Category: 12″. Heroes

Vintage Mego: 12″ Robin

Vintage Mego takes a look at one of my favourite figures from my childhood, the Mego 12″ Robin. A figure that had many iterations worldwide, we talk about all the worldwide variations and chart its history.   Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine Here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ Our Facebook Group MegoMania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/ MegoMuseum Forums: https://megomuseum.com/community/forum.php

Cancelled MEGO Superheroes: Vintage Mego

  While the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes is one of the successful toylines of all time, it like any other toyline, did have a fair share of items that didn’t make it into production. Vintage Mego takes a look at a few Superhero items that just didn’t make the cut. Which one of these do…

New Catalog: Mego Spring `1980

1980 was an ambitious year for the World’s Greatest Toy Company as this Spring supplemental catalog showcases. Mego had high hopes for the two Science Fiction Black busters that year namely Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Disney’s The Black Hole and tremendous plans to expand the Micronauts aliens brand. On the Superhero side we…

Canadian boxed Magnetic Batman and Robin

Mego Batman and Robin in Grand Toys packaging.

We got a lovely treat in our mailbox today courtesy of our pal Mark, who is always digging up Canadian rarities. Seeing as it’s Thanksgiving in Canada right now, we’re super thankful that he thought of us. Mark uncovered the incredibly rare Magnetic Batman and Robin in  Grand Toys Packaging, something we knew existed but…

The Amazing Spider-Men

Courtesy of super collector Mark Huckabone, we don’t talk enough about Mego’s entry into 1/6th scale and here is proof. Four distinct variations in carded Spider-Man 12″ figures right under our noses. This would be the first version, featuring the Canadian skinny body. Version 2 features the muscular body that is more known in the…

Mego of the Day: 12" Lex Luthor

Mego of the Day is the completely underrated 12″ figure of Lex Luthor, looking like he just stepped out of the legion of doom, it’s hard not to be in awe. Check out our Superman the Movie Gallery Discuss this figure on the Mego Forum Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

1978 Christmas Catalog

Today’s addition to the department store catalog archive is from another Canadian department store chain, Eaton’s and it sports 12″ Superman and the ever popular Mego Micronauts. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

Look! Up In The Sky!

This great black and white ad featuring the Mego Mego Superman the Movie toy line is courtesy of Rob Kelly. If I may editorialize, this beautiful line of figures doesn’t get the attention it deserves. If you’re into Black and White Comic Magazines, check out the terrific blog All in black and white for 75…