Captain Patch Returns (Sort of)

A neat new addition to the Mego Museum Super Pirates Gallery.

Captain Patch was recycled by an anonymous toy distributor in the mid seventies to get rid of excess Matchbox "Fighting Furies" outfits. The figure was often just shoved into an existing outfit (as seen above). The head is a reverse of the Mego head (Meaning his eye patch is on the other eye), his outfit consists of Jean LaFite's clothes and his body is the exact same as Captain Eagle,who was marketed with spare Action Jackson outfits. Photo courtesy of Bill Frost.

The 1974 Mego Planet of the Apes Show Room

A rather epic addition today to our Planet of the Apes Galleries, the first (but hopefully not last) known shot of the 1974 Mego Toyfair showroom featuring the Planet of the Apes action figures and Doctor Cornelius himself (obviously one of the store appearance suits) click on the image for a larger view.

Thirsty for more Explore the Mego Museum Planet of the Apes Galleries!

Discuss at the Mego Forums

1973s Greatest Stars: The World's Greatest Superheroes

Again thanks to Steve F., we've got a much bigger scan of the 1974 Mego World's Greatest Superheroes Catalog page, click on it to see a larger view.

I want to go to there...

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The American West Series

Thanks to the generosity of Steve F., we also have a much bigger scan of the 1974 Mego American West Catalog page, click on it to see a larger view.

That includes a much nicer view of the Dodge City Playset, sigh....

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The Mad Monsters Series

Thanks to the generosity of Steve F., we have a much bigger scan of the 1974 Mego Mad Monsters Catalog page, click on it to see a larger view.

I'd also love to know what the heck this is supposed to be....

Mego Catalog Library

Monkey Around With These.....

Terrific Mego Ad from Marvel's "Planet of the Apes Magazine" Issue #4. For more Mego Advertising and Articles, check out our Ad Archive at the Mego Library.

Mego of the Day: Buffalo Bill

Today's Mego of the Day is master Showman and American Legend Buffalo Bill. If you haven't taken a good look at this figures, I assure you, do it now! They're well made, low priced and a lot of fun to collect.

Mego American West Gallery

Mego of the Day" Dinah-Mite's Ski Chalet

As playsets go, this one was pretty swank. Don was a lucky guy.

Mego of the Day: Bend N Flex Batgirl

Just like her WGSH counterpart Bend N Flex Batgirl is super cute and a little tougher to find in good shape than most of her male counterparts.

Mego of the Day: Talking Super Softie Lone Ranger

Mego of the Day is Talking Super Softie Lone Ranger, this marks the sole occasion tried to do anything with the Masked Law man.

The Mego Doctor Zaius Prototype

We end our week of never before seen shots of the original hand made Mego production prototypes of the Planet of the Apes figures with the big guy himself, Dr. Zaius. Thanks for reading!

Click Here to see the original Prototype Dr. Zaius figure by Mego.

The Genesis of the Mego Soldier Ape Figure

Today, we have not one but two different stages of prototypes for the Mego Planet of the Apes Characters.

These original samples have been rumoured to exist for years and now we finally have beautiful full colour shots of the very first Mego Planet of the Apes characters.

Not only do we have the original hand made prototype but an early factory test shot of the Soldier Ape (or as early advertising states "General Ursus")

Click Here to see the original Prototype Soldier Ape figure by Mego.

Also, don't forget to register for this year's Megomeet convention, which is being held this June 5 & 6th in Wheeling WV. Admission is $20 and a dealer table (which includes admission) is $32. It's the only all Mego event of it's kind. Click here to register.

The 1974 Mego Cornelius Prototype

As promised, we kick off a week of never before seen shots of the original hand made Mego production prototypes of the Planet of the Apes Characters.

These original samples have been rumoured to exist for years and now we finally have beautiful full colour shots of the very first Mego Planet of the Apes characters.

Just like Zira yesterday, Cornelius proves to be another wonderfully detailed figure.

Click Here to see the original Prototype Cornelius figure by Mego.

Also, don't forget to register for this year's Megomeet convention, which is being held this June 5 & 6th in Wheeling WV. Admission is $20 and a dealer table (which includes admission) is $32. It's the only all Mego event of it's kind. Click here to register.

The Original 1974 Mego Zira Prototype

As promised, we kick off a week of never before seen shots of the original hand made Mego production prototypes of the Planet of the Apes Characters.

These original samples have been rumoured to exist for years and now we finally have beautiful full colour shots of the very first Mego Planet of the Apes characters.

Click Here to see the original Prototype Zira figure by Mego.

Coming Soon to the Mego Museum

It's big people and very cool, stay tuned for more info at the end of the month.

8" extravaganza at Alexanders!

Including the American West and Mad Monsters into this ad? Yay!

Limit One per customer? Booooo!

Super Deals at Bradlees

Tarzan makes an appearance, he's dreamy....

9 Inch Action Figures?

Apparently at Globe Discount, the action figures are taller.

