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As if we needed more evidence that The Venture Brothers is the best cartoon show ever. Here we have a clip of Doctor Orpheus (who was already my favourite character) which shows that besides being a freelance Necromancer he's a Mego Customizer to boot,Wonderful.
A neat addition to the Mego Museum's Dinah-Mite Gallery today. It's a window boxed gift comprised of Dinah and three fashions. Except for the Folk Singer set, the other two fashions are from a series known as the "New Fashions". That would date this set as having a 1975 release, if only Mego had done the same things for Action Jackson.....drool......
We have new customizer spotlight for August, this month it's Dana Shaw, come check out some of his 8" handiwork. (that sounds dirty but it shouldn't)
Sweet update to our Mego CHiPs Gallery page today courtesy of the always great Olmo Giovannini, this is the bike launcher set (very similiar to the old Evel Knievel toys) and it's in the rarely seen Italian (GIG) box. Thanks Olmo!
Mego Hulk Goes Globe Trotting: Bill Aka Wee67 shared with us this awesome pictures of his Mego Hulk visiting Turkey. Click on the picture to see many more shots.
Tiny Timelords: Otherdude has obviously been busy, he posted an exhaustive amount of Doctor Who Customs on the boards this week and they're smashing too. I must admit, I'm totally jealous. Check them out here.
Mego Meet 2008 ReCap Part 3 Seminars and Toy Displayhttp://www.megomuseum.com/megomeet/megomeet2008.jpg
Like every year, folks from the Museum community step up and offer to run Mego Seminars in order to provide entertainment for the day. This also helps to thin the crowd down at the dealers area, so it's really win/win. This years seminar's included "Mego Mythbusters" headed by yours truly, Dave always gives me the early class after a pub crawl so he's a lot like my guidance counseller. Dave followed up with an Accessory Check talk based on his tireless efforts in that department. After our group photo, Doc Mego discussed EMCE toys to a standing room only crowd, the final seminar was the Custom Q & A headed by a foursome of well known Museum customizers, which is always well attended.
In the midst of all this, Chris Johnson's Megomeet exclusive figure "Mighty Mightor" went on sale and sold out. Chris always takes these projects on himself and we're glad he does.While the day was winding down with our Custom Auction and Bandwidth Raffle (both great big successes, thank you very much) I decided to take a look at the epic toy display that was on the upper level.
John Santori provided this fantastic Star Trek bridgefor our centerpiece this year and it was well appreciated. I was really smitten with the attention to detail here.
Ray Miller provided a beautiful display of Mego Micronauts including some rare prototypes from the Lords of Light line. Micronauts don't get enough love at Megomeet, so we're lucky to have Ray.
Eventually it was time to pack up, have our well attended annual meal at Undo's and head back to the Mego Suite andbegrudgingly say our goodbyes. We made a few new friends this year and that's what this is all about. Mego Meet 2008 was another roaring success and a tremendous reflection of all the good people that I'm happy to be affiliated with.
A close second to being in a room full of people who share your obsession (and speak your Mego language) is the Mego Meet Dealers Room. Whether your poison is MOC, loose, custom, repro, parts, you will never find a better grouping of all things Mego under one roof than here.
The room was always tightly cramped, I often had to wait until Seminars were in session to get a good shot of what was available. Here are some but not all of the vendors in attendance:
Art Balthazar brought his impressive custom collection for all too see, he was also signing copies of my son's favourite comic, Tiny Titans.
Scott Adams brought a breath taking assortment of Dida Displays, these sets truly will make you wish you were six again. I'm really jealous of whoever got the last Monster set.
This Quick Video shows in greater details the offerings from Art, Dr. Mego EMCE Toys (the upcoming Khan and Gorn figures are awesome BTW) and Scott's Dida Displays.
Roberto "Blue Meanie" Ligotti brought a stellar assortment of items, which isn't really a surprise, he's done it for the past 4 Meets.
This case of Roberto's is where most of my Mego Money went this weekend but I am really happy about that, trust me.
John from Type 3 Toys was on hand showcasing his creations, the focus is on bronze age Marvel characters and honestly photos just don't do them justice, they are works of art.
More from Type 3 Toys, that Deathlok was truly superb.
Austin had a great assortment of customs including a '67 Spider-Man that so calling to me.
Brian Leitner had an awesome sampling of his uniforms.
New to the show Jim Hampton brought a terrific assortment of items including his Sherrif of Nottingham figure which he sold out of at the Meet.
Also new to the show was author Sean Griffen, who offered a bevy of minty figures.
Then if you haven't already come see all the entries at the Mego Forum, there is an intoxicating amount of talent and imagination put into all of these. Well done, everybody!
Less than one week until MegoMeet, this year's Mego Convention, hope to see you there.
1978 Project: Mego Employee Panel Announced, Final Submissions due by May 20
Hey everyone! Our deadline of May 20th is fast approaching.
We are excited and proud to confirm that former Mego R&D employees Harvey Zelman and Tory Mucaro will be on our panel evaluating and offering their insight on submissions.
The catalog lineup will be announced May 21st. The selected submissions will be displayed and photographed at Megomeet so remember to make sure you give yourself enough time to get them mailed to me by May 30th. After that, they might not make the event. (June 6-7)
Everyone who has submitted should contact me for a shipping address. You can ship them whenever you want, just make sure they are in my hands no later than May 30th.
Remember to make sure there is a note in that that gives all the information on the figures, and on who you are, complete with return address. Also remember, you are responsible for return postage, so you might want to toss in an MO, or cash or something that will cover the return trip.
Not exactly sure when the catalog will be complete, but we plan on locking Scott up in the Museum basement until he completes his task.
At World's Greatest Toys Benjamin is showcasing images from the 1979 Mego Annual Report, if you don't click there and check it out you lose your status as a Mego Collector. That's right, we're pulling your union card, we can do that.
A fun ad in our Heroes world gallery today, this time it's a wonderfully illustrated piece for the Mego Black Hole 12" and 3 3/4" figures.
What's best about this image is how sneaky they depict Ernest Borgnine's character. Look at those shifty eyes, you know he's up to no good. DUN-DUN-DUN!
If this has left craving more Mego Black Hole, cruise over to our Black Hole Gallery for shots of loose, carded and even prototype items from Mego.
Mike Rogers unveiled his latest custom figure, Detective Dan McGarrett from Hawaii Five-0, which I think is gangbusters. Mike also has the Custom Spotlight this week with his Dracula figure, he's on a roll. Check out all the latest creations at Custom Mego.
We've expanded the Mego Custom Universe at our forum, now will three individual Custom Forums to serve you better, check out the expanded Custom universe at Custom Mego.
Only two months left for Megomeet, the world's only Mego Convention. Check out the official site for more information.
From 1974 Steve Banes opens a Mego Mad Monster Wolfman. Steve got all 4 of the Mad Monstersthat 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!
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 andforum. 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!
A terrific addition today to the Megomuseum Galleries, the extremely rare Mego Comic Action Heroes Batmobile Set. This is without a doubt one of the rarest Superhero toys Mego produced, few boxed examples have survived.
This newly discovered item in the Megomuseum ad archive explains how the 1972 Mego line up which saw the debut of Action Jackson was presented by none other than Comedy legend Milton Berle. If only they had camcorders back in the day.
December will be a month you will not want to miss if you're a mego fan, new articles, three new interviews with former Mego employees including never before seen prototypes. Stay Tuned.
Our Mego Advertising Archive gets a new addition today in the form of this 1972 article about the upcoming Action Jackson Scramble cycle. This is an early piece of Mego history and shows the growing company's expanding creativity.
Mostly because he's got the first copy of his book World's Greatest Toys in hand, which means the rest of us should be getting it very soon. If you haven't ordered your copy yet,click here to the Amazon page.
Fred made a very cool custom of Boston Brand AKA Deadman that is also this week's custom Spotlight.
Customizer of the month is Dr K A Thomas click the link to see his many cool creations.
Our own Rob Kelly (Namtab) provided us with some vintage coolness for the Mego Memories Page, if you have shots you'd like to share, drop us a line!
Every Mego fan should head over to the World's Greatest Toys website today and check out the kicking new samples author Benjamin Holcomb has laid on us. Like we needed more evidence of how much this book was going to rock.
In keeping with the spirit of the month, Joe has cooked up this fantastic Mr Monster custom, love the detail on this guy.
Check out the Megomuseum for more Monsterous updates all October.
Just in time for Halloween, we've added a Monster Movie/Horror Forum and we're welcoming horror fans whether you're preference is Jason, Lugosi or El Hombre Lobo.
Coming soon: Spooky Monster Gallery Updates you won't want to miss!
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.
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:
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.
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.
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 Trekdolls.
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.
12" Mego Spiderman as Giant Man, wonderful.
A chalk artist puts together an amazing Batman Mural
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.....
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!
Added new pictures and information to the Denys Fisher Doctor Who Cyberman Gallery today. Click to see all the info on this very rare and well, fragile action figure
Mike's rendition of TV Shazam! is this week's custom spotlight and hey it's worthy of kudos!
This month's TV Film Memorabiliahas an expansive history of Mego Corporation article written by Spencer Peet, many of the photographs are from the Mego Museum. The article covers the rise and fall of Mego and includes a wide amount of rare product from all their lines.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Super-Spider-Man? Ron's latest creation is a very imaginative alagamation of two pop culture icons.
Spiffy update today, new photos of the Pocket Heroes white card set which now includes each character. Look for more revised galleries all summer long.
I forgot to mention these fabulous Doctor Who Customs when they first arrived on the scene but they are worth a look, plans are in the works apparently for the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Doctors as well!
