The latest issue of the weekly Mego Museum newsletter is live and it includes: Our weekly #MMFTCNEWS update from figures toy company The latest Star Trek news from Diamond Select Toys Custom of the week Fun photo review of the Figures Toy Company Bat cave Early peak at Ras Al Ghul A preview of Hake’s…
We travel back to 1980 and hop across the Atlantic to this terrific Mcironauts ad from Mego’s distributor in France, Pin Pin Toys. Most people know them for those grey faced Human Torch figures that mysteriously popped up in American Toys R Us stores in the 1980s but they were so much more than that……
These cool retro comic book ads from Italy showed up this week created by then distributor GIG. If only Mego had done stuff like this in the US, the toyline may have sold better. Note the appearance of the sadly not produced Old B.O.B magnetic figure which was removed from later adverts. For more Black…
A fun little bit of Foreign Mego history for a Friday afternoon. This fun addition to the Megomuseum Ad Archive for Spanish Mego distributor Poch comes to us from sister site Foreign Mego Archive. Dinah Mite seems to be the only lady at this square dance and the Solider Ape looks lonely. Visit Foreign Mego for more exotic…
click to enlarge Aggh! Elastic Plasticman for $9? Movie Star Trek figures for under $3? Oh 1980 ToysRUs ad you can be very cruel…. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
This ad could only be from 1974. Megomuseum Planet of the Apes Gallery Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Fantastic Update courtesy of Jens Knappman today who was kind enough to scan this rare German leaflet for the Lion Rock Gestern Wars series but also translated the whole thing for us as well. It’s a really neat look at foreign marketing many of us haven’t seen before: 1939 – 1945GESTERN WAR’S.When the world was…
Terrific Mego Ad from Marvel’s “Planet of the Apes Magazine” Issue #4. For more Mego Advertising and Articles, check out our Ad Archive at the Mego Library. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Sadly people this sale ended December 9th, 1978.
Perhaps my favourite of the entire lot of Child World Ad art, this ad for the Mego Planet of the Apes line is just too pretty for words. For more about Mego Reproduction Art, visit the Museum Gallery Here. Scott surprised everybody(including me) by unveiling two new Megomuseum trading cards, this time for the American…
