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Mego’s Big Ideas for 1980

This new addition to the Mego Ad Archive is a 1980 advertisement for the 1980 Mego Line Up the piece features examples from many toy companies including fashion Candy, Micronauts, Black Hole and the Elastic Superheroes. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

Make Mine Marvel Mego

This new addition to the Mego Ad Archive is a 1980 advertisement for licensing Marvel comics characters the piece features examples from many toy companies including Milton bradley, Empire, funstuff, Remco and of course Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

Mego Star Trek for 1980

This new addition to the Mego Ad Archive from 1980 demonstrates just how much effort Mego Corp. put into merchandising Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Sadly the film’s more adult themes didn’t translate into toy sales with much of this line seeing little to no distribution in the United States. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego…

Mego’s Outlook for 1980

A new entry to the Mego Museum Library today is this 1980 Toy Fair preview of some of Mego’s new products. Sadly, many of them including cool Micronaut alien vehicles such as Iguanos and remote controlled VINCent from the Black Hole were never released. The rest of the week on the Mego Museum will be…

Mego Toy Store Pic from 1980

This awesome new colour picture of the Mego Superheroes in Gimbels demonstrates how the line had shrunk down it’s core by this time. Note there is a whole display of 12″ Incredible Hulk dolls and Remco Spider-Copters behind. This just one of many vintage toy store shots that we have in the Mego Museum Ad…

Mego Prototype Harry Booth Sculpt from the Black Hole

Prototype Week finishes with another look at Mego Corp’s lost treasures courtesy of Tory Mucaro, today it’s the clay head sculpt for the 12″ Harry Booth from the Black Hole, something Mego collectors rarely see. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

Micronauts Prototype Hornetroid

Today’s entry into prototype week is a submission by Ray Miller, who did some digging an uncovered the evolution of the killer Micronauts vehicle The Hornetroid. It’s an interesting look at how many changes can be made to a toy before it gets to the store. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

Mego Prototype V.I.N.Cent from the Black Hole

In keeping with our theme of Prototype week we present the original V.I.N.Cent from the Black Hole. Mego made some changes to this guy before he was released so it’s an interesting piece to say the least. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

Mego Prototype Old B.O.B from the Black Hole

Prototype continues with another look at Mego Corp’s lost treasures courtesy of Tory Mucaro, today it’s the weathered Old B.O.B from the Black Hole, a figure that never saw release in the United States. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

Prototype Week Begins with Twiki!

Our first prototype is this amazing hand made resin sample of Twiki from the collection of former Mego designer Tory Mucaro and he shares with us not only the photos but some insight into how the item itself was made. Check out the Mego Twiki Prototype page. Be sure to check back every day this…