The Supervator is a slightly curious item invented for Mego by Marvin Glass and Associates, it is part toy and part game of skill as you attempt to slide your heros down the fishing wire to retrieve secret plans, you…
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Hall of Justice
The Hall of Justice Prototype was featured in a 1976 Mego Trade advertisement, it’s actually got the Legion of Superheroes logo. Probably an error on the part of the designer, as comic knowledge wasn’t as big as it is…
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…
12 Inch Hulk
Below is a boxed Canadian (Grand Toys) Example of the 12″ Hulk, Mego went all out with it’s Deluxe Hulk, dig that labcoat! 12″ Hulk before “Fly Away Action” Mego’s US released boxes tended to be white.…
12 Inch Superman
The Superman on the right is the one Mego released in 1979 to correspond with the movie his head sculpt is fuller and the body Mego used in the US was bulkier, which was common of nearly all of the 12″ releases…
12 Inch Captain America
12″ Captain America had been promised on the back of the initial run of the Parkdale Novelty Superheroes along with Mr. Fantastic but we now know thanks to speaking with the Kotzer family that they had no such intention of…
12 Inch Super Heroes: Batman & Robin:
12 inch Batman and Robin Original Parkdale Novelty Catalog page for the 12 inch heroes launch in Canada, their country of origin. The Dynamic Duo came in two different twelve inch forms, the best known stateside being the Magnetic…
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 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…
Batman
BATMAN LINKS 1973 Introduction Variations Accessory Check Museum Group Shot PACKAGING Solid Box Window Boxes Kresge Cards 1976 Card 1977 Card 1979 Card French Card Harbert Italy Card Palitoy Green Card Palitoy UK Card Fist Fighter Fist Fighter UK Popy…
Jet Jungle
For a Mego collector, there is nothing more exciting than finding out you’re not done. When Tex Willer first appeared in the mid nineties or when John Bonavita unveiled Zorro within the pages of his book, making many collectors turn…
World’s Greatest Super Heroes
A Brief History of the World’s Greatest Super Heroes 8 Inch action figure. 1972 Outfitting Action Jackson bodies with new heads and familiar costumes, Mego creates the World’s Greatest Superheroes. The first tests were sold for Christmas at New York…
Aquaman
1973 Introduction Return to Top AQUAMAN LINKS 1973 Introduction Variations Accessory Check Museum Group Shot PACKAGING Solid Box Window Box Kresge Card 1976 US Card 1979 US Card Yellow “Frankencard” 1979 Red Card Lili Ledy Aquaman Great White Shark…
AJ Lost Continent
The Mego Lost Continent Box had two versions, this one explains that this playset would also be good for Mego “Planet of the Apes” figures. Apes were easily out selling AJ at the time. The back of the box…