Terrific and personal addition to the department of catalogs today, it’s a rare page from the 1979 Eaton’s Toy Flier. Showcasing the Mego Micronauts, seeing as Eatons is the place I got most of my micronauts, you can figure out why it’s so personal. Look for the rest of the flier on Plaidstallions. Customs Spotlight…
Category: Mego
Mego Meet Recap Part 4
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Mego Meet Part 4: Presentations One of the terrific things about getting so many Mego collectors in one place is the willingness of so many of them to share their areas of expertise. The Megomeet seminars are a big part of the event, I’m always amazed at how quickly these things fill up.…
Mego Meet Recap Part 3: Displays
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Mego Meet 3: Display Rooms If the dealer’s room wasn’t eye candy enough there was more than enough distraction for the Mego fan. Firstly, the raffle prizes were staggering this year, many thanks to the amazingly generous folks in our community who made it the best we’ve ever had. It seems fitting to have a…
Mego Meet 2007 Recap Part Two
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Mego Meet Saturday: Dealer’s Room Somehow I managed to make it to the Meet on time despite only getting four hours sleep. The first things I noticed were Scott’s amazing Dida Displays were set up complete with figures. These sets were terrific looking in pictures but even better in person. I wanted to take every…
Mego Meet 2007 Recap Part One
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Mego Meet Friday Night Got into Wheeling this past Friday later than usual thanks to some predictable highway construction. After checking in, I made my way over to the Toy and Train Museum. Despite having been there two times before, it’s always exciting to see new and old faces. Not to mention, a whole dealers…
Megomeet Exclusive Trading Card
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Ta-Da! Here’s a sneak peak at one of the exclusive trading cards available at this weekend’s Megomeet convention. It’s only logical (ha!) we release a checklist for Star Trek. What is the other new card you ask? That, remains a mystery…… Check the Mego Forums for Megomeet updates all weekend! Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego…
Top Five Mego Lost Figures
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We’ve all heard of unproduced Mego lines like Ark 2 and Logan’s Run but what about the figures that were cut from established Mego lines? Now thanks to some information from a mego insider we present the Top Five Lost Figures, characters that were cut from the team before production. Check out what might have…
Eagle Force Launch Article plus magazine alert!
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Thanks to Spencer Peet, we have this cool 1982 piece about Mego launching the Eagle Force. Mego was known for causing a stir every toyfair and this is their last big hurrah, a very interesting look into the events of 1982. The next issue of TV Film Memorabilia promises to be Mego packed with an…
Rare Peruvian Batman Discovery
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Cool find today, the never before seen Basa Batman from Peru. This unique figure was produced under license from Mego and is the only known example. It’s one week until this year’s Mego Meet Convention. What’s in store: An Amazing Dealer Room, with more Mego and Custom fodder found in one location since, well, last…
10-4 Good Buddy!
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Added a new commercial from 70’s Toy Explosion, this time it’s a new cut of the CB McHaul commercial, one of my personal favorite lines Sha-Zam! Custom Spotlight goes to Albert’s killer Captain Marvel custom Mego Raffle: The deadline to get tix for this years Megomuseum raffle is next Thursday. To see the amazing prize…
