekly features. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg

by palitoy • May 14, 2019

Meet Antron, Membros and Repto, the Mego Micronauts Aliens with Glow in the Dark brains. We talk about their development, background, appearances in Marvel comics. Please hit like and subscribe, we publish new toy content every week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg

by palitoy • May 7, 2019

Distributor License-2-Play has released photos of the upcoming variant wave intended for Foreign Markets and some of these are rather different. See images below: You can order these right now at Entertainment Earth. You can order these right now at Entertainment Earth. This take on Dracula reminds me of the…

by palitoy • May 4, 2019

MegoMuseum presents the history of Mego Logan’s Run: The Lost Toyline. Chronicling Mego’s attempts to make a toy line out of both the film and TV version of the 1970s Science Fiction classic “Logan’s Run”. “Subscribe Now* and get all our videos featuring vintage, custom, and new Mego action figures. Our Channel includes “Mint Off…

by palitoy • April 30, 2019

A bit of a departure this week, instead of talking about a vintage Mego toy, we thought we’d talk about some myths and rumours that plague Mego collecting to this day. We even believed some of these and spread them ourselves, so it’s time to put these to bed. So for this installment, we’ll tackle…

by palitoy • April 27, 2019

We’ve got an exclusive look at the flocked WereWolf from the upcoming Wave six horror assortment. This wave is being called an “Interim Wave” by Mego, so that foreign distributors can catch up (Just like the previously announced “Trouble with Tribbles” wave of Star Trek). It Includes 5 figures: 1x New Werewolf – Full Body…

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…