Category: comic action heroes

Mego Superheroes in rare Italian GIG Catalog spread

Thanks to our good friends at Hake’s Americana we have another wonderful rare foreign Mego catalog spread from Italian distributor GIG. This catalog not only features the rare Italian Magnetic Superheroes but the Diecast Superheroes and  finally answers our question as to how many Pocket Superheroes were released on white cards in Italy.   Be…

New Video Short: The Mangler

Our latest Mego Museum video short is a better look at one of the oddest toys in the Mego realm, the Mangler! Created for the Comic Action Heroes line in 1976, the Mangler is a strangely cartoonish device with no basis in Marvel Comics. The whole function of the Mangler is to crush the Green…

The Comic Action Batcopter Prototype

Todays Update: Sample Shots of the Mego Batman Comic Action Batcopter. This early test shot of the Comic Action Bat Copter has a few notable differences between it and the one that made it to market, click on the picture to check it out. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

A 1977 Mego Order Form with Buyer’s Notes

In a box of very musty paperwork comes this wonderful bit of Mego history. It’s a 1977 Mego Order Form complete with the thoughts of the toy buyer, it’s interesting to see what the thought process was at the time. Click on each image for a better look: Page One The buyer seems impressed with…

Canadian Comic Action Heroes Spider-Car

Really neat foreign variation today, courtesy of Mark Schmidt, it’s the Canadian Version of the Mego Comic Action heroes Spider-Car which is drastically different than it’s US counterpart seen below: For more on these figures, please visit the Mego Museum Comic Action Heroes Gallery: Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

How to Mangle your Goblin

Get your minds out of the gutter, this is about the Mangler, one of Mego’s weirder toys from the Comic Action Heroes line. If you’ve ever wondered how it works, then wonder no where as we’ve posted the original instructions here (or you can click the picture). Mego Museum Mangler Gallery Mego Museum Forums Megomuseum.com-…

Rare Mego Batmobile Gift Set

A terrific addition today to the Megomuseum Galleries, the extremely rare Mego Comic Action Heroes Batmobile Set. This is without a doubt one of the rarest Superhero toys Mego produced, few boxed examples have survived. The Fourth wave of Mego Star Trek Aliens are just one of the submissions to the 1978 Re:Imagined Project that’s…

Another Great Comic Ad

This great ad for the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes was provided by Rob Kelly, creator of the great Aquaman Shrine. Note how illustrations of Mego Comic Action Heroes are being used to sell the 8″ figures. Visit the Megomuseum Heroes World Gallery Today Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset