Year: 2006

Cool Mego Customs Spotlight

Even though we have a customego blog, I can’t help but point out some of the ultra cool figures that arrive every week courtesy of the talent pool we currently have at the Mego museum. Above is Captain Mego’s Iron Man, which has a removable magnetic faceplate, it’s amazing Bob is always good for a…

Museum Updates, Mego Book News and Rod Serling

Where to begin? Dave McCormick has finished two new sections for the accessory check area of the museum, this time he’s focused on the Star Trek and Planet of the Apes sections. Accessory check is an amazing resource for the mego collector, a photoguide to identify real versus reproduction parts. You can read all about…

The Interchangable World of the Micronauts

Yet another addition to the department store catalog section , today we feature the 1978 Sears spread of the Mego Micronauts. Micronauts were riding high the scif fi wave at the time and this page brings back a lot of memories. Be sure to check out the Mego Museum Micronauts Section after. Tomorrow’s feature: For…

Breaker! Breaker! More Mego Catalog pages!

Yet another addition to the department store catalog section , today we feature the 1978 Sears spread of Mego CB McHaul. CB didn’t get a lot of Catalog time so this is a pretty rare glimpse. Be sure to check out the Mego Museum CB Mchaul Section after, it’s got oodles of revised content and…

Flash! Ah-ahhhhhhhh!

Yet another addition to the department store catalog section (in case you hadn’t noticed I’m obsessed with these) today we feature the 1978 Sears spread of Mego Flash Gordon. Be sure to check out the Mego Museum Flash Gordon Section after, Scott has put a great deal of effort into it’s new content. And stay…

New Mego Catalog Page

Added another page to our growing database of Department store Christmas catalogs. This one is the 1978 Sears Superhero offering, pretty respectable assortment of Superheroes that year. Other Mego Goodness: What is your favorite Filmation show? is a topic close to my heart. Remember the movie Kingdom of Spiders? A lot fo members chime in.…

Ken Kelly Mego Micronauts Print available

Ray Miller has posted this amazing new offer from Ken Kelly, a print of the original art for the Mego Micronauts Hornetroid packaging. Time is limited, so hurry! The gang at the Mego Forums are doing a Travelling Mego experiment again, time to get on board! We’ve got a few neat customs to look at…

The Never Produced 12" Diecast Superman

From his recent, excellent interview with John and Linda McNett, Benjamin Holcomb uncovered an interesting bit of information about a 12″ Diecast Superman prototype John had created and pitched but he believed never saw production. What transpired after the fact makes the story even more interesting and gives real insight into how fast and furious…

Mego Synchronicity

Don,a member of the Megomuseum Forums was kind enough to put this neat little pic in a package to me recently, it’s the Police during a rolling stone photoshoot with an interesting prop. Thanks Don! Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

The Mego Museum Spotlight on John and Linda McNett

Our own Benjamin Holcomb, author of the upcoming “World’s Greatest Toys” conducted a series of interviews with John and Linda McNett, two people with a long history with Mego Corporation. Linda was the former assistant to Neal Kublan and John the director of design, to paraphrase Ben, both John and Linda had significant involvement at…