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
Vintage Mego looks at in our humble opinion, is one of the nicest range of action figures produced by Mego, the 12″ Buck Rogers line. However, it’s not without its problems. Join us and our special guest, Marty Abrams, talking about Mego’s 1/6th scale revival in the late 1970s. Get Toy-Ventures Magazine here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/…
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…
We’re upgrading our content at the Museum currently and one gallery that was a little underwhelming was the 12″ Captain America page. New photos, information and promotional materials have been added for Cap. We even get a little into the history of the first Avenger. Check out his shiny new page here. Discuss…
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…
Nice vintage addition to the Mego Museum archives today an original 1979 toy trade piece about the up coming science fiction block buster The Black Hole. While the film was mildly successful financially, the toy line simply wasn’t a hot seller for Mego and a lot of interesting items ended up cancelled or sold exclusively…
From 1977: Farrah was a major coupe for Mego, who also made a fashion doll of her Angels Co-Star Jaclyn Smith (Much to the chagrin of Hasbro, who had the license for Charlie’s Angels). 1977 saw Mego’s biggest attempt to crack the Fashion Doll idol with their licensed TV celebrities, you can see more at…
For years Mego fans have been regaled with stories of the fabled Denys Fisher New Avengers toy line had made it into production in South Africa. Around the time of the discovery of Jet Jungle, the rumors surfaced again with several South African collectors mentioning having the toys as children. One collector even provided Mego…
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…
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