Museum founder Scott Adams dropped an amazing bomb shell on the Mego community yesterday when he unveiled factory prototypes of his “Displayset” concept. The possibilities are now endless as you can now print and create your own Mego vinyl playset and make it look like it rolled out of the factory in 1976. Stay tuned…
Month: February 2007
The Mego Museum Vintage Toy Store Directory
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A new feature we’re adding to the Mego Museum is the Vintage Toy Store Directory, basically a database of shops across the world that might have vintage toys such as Mego, Star Wars, GI Joe etc at any given time. If there is such a shop in your area that is not on the list,…
The Mego Museum Post Card
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The news of this broke while I was on vacation other wise I’d have blogged about this sooner. Thanks to the very talented Scott Adams we now have the first official Megomuseum post card which depicts a 1970’s toy aisle stuffed with Mego goodies, including the Museum playset. You can read more about how Scott…
Awesome news about World’s Greatest Toys
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The always interesting Benjamin Holcomb has provided an awesome update regarding his upcoming Mego book World’s Greatest Toys. The new Two Morrows catalog features the book and gets us one stop closer to this amazing publication. Discuss this on the Mego Museum Forum. Check out the fancy new Post Card used to promote the book…
Vintage Spider-Man Mall Appearance
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Spider-man meet Mego Spider-man: It’s official, I am jealous of Lou’s childhood. Speaking of Spider-man, check out Austin’s Custom Mego Spider Army. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
New Mego Memories plus Contest
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Added this cool pic of Tom and his Neptunian to the Mego Memories page, if you have a vintage pic of yourself with Mego’s, we want to see them. We’re having another Greatest American Hero Contest, it’s free and pretty easy. You could win a DVD season one set or many fabulous Mego Museum prizes.…
Will the Empire Strike back?
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Interesting Article today from 1980 that discusses the upcoming sequel to Star Wars and it’s impact on the toy industry, the article involves the bigger toy companies of the day including of course, Mego. Here’s a sample: The early box office returns are in, and from most predictions, it looks like The Empire Strikes Back…
Mego Museum Spotlight on Bend N Flex Superheroes
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In 1974, after riding high with the initial launch of World’s Greatest Superheroes line, Mego sought to expand the toy license further with new products. The first such items were the Super Softies (a series of plush heroes) and the Bend N Flex line. While the Supersofties were a flop, the Bend N Flex Line…
Mego Museum Spotlight on Pocket Superheroes
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Mego’s “Comic Action Heroes” were the first licensed 3 3/4″ line to be produced, while trendsetters in 1976, the figures squatting bodies needed updating to fit into the Star Wars marketplace of 1979 and the Pocket Superheroes were born. The line changed it’s name in 1978 but the transition Pocket Super Hero pieces (such as…
Mego Museum Spotlight on CB McHaul
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The Citizens Band Radio fad that swept across America in the Early seventies was a direct result of the gas shortages and the new 55mph speed limit. America soon became smitten with the Trucker sub-culture and lingo. Hollywood was quick to cash in with productions such as “Smokey and the Bandit” and “Handle with Care”.…
