Category: Mego

EMCE Toys presents the Gorn!

I’m a bit behind but Mego Museum Community members have been buzzing about the new photos of the EMCE Gorn figure from the classic Star Trek series. You can almost hear him hissing….. Nate posted this fun scene using this transporter room diorama recently and it’s this week’s custom spotlight. These are just some of…

Final Date for 1978 Entries

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…

The Waltons Go To Oz

Wonderful catalog spread today just added to the Mego Museum Department Store Gallery, this time it’s a spread for the Walton’s and Wizard of Oz. It’s rare to see a back view from the Walton’s farmhouse so I thought I’d showcase it here. I’m not sure what John Boy is doing…. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest…

Lex Luthor Source Art Discovered

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…

8 Reasons to Attend Mego Meet 2008

With this year’s fourth annual Mego Meet Convention fast approaching and looking like it’ll be a great event, it was high time to extoll the virtues and give reason to those uncomfortably sitting on the fence about attending. 1) The Official Keychain : Thanks to the ferocius generosity of Mike Conlon, Megomeet attendees get a…

A Salute to Mego 12" Batman

The 12″ Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes are often overlooked and that’s a shame because they are well made toys with a lot of fun variations. The 12″ Heroes began in Canada, when Parkdale Novelty CEO Morris Kotzer created the line by ordering the minimum. The first 12″ Batman is largely the most familiar as he…

Mego Museum Cards Go West

Scott has unveiled the two new Mego American West trading cards currently available, Cochise (which has never been revealed before) and Will Bill. Check them out here. Trade Cards at the Megomuseum Card Forum. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

Mego Star Trek Headquarters

This stunning piece of artwork is the from the Mego 1980 Toy Fair Showroom and is courtesy of Heroes West Coast. One can only imagine what the rest of that show booth looked. Click on it for a larger view. Check out the MegoMuseum Star Trek Gallery if you’re so inclined Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest…

Portrait of the Mego Penguin done in Magna Doodle

This portrait of the Mego Penguin figure was done by World’s Greatest Toys scribe Ben Holcomb on a Magna Doodle. There is no more fitting canvas for a Mego product than on another Mego product. Great OA! Paul made this neat Guardian figure from the Green Lantern, check out all the new homemade heroes in…