Category: Mego Museum

Mego Invisible Man in New Window Box

Mego Invisible Man

The 8″ Universal Monsters Invisible Man will soon be appearing in a new Wal-Mart exclusive window box in the next few weeks. This follows the announcement that The Toxic Crusader and the second version of The Reptile will also arrive at Wal-Marts in a window box. Get our new book “Knock-Offs: Totally Unauthorized Action Figures”

Mego Star Trek Bridge Playset (Vintage Mego)

Mego Star Trek Bridge Playset

New to the channel? Subscribe! ►https://bit.ly/3D3zxJK MegoMuseum talks about one of Mego’s most successful if not, the most successful playset ever produced the Mego Star Trek USS Enterprise Action Playset. This wonderful cardboard and vinyl set is probably also one of Mego’s most famous creations and sold almost half a million units. Our magazine Toy-Ventures…

Mego Wave 8 Finished Photos

Thanks to our friends at Mego Corp (check out their facebook group, Mego Ambassadors) we’ve got a first look at the final packaged photography for the long anticipated wave 8 which is on it’s way to distributors across the world (including a new on in Canada, yay!). But enough about us, let’s get to the…

Mint Off Card: Giganta from Super Friends by Figures Toy Company

  This week we take a look at one of the most requested figures in the Super Friends line, Giganta, evil size-changing foe of Apache Chief and member of the Legion of Doom! Figures Toy Company did some unique things with this figure that deserve a little attention. Buy Giganta here: https://www.figurestoycompany.com Join our Facebook…

Mego Corporation Announces Licensing Agreement with Tsuburuya Productions for ULTRAMAN

Mego Ultraman

Mego Corporation Announces Licensing Agreement with Tsuburuya Productions for ULTRAMAN   Legendary Toy Creator Marty Abrams, partners with Tsuburuya Productions to create new action figures based on Classic and Anime ULTRAMAN    GREAT NECK, NY – June 10, 2020 – Mego Corporation, the original action figure toy company, working with The Licensing Group Ltd, announced…

Vintage Mego: Close Out Superheroes

This week we talk about the strange oddities like red-carded heroes, Franken Aquaman and these newly discovered World’s Greatest Superheroes in baggies, trust me, it’s a fun mystery! Discuss this in Mego Mania, our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/ Or at the World’s Greatest Mego Forum: https://megomuseum.com/community

Exclusive first look at Mego Wave 8 Monsters

Toy Fair is this weekend we’ve been treated to some advanced sneak peeks from Mego Corp. Official higher resolution photography will be released after the fair but after months of waiting, we’re excited to be showcasing The Fly, Mr. Hyde and Harold the Scarecrow. Please these are early prototypes missing things insignias and other accessories,…

Vintage Mego: Buck Rogers Star Searcher

  This week we look at the total oddity that is the “Buck Rogers Star Searcher” a repackaged Micronauts vehicle, we also look at some of the other proposed (but not produced) vehicles and playsets for this line. They may look familiar. Visit us online at : https://www.megomuseum.com/galleries/buck3/ Twitter: @megomuseum Facebook Group: Mego Mania

Vintage Mego : Greatest American Hero

This week’s episode delves into one of Mego’s most lamented licenses, the popular television series “The Greatest American Hero” we explore what did get released and what didn’t and how the heck did those prototypes get out there?   Subscribe to our YouTube channel www.megomuseum.com Written and hosted by Brian Heiler (@plaidstallions)

Mego Superheroes in Japan: Vintage Mego

As promised in this week’s toy ventures, we’re continuing our look at Japanese toys with a look at how the Mego Superheroes were distributed in Japan by Popy Toys. We also talk about character selection and why these specific three characters were chosen.   As a bonus here is our video on the Popy TV…