This very rare leaflet from Canadian Mego distributor Parkdale Novelty just recently surfaced, showcasing the wonderful different 1975 assortments of World’s Greatest Superheroes. The true beauty of this ad is the multitude of different stock art that was used, as many of these images were not used on any form of Mego packaging.
We’re pleased to unveil what will be the first of many documentary style shorts about Mego Toy Lines that will be added to the Museum Gallery. The first subject is the Mego Flash Gordon line, one of mego’s finest and definitely one that deserves more attention. Look for more of these shorts in the coming…
During this year’s 2015 Kubby Awards (which elicited our biggest response in years, thank you!) we asked you, the age old question “What new license would you like to see in ReMego format for 2015” and the responses poured in, some were very diverse (and interesting but here are the top ten responses that resulted…
We at the Megomuseum are very sad to report that founder of Parkdale Novelty (Aka Mego Canada) Morris Kotzer has passed away this week. Having a long relationship with the Abrams family, Kotzer’s Parkdale Novelty was distributing Mego toys in Canada since it’s inception. When Action Jackson launched in 1972, Kotzer was one of the first…
It’s no surprise that our members would be big fans of a show like Pawn Stars on History Channel (and American Pickers for that matter!). So when the Museum got a mention on last night’s episode “Cannons and Klingons” our boards lit up with the news. It came during a segment when a Star Trek collector brought his massive collection in to sell and it included a number of carded Trek Megos signed by the actors themselves. Here’s a short clip of the moment in question. The full episode will be online soon at Historychannel.com or check your local listings.
Toy maker “Heroes in Action” has given us an exclusive look at their carded samples of their upcoming “Presidential Monsters” line. We are told that these striking cards will actually be larger when they hit shelves this fall. More of the Groovie Ghoulies from Capital Hill after the Jump: Lincolnstein! Monster from the Watergate Lagoon…
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…
Of great interest to Mego heads this fall would be “The World of Mego” exhibit at the Denver Museum of Minatures, Dolls and Toys. The exhibit includes a loaned collection from Karen Abrams Habour and covers the many lines and licenses undertaken by the world’s greatest toy company. The exhibit runs from now until December.…
We’re doing it a little differently this time. Scott has provided some roughs for some new trading cards. We can’t do them all this year but we have space to do a few. So, we’re asking your opinion on which cards should be finished and sent to print, read all about it here: https://www.megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?t=48789 Megomuseum.com- The…
Todays Update: The Star Trek Telescope. Today we’re kicking off a wild week of Star Trek prototypes with the telescope, one of many science based items Mego pitched in 1976 that sadly didn’t make it to market. All week we’ll be featuring never released photographs of unproduced Star trek items including a never before seen…