Lainie goes to the Lost Continent!

Aw yeah! I know one Museum member is happy today...

Bend N Flex on Special at Bradlees!

Those who know me realize how much this ad makes me drool.

K Mart Introduces a new type of package

Pure Mego Love Baby.....

Meet Spider-Man and Action Jackson!

While I am elated and excited to discover that Mego hired an actor to play Action Jackson and do store appearances, I am a little confused at how Spider-man could be in Chicago and California at the same time.

These are the coolest things I have ever seen. One has to wonder what the AJ costume looked like, here is a recreation of that event:

That's James aka Garagesale on the Museum message boards as Action Jackson in our reenactment.

The Apes are at Big N

We Don't Monkey Around!

"Giantway" is the coolest name for a store ever. This ad makes me giddy.

Planet of the Apes! As Seen on TV!

Apes and Christmas Trees

Mego Apes on sale in an ad for Kings Department Store Portsmouth New Hampshire (October 1975)

Friday Nov 22, 1974:

As a TV series, "Planet of the Apes" has been a major disappointment to Fred Silverman, Program VP at CBS, but it has been a big hit in the eyes of Marty Abrams, president of Mego International. Mego is the company which manufactures those Ape toys, and so far they have made $8 million in retail sales! But how does Mego feel about the possibility of CBS cancelling "Planet of
the Apes"? "We'll get by," says Marty Abrams, "so long as they don't cancel before the Christmas toy season."

The Apes Are Coming!

Coming soon to MegoMuseum.com: Mike Jimenez has created a complete revisal of the Mego Planet of the Apes Galleries with every page containg new information and photography.

In the spirit of all things Apes, we'll let a few jaw dropping twists escape that we have hiding beneath the Museum archives. While it will be quite a battle, you won't want to miss the ape conquest of the Mego Museum.

I'm sorry about the puns.

Mego Museum Wyatt Earp Trading Card and Gallery

Our Final Entry in American West Week is lawman Wyatt Earp, this card was sponsored by Rob Chatlin. Like every character featured, Wyatt Earp has a new Mego Museum Gallery.

Megomuseum Trading Card of the Day: Buffalo Bill

As American West Week rolls on we have a new trading card for that Master Showman Buffalo Bill, art by Scott Adams and sponsored by the "International Men of Mystery"

As always, Bill has a new Mego Museum gallery showing packaging variants and original artwork.

Mego Card of the Day Sitting Bull

Our new card reveal today is none other than Sitting Bull, as always the card was designed by Scott Adams and sponsored by Scott Arendsen.

In addition, Sitting Bull has a new Gallery page at the Mego Museum, check it out.

Stay tuned all week for more American West Galleries and Card Reveals.

Mego of the Day: Cochise

Mego of the Day is Cochise, we has a new Gallery page today.

Stay tuned all week for more American West Galleries and Card Reveals.

Mego Davy Crockett Gallery

Kicking off our American West week is the New Davy Crockett Gallery. The card was launched at this year's Mego Meet but come check out the new images and information added to his page.

Stay Tuned this week for new card reveals and galleries as American West Week continures

Mego of the Day will return this month, promise!

Mego of the Day: Type 2 Robin

Mego of the Day for Friday is the ever popular Robin, whom despite his longevity, never gets eough attention for my liking. Pop into the Mego forum and share with us on Mego Robin.

Did you have Robin as a kid? See it? Know of it? Is it in your collection now? On your want list? Do we need pictures of it's packaging in the Museum? Have you ever used it in a custom? Have you customized the character? Why wouldn't this make it into your collection? Did you make funny caption pictures with it? Post pics, tell stories, say whatever, it's mego of the day.

Monday's MOTD: Franz Beckenbauer

Mego Memories: Wolfman Christmas

From 1974 Steve Banes opens a Mego Mad Monster Wolfman. Steve got all 4 of the Mad Monsters that year but this is the only one with a photo. He tells us he simply could not wait to have Wolfie kill G.I. Joe.

Enjoy previous Mego Memories at the Megomuseum, Part 1 and Part 2 are full of vintage coolness. Got a pic to donate? Send it on down!

Check out this week's Custom Spotlight in Custom Mego!

MegoMeet 2008: The fourth annual Mego Convention will be held on June 6 & 7 in Wheeling, WV. For more information check out the official site and forum. Be sure to see pics from past Megomeet, here are the years 2005, 2006, and 2007, Mego Meet is a blast, hope to see you there!

The Mego Superfoes will freak you out!

Neat addition to the MegoMuseum Ad Archive today, it's the 1974 Toyfair press release for the Mego Super Foes. Sadly, there isn't one for the Supergals.

Mego Lost Treasures Update

The official date has been set for what will likely be the Mego collector event of the year, all of the Mego Showroom pieces will go on the Ebay block this January 28th.

Seller Littlemarz reminds will be offering these auction with no reserve and starting at $9.95. Please do not ask them to end the auctions early.

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