Friday, August 31, 2007

Soldier Apes Fan Out


"They're all tame until they take a chunk out of you"-Julius

The ground troops begin their hunt for the astronauts with the third card in the series, the Silver Soldier Ape. Scott has created a unique card for each Soldier Ape variation, stay tuned for the next installment in this series.



General Ursus sponsored by Meule, Merlyn, Thunderbolt, Doc Dracko and Critter2, thanks guys!

Stay tuned to the Mego Forums for how to get your cards

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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Planet of the Apes Month: The Hunt Begins


"The only good human is a dead Human"- General Ursus

The hunt is on for the Astronauts, a brigade of soldier apes lead by the vicious General Ursus are out to capture all humans in the area. This is the first trading card of an actual ape in this series and it's accompanied by a new gallery, click here to see it all.



General Ursus sponsored by Bill McFarland AKA Wee67, thanks Bill!

Stay tuned to the Mego Forums for how to get your cards

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Planet of the Apes Month Begins

Planet of the Apes Astronaut

"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be."- Astronaut George Taylor


As we begin our journey into the Mego Museum Planet of the Apes event, we begin with the Astronauts. Unlike previous sets of cards, Scott Adams has made the Apes cards tell a story so it's important to begin with the Astronaut, our first card in the series.


To better help launch this series we've updated and revised the gallery pages for each character, come see the new information and pictures each day we reveal.

Stay tuned to the Megomuseum forums for details on how these cards will be released.

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Friday, August 17, 2007

I give in, it's Batman Week


It's just too easy to put another Bat Update in this week. Today courtesy of Mego collector extraordinaire Dan Crandall, we have the Pin Pin (France) release of Batgirl, so pretty.......


Coming next week: APES!

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

It's turning into Batman Week.....


Although it is a total coincidence, most of the updates this week have been Batman related and today is no exception, thanks to Dan Crandall we have shots of this sweet Photo Boxed Mego Batcopter.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Italian Boxed Batman

12 inch Batman Harbert

Another cool Batman piece this week, courtesy of Paul Hougland it's a rare Italian boxed version of the 12" Batman.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Rare Magnetic Batman Piece


New to the Museum today is this ultra rare production sample of a Magna Heroes Batman, we came close to getting these in North America but for some reason it didn't happen.

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Monday, August 13, 2007

Wizard World Chicago Highlights

kamen rider rocks the wizard world chicago show


Thanks to some extra credit card air miles and very generous friends, I found myself at Wizard World Chicago this weekend, soaking up the superheroic vibes.



kamen rider rocks the wizard world chicago show


The show was a great mix of media, guests and toys both new and vintage. It wouldn't be complete without folks walking around in costume would it? Now onto the Mego Content:



MegoGeek


Our own Megogeek at his booth, Charlie brought a great mix of Mego and other vintage toys, bronze age marvels and Treasury editions. I spent a lot of money there.



Mark Huckabone


In what should come as no surprise, Mark Huckabone of Heroes West Coast brought an unmatched display of vintage toys. Some great deals were available and I ended up with a happy purchase.



Mark Huckabone


Mark Huckabone


Mark Huckabone


Batman and Robin


Batman and Robin the teen wonder (literally) showed up on Saturday afternoon as did Doom himself, this guy towered over everybody. If you look closely in the back, you can see a display of EMCE toys Star Trek dolls.


Doctor Doom


customs


These customs were made by a fan in the eighties and were just awesome, people were scooping them up just because they were so fun. I wish I had grabbed that Vision.



customs


12" Mego Spiderman as Giant Man, wonderful.



chalk drawing of Batman


A chalk artist puts together an amazing Batman Mural


Mattel


Mattel displayed a glimpse of the upcoming year of Superheroes, it looks like the future will be expensive for me. For more of this coverage please check out our Modern Toys forum.


I left this years Wizard World with a full suitcase (and cardboard box), the predictable empty wallet and a lot of great memories. I hope to save a few more airmilesfor next year.....

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Friday, August 10, 2007

!978 Means Micronauts!

mego superheroes in the aldens catalog

No trip into 1978 can be without a visit to the The Interchangable world of the Micronauts!.

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Thursday, August 09, 2007

Mego Museum Planet of the Apes Teaser Trailer



Scott whipped up this neat little "teaser trailer" for our upcoming Planet of the Apes cards, showing just how labour intensive these things are to produce. It's worth it though.....

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Holy Stretch Monster Batman!

mego superheroes in the aldens catalog

Our trip into 1978 continues with this Awesome 1978 Aldens Catalog page now up in the Megomuseum Library.

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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

1978 was all about Superheroes

mego superheroes in the aldens catalog

And not just Mego Superheroes as evidenced by this 1978 Aldens Catalog page now up in the Megomuseum Library.


mego superheroes in the aldens catalog

Black Kryptonite whipped up this awesome Moon Knight as a Get Well Soon for Forum Pal Merlyn, how cool is that?

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Monday, August 06, 2007

Planet of the Apes Teaser

megomuseum planet of the apes trading card set

Scott has posted this amazing teaser image to the mego message boards today of the upcoming Planet of the Apes Mego Museum card set.

You can win a complete set (up until now) of Megomuseum Trading cards today merely by answering the question "What is your favourite Mego figure" at the message boards.


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Thursday, August 02, 2007

August is Apes Month!


Just because we've been quiet doesn't mean we're not working, actually we're working even hard then usual. Starting shortly will be a month long journey to the Planet of the Apes line by Mego with newly revised galleries, photos and artwork. It's going to be great but bear with us.



Dave hasn't been idle, he's incorporated all the recently released EMCE toys Star Trek rerelease figures in accessory check so you can distinguish repro vs original.



Stunning is the only word I can use to describe Cat's amazing Automan custom, based on the short lived 80's series of the same name. I can't think of what's more surprising, the fact that the figure glows in the dark or that Cat has never seen the series!

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