Category: Mego

1977 Mego Order Form Revisited

1977 Mego Order Form

Many moons ago, we had a lot of fun with one of these covered with buyer notes. Thanks to Joe, we have some clean scans of a virgin 1977 Mego Coporation Toy Fair Order form, print it out and pretend you’re the Childworld buyer.   I’ll take a case of CB Mchauls and what the…

Aw Yeah Mego Meet 2016 Show Guide

With this year’s Mego event being just two weeks away, we thought it might be prudent to provide this handy show guides to newbies (welcome by the way, glad to have you) and as a refresher for our ” Mego Meet Veterans”. So here is some informations and “Frequently Asked Questions” Where is it? DoubleTree…

Up Close: The Monkee Men

  Re-runs of The Monkees  were an afternoon staple for many a 70s kid (self included) growing up, so naturally, we were delighted when Figures Toy Company announced that the first ever Monkees action figures would be in the Mego style. So we’re a bit giddy here at the MegoMuseum to have all three sets…

Italian Poster for the Mego Diecast Heroes

Italian poster for the Mego GIG Diecast heroes

We got a nice surprise from Paolo today in the form of this rare Italian shop window poster advertising the die cast and Magno heroes from Mego (distributed in Italy by GIG) What a beauty! The poster measures 54 x 76,5cm (or about 21″ by 29″) and is the first one we’ve ever seen. Almost…

Up Close: Removable Cowl 1966 Batman by Figures Toy Company

Batman 1966 Removable Cowl Adam West Figure

The last wave of 1966 Batman figures by Figures Toy Company were met with a flurry of interest but the spotlight most definitely belonged to Batgirl and Barbara Gordon, hardly anyone spoke of the latest Batman variant that was also in the wave. That’s a bit of shame because it’s a Removable Cowl Batman, something…

More Mego Prototypes at Heritage Auctions

Mego Welcome Back Kotter Prototype

Heritage auctions has revealed it’s mid May lot which includes more treasures from Mego Sculptor Gene Salamacha this month’s lot includes the never before discussed line of “Welcome Back Kotter” Super Softies that Mego was apparantly planning as well as the original head sculpt for the Wizard from the Wizard of Oz. You can see…

Up Close: Plastic Man by Figures Toy Company

Mego fans know that the World’s Greatest Toy Company planned a figure of Jack Cole’s creation thanks to his popularity on Saturday morning TV but it didn’t happen. Sure there was the Elastic figure but those are expensive and known to explode, so he doesn’t count. So naturally, we were delighted when Figures Toy Company…

New Avengers Boxed John Steed Discovered!

Fun World New Avengers Action Figures from South Africa Mego Museum

For years Mego fans have been regaled with stories of the fabled Denys Fisher New Avengers toy line had made it into production in South Africa. Around the time of the discovery of Jet Jungle, the rumors surfaced again with several South African collectors mentioning having the toys as children. This past year has been amazing…

Up Close: The Monkees (Part One)

Mego Monkees figures

Re-runs of The Monkees  were an afternoon staple for many a 70s kid (self included) growing up, so naturally, we were delighted when Figures Toy Company announced that the first ever Monkees action figures would be in the Mego style. So we’re a bit giddy here at the MegoMuseum to have all three sets of…

Up Close: Deadpool

Deadpool by Diamond Select Toys Mego Style

When first announced by Diamond Select Toys, Deadpool raised a few eyebrows in the Mego community as he’s the first character to get the Mego treatment that was created post Mego. However, all reservations were proven unfounded (the hit movie likely didn’t hurt) as the Mutant merc with a mouth seems to be quite the hit with toy collectors.…