Category: Super Heroes

Comic Action Activator

It’s not everyday you see a new vintage Mego item, let alone a Mego Superhero item that you thought didn’t exist but today, we’ve got that going on. In 1977, Mego’s second year of the Comic Action Heroes, they began…

Super Softies: Superman

1974 Introduction Super Softie Superman in all his Glory, an awesome piece to own in any size. Like all the Super Softie figures, Superman is available in 19″ and 24″ talking versions, the design of the doll mirrors his 8″…

Pocket Heroes Denim Cards

Denim or Blue Jean card checklist Superman, Batman,Hulk, Spiderman It’s not known where this series fits in, often believed to be a late release, the Spiderman variant suggests an earlier production date. It is likely that Mego created a small…

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 Un-produced Playsets

The  Mego Spider-man’s Alley Playset has rarely been seen save for the Toyfair sales film (featured below) but we’ve found a rare glimpse of it in an earlier version of the 1980 Mego Toyfair package.   The concept is a…

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…

Comic Action Packaging

This episode of Vintage Mego covers all the basics of the Mc Toys in Germany. <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg”>Subscribe to us on Youtube for more</a>!   This extremely rare German three pack of Comic Action Heroes recently surfaced in a collection. It is amazing after…

Comic Action Mangler

  Mego Comic Action Heroes Mangler Playset Packaging artwork by Neal Adams One of the many Comic Action Heroes accessories is the Mego Mangler, which included a Comic Action Green Goblin figure is the strangest piece ever made for the Mego Superheroes and one of…

Comic Action Invisible Plane Playset

Pictured above is the slightly smaller Canadian Grand Toys box for the playset. The Canadian box is smaller than the US release and features altered graphics. The Exploding Tower Playset allowed Mego to make an Invisible Jet and they did a great…

Comic Action Fortress of Solitude

Packaging artwork by Neal Adams The Fortress of Solitude Playset is one of the most highly demanded pieces in the Comic Action Heroes collection. Mostly because in reality it’s a very accurate representation of the Hall of Justice from the…

Comic Action Spider-Car

One of the tougher Mego Comic Action Heroes pieces to find are the Mego Comic Action Spidercar sets, which included a whopping three Comic Action Heroes. The three Comic Action figures included here are Cap, Hulk and Spidey. There area…

Comic Action Exploding Bridge Playset

Packaging artwork by Neal Adams   Pictured above is the very rare version of this Mego set with four free figures courtesy BraIn Note the prototype Comic Action Hero Batman on the box. Mego Comic Action Batmobile and the Mego Pocket…

Comic Action Batmobile

The Comic Action Heroes Batmobile set was released in 1978 and only for that one year. Production must have been light because this item remains one of the most elusive Mego pieces made, less than 3 are known to exist…

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…

Comic Action Playsets

The true strength of the 3 3/4″ format was the ability to produce playsets and vehicles on a much broader scale and be cost effective. In the World of the Comic Action Heroes, Wonder Woman could get her Invisible Jet…

Pocket Heroes

The Mego Pocket Super Heroes were released in 1979 after the Mego Comic Action Heroes Series. The first five figures in the line are retooled versions of their Comic Action counterparts but now featuring straight legs. Later released figures were…

Comic Action Heroes

1976 saw the debut of the Comic Action Heroes, Mego was looking for a way to captilize on the success of the Worlds Greatest Superhero license. Mego decided that series of playsets  and vehicles and “pocket sized” action figures ,would augment the…