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Micronauts

Mego Micronauts The most basic of Micronaut, the Time Traveller came in a variety of colours and designs. If there was ever a success story for Mego Corporation, it is the Micronauts. Much like G.I. Joe or Barbie, the Micronauts…

1980 Mego Spring Catalog

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…

Combat Man

Lion Rock Combat Man Combat Man was the US release of the WW2 soliders, typically these didn’t bear the Mego name but the Lion Rock Manufacturing Mark. Many prior Mego products in the early eighties started to reach US shores…

Pocket Heroes Playsets and Vehicles

The Pocket Superheroes created a great deal of vehicles but despite best efforts the series never got into the playsets like the Comic Action Heroes had. Perhaps buyers were skiddish on giving up too much shelf space or the amount…

Pocket Heroes Shuttles

The “Shuttles” Series are Micronaut vehicles dressed in (sometimes new) stickers and packaging, they also pose kind of a mystery to collectors. While the Superhero colored editions seemed to be prevelant in the UK. The US got different versions but both series…

Pocket Heroes Red Cards

Red Card Checklist Superman, Batman, Robin, Hulk, Spiderman, Zod, Jor El and Luthor. Red cards are thought to be the earliest release in the Pocket Heroes line and the most commonly found. There is tremendous surplus in this line, MOC…

Eagle Force

Mego’s “Eagle Force ” line was truly a symbol of the times, the early eighties and the election of Ronald Reagan brought about a rise in patriotism and “law and order” that had not been seen in over a decade. …

Logan’s Run Mego Gallery

Logan’s Run Menu Introduction Logan Francis REM In 1978, CBS TV launched their TV version of the smash hit movie Logan’s Run. The TV version forgot about the movie’s ending and had Logan as a fugitive in a nuclear wasteland,…

Die-Cast Super Heroes

DIE-CAST HEROES Batman Hulk Spider-Man Superman     Only the “Big Four” characters were produced for these lines, The Diecast figures seemed to sell well, Mego Packaging for this line has been found from Canada,Italy, the UK and Germany. The…

Comic Action Batcopter

Batcopter (Incl. Batman) This thing actually flies with a pull cord!! It’s not very well known that the batcopter is in fact, a retooled Takara Microman piece. In the coming years, Mego and Takara would have a very profitable friendship! The most…

Black Hole in Italy

Thanks to our friend Gerhard, the Megomuseum now has images of some the crazy advertising GIG produced for the Mego Black Hole line. Like the line itself, GIG put more effort in marketing it than Mego did stateside. All of…

Black Hole 3 3/4 Figures

The 3 3/4 ” line was extremely well made, utilising figure knowledge gleaned from Takara and Mego Micronauts. Mego made the Black Hole figures above industry standard with amazing articulation.   Dr Kate, Dr. Durant, Charlie Pizer, Dan Holland, and…

Black Hole Magnetic Figures

Above is the Magnetic Vincent that only saw release in Europe by Gig toys, it would have fit in great with the 12″ guys. These figures utlized technology from the Mego Micronauts line of toys. Magnetic Olb B.O.O never saw…

Logan’s Run

Logan’s Run Menu Introduction Logan Francis REM Blow-Molded Fashion Finds In 1978, CBS TV launched their TV version of the smash hit movie Logan’s Run. The TV version forgot about the movie’s ending and had Logan as a fugitive in…

Sitting Bull

  SITTING BULL LINKS Introduction PACKAGING Solid Box Kresge Card German Two Pack Timee Original Art SITTING BULL ACCESSORIES Pants Shirt Headdress Spear Necklace Moccasins Heads AMERICAN WEST INDEX Introduction Return to Top   This figure almost has a dignified…