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.
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Mego Demonstration in Spain
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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…
Special on Superheroes
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Another excerpt from the Mason’s ad from last week, showing everybody 1974 wasn’t completely Ape-centric. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
The Lost Mego Star Trek Playset
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Todays Update: The Star Trek Enterprise Playset. Saving the best for the very last, we at the Megomuseum are proud to unveil this never before seen Mego playset, the Star Trek Bridge 2.0! Not only do we have a little history behind it, for 1977 the Mego R&D crew were attempting to create more detailed…
More Star Trek Science Kits
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Todays Update: Two More Star Trek Science Kits. Today’s entry is our final two shots of the ill fated 1977 Mego Star Trek Science kits including a sextant. Neat concept but possible Mego should have “trekked them up 35% more” in presentation. Betchya they’d have had killer Hal Shull artwork on the packaging.Tomorrow: We wrap with the Mego…
The Muhammad Ali Gym Playset
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Todays Update: The Prototype Muhammad Ali Gym Playset. File this one under “completely logical” Mego proposed a Gym playset for their line of Muhammad Ali figures in 1977, it’s a manly version of the Dinah Mite Health Spa! Here the champ can train, check his weight and even take a schvitz! Discuss this on the Mego…
Lost Mego Archives Found
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Coming Summer 2010 to the Mego Museum: Newly uncovered images of Mego items straight from the original R&D department including several never before seen prototypes. You only thought you’d seen it all…. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Spider-Man, The Cowardly Lion and Dr Cornelius visit Long Island.
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When Mego celebrated a grand opening, they invited only A listers to the event, as evidenced by characters from the biggest lines of 1975, namely Wizard of Oz, World’s Greatest Superheroes and Planet of the Apes. Note the wonderful assortment of product behind them. Click on the photo for a better view. Discuss this at…
A 1977 Mego Order Form with Buyer’s Notes
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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…
Gestern Wars Promotional Piece
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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…
