Category: mego corp

CHiPs Gets Launched!

by Museum • June 25, 2008

Sweet update to our Mego CHiPs Gallery page today courtesy of the always great Olmo Giovannini, this is the bike launcher set (very similiar to the old Evel Knievel toys) and it’s in the rarely seen Italian (GIG) box. Thanks Olmo! Got something we don’t? Send it to us, we’ll gladly show it off. Mego…

by Museum • June 13, 2008

Wes shares with us this happy moment from Christmas of 1974 where he received not only a World’s Greatest Superheroes Robin figure but a Planet of the Apes Soldier Ape as well. Nice stuff Wes! Enjoy previous Mego Memories at the Megomuseum, Part 1 and Part 2 are full of vintage coolness. Got a pic…

by Museum • June 11, 2008

Mark sent in this great Canadian Grand Toys version of the Buck Rogers Star Fighter today, a truly hard to find piece. Other Mego Rambling: Tom posted his exhaustive collection of Mego meet Photos. An extremely rare Kresge Carded Shazam is on Ebay. Cool Customs this Week: Sabretooth by Jason Mack the Knife! Mike Rogers…

by Museum • June 10, 2008

Like every year, folks from the Museum community step up and offer to run Mego Seminars in order to provide entertainment for the day. This also helps to thin the crowd down at the dealers area, so it’s really win/win. This years seminar’s included “Mego Mythbusters” headed by yours truly, Dave always gives me the…

by Museum • June 9, 2008

Dealer’s Room A close second to being in a room full of people who share your obsession (and speak your Mego language) is the Mego Meet Dealers Room. Whether your poison is MOC, loose, custom, repro, parts, you will never find a better grouping of all things Mego under one roof than here. The room…

by Museum • June 4, 2008

The Deadline to buy Mego Meet raffle tickets online is Friday at noon. Mego Meet Attendess have all day to buy them from me (allowing for rest room breaks please) Tickets are now available. Raffle tickets prices are : 1 for $5, 6 for $25 (1 Free), 12 for $50 (2 Free), 25 for $100…

by Museum • May 23, 2008

A new entry into the Mego Library today, this time it’s something rarely seen or talked about. Before they were the World’s Greatest Toy Company Mego was an efficient company that sold modestly priced toys in something called “The Basement Department”. For a small company, they could provide an entire toy department with what needed…

by Museum • May 20, 2008

Today is the closing date for the Mego Museum’s 1978 Re:Imagined project, so if you have projects/concepts today is the final day. The entries will be judged by two members of the MegoMuseum Forum as well as two former Mego Employees, the selected pieces will then be included in our 1978: Re Imagined Catalog to…

by Museum • May 7, 2008

Chris Franklin has made another discovery in sourcing the origins of Mego packaging art, this time with the 1978 Superman the Movie Package. It seems Lex is from the classic Treasury Edition Comic “Superman VS Spiderman” which of course our own Scott Adams paid tribute to with our Superhero Checklist Trading Card: View more of…

by Museum • May 1, 2008

Hey everyone! Our deadline of May 20th is fast approaching. We are excited and proud to confirm that former Mego R&D employees Harvey Zelman and Tory Mucaro will be on our panel evaluating and offering their insight on submissions. The catalog lineup will be announced May 21st. The selected submissionswill be displayed and photographed at…