Category: Mego

Mego Logan’s Run : The Lost Toy Line video

MegoMuseum presents the history of Mego Logan’s Run: The Lost Toyline. Chronicling Mego’s attempts to make a toy line out of both the film and TV version of the 1970s Science Fiction classic “Logan’s Run”. “Subscribe Now* and get all our videos featuring vintage, custom, and new Mego action figures. Our Channel includes “Mint Off…

Another look at the Hairy Wolfman from Mego Corp.

The Hairy Wolfman is one of the latest variants coming out of the little shop of Mego Horror.  Half-Human and half Wolf, this furry character was created by Mego as part of an interim wave offered to International customers with expectations that some would be available to the U.S. market as well.  With pre-orders now available…

Vintage Mego 11: Mego Myths and Rumours

A bit of a departure this week, instead of talking about a vintage Mego toy, we thought we’d talk about some myths and rumours that plague Mego collecting to this day. We even believed some of these and spread them ourselves, so it’s time to put these to bed. So for this installment, we’ll tackle…

Exclusive Look at Mego Wave 6 Werewolf!

Werewolf from Mego Corp.

We’ve got an exclusive look at the flocked WereWolf from the upcoming Wave six horror assortment. This wave is being called an “Interim Wave” by Mego, so that foreign distributors can catch up (Just like the previously announced “Trouble with Tribbles” wave of Star Trek). It Includes 5 figures: 1x New Werewolf – Full Body…

Vintage Mego 10: Action Jackson Adventure Set

Vintage Mego takes a look at an empty box but WHAT an empty box, this is the only surviving sample of the Action Jackson Adventure set, a lost item from 1974. How did this sample survive Toyfair 1974? Well, that’s an interesting story and we discuss this amazing find. Subscribe and like for a bi-weekly…

Mego “Trouble with Tribbles” Wave Announced

An interesting Pre-Order just popped up on the License-2-Play website this afternoon and reveals the details of the next Star Trek assortment from Mego: Pre-order Mego Scifi Assortment Wave 6! 8-inch licensed Star Trek characters – this assortment is based on the Original Series episode “The Trouble with Tribbles”. Includes: Stark Trek Captain Kirk in…

Vintage Mego 9: Planet of the Apes Forbidden Zone Trap

This week is all about one of my favourite Mego Playsets, the amazing Forbidden Zone Trap from the Planet of the Apes line. We give a history of the set, it’s many fun features and also talk about whether the gift set may or may not exist. For more information on the Planet of the…

More Boxed Colombian Superheroes Discovered!

Exciting times here at the MegoMuseum as we’re privileged to share another awesome foreign Mego discovery. We recently spoke to a collector who was generous enough to share his epic collection of the “Los Famosos Super Heroes (en Accion)”. The MegoMuseum originally reported on these in 2017 with the discovery of a boxed Superman. Instead…

Vintage Mego 8″ Batman’s Flying Batcopter

  This week we look at the amazing Flying Batcopter made in 1977 for the Mego Comic Action Heroes line, it really works and you run the risk of losing your Batman on a roof or in a tree. However, did you know that this began life as a different toy line in a different…

Vintage Mego 7: Prototype Twiki from Buck Rogers

BIDI BIDI BIDI! This week’s installment of Vintage Mego covers the prototype of Twiki from Buck Rogers. I go into my affection for the Mego Buck Rogers line, dispell some myths and share my collection of Twiki stuff. For more information on the Buck Rogers line, please visit the Mego Museum gallery page: Buck Rogers…