This rather inconspicous ad is from a 1970 toy trade publication, buried deeply in the back. Within three years Mego was taking out the front page of almost every toy industry publication and would remain doing so until the close of the decade. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Long John Silver Finds Mego Treasure!
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Mego Museum Trading Card Number 84 is celebrated literary character and dirty sea dog Long John Silver! As expected we’ve updated his Gallery page to show packaging, foreign items and his type two doppleganger! Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Captain Patch Give No Quarter To His Mego Enemies!
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Mego Museum Trading Card Number 83 is the most generic of scurvy dogs, Captain Patch! As expected we’ve updated his Gallery page to show packaging, foreign items and his weird-o knockoff! Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Jean Lafitte Defends the Mego Museum Shores
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Very pleased to announce the latest Mego Museum Trading Card (Number 82 this time) of pirate/smuggler/American war hero Jean Lafitte from the “World’s Greatest Super Pirates” line. If that weren’t enough we’ve also revised Jean Lafitte’s gallery page with new photography and foreign packaging, click on the picture to visit. Discuss on the Mego Museum…
Blackbeard storms the Mego Museum!
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Very pleased to announce the latest Mego Museum Trading Card (Number 81 to be exact) of Edward Teach AKA Blackbeard himself from the “World’s Greatest Super Pirates” line. If that weren’t enough we’ve also revised Blackbeards’ gallery page with new photography and foreign packaging, click on the picture to visit. Discuss on the Mego Museum…
Mego Invents the Transportation System of the Future
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Click on the picture to see a larger view Going back to 1979 today where Mego was hoping to have the Micronauts Rocket Tubes under every tree that Christmas. As this interview with former Mego VP Harvey Zelman points out, it didn’t go exactly as planned for the Micronauts that year. View more vintage Mego…
Sock! Bam! Splat!
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This unassuming little bit of toy industry news from July 1973 would see the arrival of the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes . A toy line would dominate the action figure aisle for the remainder of the decade. Even back in 1973 there was no love for Aquaman, what’s up with that? View more vintage Mego…
Aquaman VS the Great White Shark Sticker
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As an added bonus to the 1978 REImagined Catalog (currently on sale) we’ve included this little tribute to this rare item which coincedentally was released in 1978 by Mego. I recently noticed that in the catalog we had dropped Aquaman from the WGSH line up, so this is kind of making up for that. The…
Micronauts Display at the Toy and Train Museum
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Ray Miller some stunning photos of his amazing Micronauts Display which will be at the Kruger St. Toy and Train Museum in Wheeling West Virginia for the next three months. The display emcompasses the amazing toy line from it’s roots as Microman in Japan, to it’s tenure as Mego’s Micronauts and it’s many later incarnations…
SDCC Lost Exclusives Now at Entertainment Earth
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Entertainment Earth has just let us know that they’ve put their Lost San Diego Comic Con Exclusive set of Jacob and the Man in Black up for pre order. People who attend Comic-Con will have the first opportunity to actually purchase and take these home. Pre-orders are available now for folks who can’t attend Comic-Con.…
