A new entry to the Mego Museum Library today is this 1980 Toy Fair preview of some of Mego’s new products. Sadly, many of them including cool Micronaut alien vehicles such as Iguanos and remote controlled VINCent from the Black Hole were never released. The rest of the week on the Mego Museum will be…
Mego Toy Store Pic from 1980
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This awesome new colour picture of the Mego Superheroes in Gimbels demonstrates how the line had shrunk down it’s core by this time. Note there is a whole display of 12″ Incredible Hulk dolls and Remco Spider-Copters behind. This just one of many vintage toy store shots that we have in the Mego Museum Ad…
New 8" Star Trek characters coming in 2008
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A great video from Toyfair 2008 showing off some of the new characters this year: Not only Chekov is coming out but Sulu and a show accurate Gorn? Yep, read it all about it here. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Mego Prototype Harry Booth Sculpt from the Black Hole
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Prototype Week finishes with another look at Mego Corp’s lost treasures courtesy of Tory Mucaro, today it’s the clay head sculpt for the 12″ Harry Booth from the Black Hole, something Mego collectors rarely see. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Micronauts Prototype Hornetroid
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Today’s entry into prototype week is a submission by Ray Miller, who did some digging an uncovered the evolution of the killer Micronauts vehicle The Hornetroid. It’s an interesting look at how many changes can be made to a toy before it gets to the store. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Mego Prototype V.I.N.Cent from the Black Hole
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In keeping with our theme of Prototype week we present the original V.I.N.Cent from the Black Hole. Mego made some changes to this guy before he was released so it’s an interesting piece to say the least. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Mego Prototype Old B.O.B from the Black Hole
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Prototype continues with another look at Mego Corp’s lost treasures courtesy of Tory Mucaro, today it’s the weathered Old B.O.B from the Black Hole, a figure that never saw release in the United States. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Prototype Week Begins with Twiki!
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Our first prototype is this amazing hand made resin sample of Twiki from the collection of former Mego designer Tory Mucaro and he shares with us not only the photos but some insight into how the item itself was made. Check out the Mego Twiki Prototype page. Be sure to check back every day this…
Vintage Mego Toy Aisle plus Star Trek News
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A very rare picture of an action figure aisle circa 1976 has been added to the MegoMuseum Ad Archive today. Just look at that wonderful World’s Greatest Superheroes box bursting in the middle of those G.I. Joe’s. Exciting news from Diamond yesterday, the first original 8″ Star Trek figure was unveiled and it’s none other…
Coming Next Week
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A week of test shots, original sculpts and original hand painted samples all straight from the Mego R&D office. Prototype Week will begin next Monday at the Megomuseum. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