Thanks to Rudy we have pics of the ultra rare Superman figure from Basa (Peru). Very few of these are known to exist and we're lucky to have shots of it.
Customs Spotlight this week goes to all the folks who donated for the Megomeet auction, what a fantastic success it was and we want to thank everyone for their generosity.
We've all heard of unproduced Mego lines like Ark 2 and Logan's Run but what about the figures that were cut from established Mego lines? Now thanks to some information from a mego insider we present the Top Five Lost Figures, characters that were cut from the team before production. Check out what might have been here.
Tomorrow is Megomeet, hopefully I'll see some new faces there this year. That means the online portion of the raffle will close today at 5pm EST. If you haven't got your tickets click here.
This year's Megomeet convention is three days away, we'll be giving live updates all weekend at the new Mego Message Boards, of course it would be awesome to see some new faces as well.
An Amazing Dealer Room, with more Mego and Custom fodder found in one location since, well, last years Mego Meet.
A Great Lineup of Guest Speakers and Panels
The Incredible generousity of the people who donated loads of Mego and miscellaneous goodness for the Museum Benefit Raffle
The Donations of, and Chances to Win Awesome Custom Figures for the Benefit Auction
Not One, but TWO Brand New Mego Museum Trading Cards, created by our very own Creator and Artistic Muse of the Museum Scott Adams.
Jaw Dropping displays of Mego and Custom figures put on display from the collections of our very own members
Complimentary Access to the Vast and Superb collection of Vintage Toys and Trains collected by our gracious hosts, the Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum
Laurie wowed us with this perfect Jimmy Olsen custom this week, see more customs at our new forums.
Mego Meet: The World's Greatest Mego Conventionis next Friday and Saturday. THis year we've recieved advertising in Lee's, Wizard and Toyfare and it promises to be a great show. Have you registered?
The groovy folks at Wizard Entertainment have shown Megomeet some love in the latest issues of Wizard and Toyfare.It's two week's until the third annual Mego Convention gets underway.
The day has finally arrived, our new forum software is up and what a difference! The new software has a ton of new features including an arcade (I'm not kidding), new chat software. If you're an existing member please sign in to the old forum to get your new activation password. If you're new to our forums, there has never been a better time to join us at the World's Greatest Mego Forum
Pick up this month's Lee's Toy Reviewfor an indepth Mego article from the folks at the Mego Museum. The topic this month is Superhero Shuttle vehicles.
Thanks to Will over at Toltoys.com (a great toy blog from Australia) we have images of this cool Mego Buck Rogers contest box from Paul's Ice Cream. Click the link to see more!
Derek shows off his modern take on the Mego Lizard, pretty amazing stuff!
Added even more prizes to the Mego Raffle, remember, you don't have to attend MegoMeet to participate.
These are just some of the amazing items available for this year's Megomeet auction, prize lots will be announced tomorrow and tickets will be going on sale. You don't have to be in attendance to win, but you might want to be!
Our customiser of the Month is the talented Anthony B MacElveen, a guy who really picks neat subject matter (as evidenced by the Soylent Green Custom above, which I'm jealous of!) Click the pic to see more.
Recently, I had original 16mm commercial film reels transferred professionallyto DVD, the results are really fantastic as this commercial for Wonder Woman proves. Expect some new ones in the coming weeks on this blog.
Derek has expanded his growing collection of Scooby Doo customs with the Memorable Captain Cutlers Ghost figure. I hope he never stops with these.
Dave McCormick has announced that four new custom figures have been added to the Megomeet auction. The world's only Mego Convention is five weeks away, hope to see you there.
Derek has made a stunning Mego Custom of Justice League Bad Guy Copper Head and it's the recipiant of this week's Custom Spotlight.
On the subject of Bad Guys, Ed has created a custom of the Hulk's arch enemy The Leader that somehow makes having a huge head and a moustache look cool.
Added new images and information to the Mego Planet of the Apes Fortress page. Now you can see a more indepth look at this remarkable playset including a downloadable scan of the original Flag (which always seems to be missing)
Derek floored us this weekend with these meticulous Classic X-Men customs. That's the way Mego would have done them!
Dave has been teasing us with images of the prizes from this year's Megomeet Raffle. It is shaping up to be the best one yet! Megomeet is the annual Mego Convention, it takes place in Wheeling WV this June.
Today's update is a very rare look at a Baravelli Mego Superheroes Display box, a rare item, if you haven't seen our display box gallery, it's worth a visit.
Mego Custom Spotlight goes to this amazing treatment of Exodous from the X Men, a lot of effort went into this guy.
Dave posted his pics of his recently completed Dead End Batman, there never can be enough Batman....
This timely custom of a Mego Version of the Ben Cooper Batman Halloween costume was produced by Anthony AKA The Toyroom and is this weeks Custom Spotlight. Check it out.
