Category: 1980

Mego Invites You On A Journey That Begins Where Everything Ends

by Museum • May 30, 2008

In 1979, Walt Disney sent out a press kit for their upcoming block buster film “The Black Hole” included in this was a specially made Mego Toys Catalog for the event. Full of items that were never produced, we are happy to show case it for the first time. Check out the 1980 Mego Black…

by Museum • April 29, 2008

This stunning piece of artwork is the from the Mego 1980 Toy Fair Showroom and is courtesy of Heroes West Coast. One can only imagine what the rest of that show booth looked. Click on it for a larger view. Check out the MegoMuseum Star Trek Gallery if you’re so inclined Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest…

by Museum • April 23, 2008

Today’s addition to the Mego Museum department store catalog archive is the second part to the two page spread with yesterday’s Micronauts page. It’s a whole page of Buck Rogers goodness. According to former Mego VP Bill Baron, Buck Rogers was actually a good seller for the World’s Greatest Toy company and that can be…

by Museum • April 22, 2008

I’m loving this addition to the department store catalog archive today because it’s a nice shot of the Mego Micronauts. It’s a wonderfully dynamic shot of the rocket tubes playset. Also neat is what appears to be an early Hornetroid prototype, which has a missile launcher in the front. For more on the developement of…

by Museum • April 21, 2008

A new addition to our growing department store catalog archive is this Sears 1980 Catalog Page featuring the return of the 8″ Star Trek line. Even though Mego had stopped producing the figures in 1977, they made a return to Sears by the late seventies on what many call the “Blank Back Cards” (check the…

by Museum • April 18, 2008

A new addition to our growing department store catalog archive is this neat spread from the 1980 Sears Wishbook depicting the Heroes hiding out in the Tara ToysHulk Hideaway playset. I love the Hulk transformation chamber in this piece so I’ve added a better look, you even get a cardboard Bruce Banner. You’ll also notice…

by Museum • March 7, 2008

A generous helping of new images to the Star Trek The Motion Picture Gallery today, courtesy of Craig MacKillop. Check out some very nice Canadian rarities such as MOC Aliens and the wonderful Grand Toys boxed Enterprise pictured above. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • March 6, 2008

A very thorough update today thanks to the contributions of collectors Craig MacKillop and Mark Schmidt, we have an exhaustive amount of Canadian packaged goodies from the Mego CHiPs line including the very rare “2+2” pack shown above. Enjoy! Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • February 28, 2008

This new addition to the Mego Ad Archive is a 1980 advertisement for the 1980 Mego Line Up the piece features examples from many toy companies including fashion Candy, Micronauts, Black Hole and the Elastic Superheroes. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • February 26, 2008

This new addition to the Mego Ad Archive from 1980 demonstrates just how much effort Mego Corp. put into merchandising Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Sadly the film’s more adult themes didn’t translate into toy sales with much of this line seeing little to no distribution in the United States. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego…