A rare early version of Zon, the child character from Mego’s One Million BC line was recently discovered in a former Mego distributor’s showroom. This appears to be an early sample used for photography and promotion, as it matches the character on the back of the card. The big difference being that regular released Zon…
Micronauts were a massive hit for Mego, this trade ad from 1977 introduced the brand. More on the impact of the Micronauts in the coming weeks. The Mego Museum is the premier website for Mego action figures, be they vintage or the latest exclusive new releases from Figures Toy Company, EMCE, Diamond Select and NECA.…
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…
Every Mego collector has probably wondered at one point what the Mego factory looked like and how everything was made. Thanks to this rare document (the 1978 Mego International Shareholders Report to be exact, which we’ll soon share) we have a glimpse into the Hong Kong wonderland that was Lion Rock. This is Mego’s fully operational 250,000 square…
This rare and wonderful piece from Canada recently surfaced and it’s a neat look into how Mego distribution worked in the great white North. Growing up just outside of Toronto, this catalog, which is hobbled together from a variety of sources, solved more than one “why didn’t I get that” mysteries for me. For more…
After a week filled with an exhaustive list of “What’s New” in Mego style figures, I can think of no better way to end it than to go back to the beginning. Thanks to a generous donation by Cat G. we have this cool toy trade item from Australia proving that Action Jackson was truly…
Courtesy of super collector Mark Huckabone, we don’t talk enough about Mego’s entry into 1/6th scale and here is proof. Four distinct variations in carded Spider-Man 12″ figures right under our noses. This would be the first version, featuring the Canadian skinny body. Version 2 features the muscular body that is more known in the…
Steven Ross generously shared with us this awesome letter from Mego VP Bill Baron (whom we interviewed in 2006). Steven explains “When I was a teenager (with a lot of time on my hands, apparently), I sent the Mego Corp. a multi-page letter (on notebook paper!), that explained why Marvel’s Micronauts (comics) would make an…
It doesn’t look like much but this inauspicious looking room is actually Fort Knox for Mego collectors. You’re looking at Lion Rock’s store room in Hong Kong where all the tooling dies were kept. This is where Batman, Baron Karza and Dinah-Mite came from. Just a shiny bit of Mego love for a cold…
Issue no. 56 of Back Issue! focuses on the Avengers, and contains a special treat for Megoheads. Our own Chris Franklin contributed an article titled Assemble Them All! Avengers Action Figures in the Back Issue! Era.
