Category: Mego

Customizer of the Month – October 2015 – lilbrosj66

by joed • September 30, 2015

For the month of October we feature lilbrosj66 – aka Gary Cornelia……..

by palitoy • September 28, 2015

The amazing card artwork for the Mego Flash Gordon line featured in the 1978 Wiggins Teape Catalog from the UK was largely believed by us to have never have been released. That is, until last weekend when Stephen contacted us and proved that they does indeed exist. Turns out the Mego Flash Gordon line was released…

by palitoy • September 23, 2015

A rare early version of Zon, the child character from Mego’s One Million BC line was recently discovered in a former Mego distributor’s showroom. This appears to be an early sample used for photography and promotion, as it matches the character on the back of the card. The big difference being that regular released Zon…

by palitoy • September 16, 2015

Micronauts were a massive hit for Mego, this trade ad from 1977 introduced the brand. More on the impact of the Micronauts in the coming weeks. The Mego Museum is the premier website for Mego action figures, be they vintage or the latest exclusive new releases from Figures Toy Company, EMCE, Diamond Select and NECA.…

by palitoy • September 14, 2015

Our latest Mego Museum video short is a better look at one of the oddest toys in the Mego realm, the Mangler! Created for the Comic Action Heroes line in 1976, the Mangler is a strangely cartoonish device with no basis in Marvel Comics. The whole function of the Mangler is to crush the Green…

by palitoy • September 3, 2015

This weekend’s Fan Expo convention is Canada’s largest event for fandom and it should come as no surprise that ReMego exclusives and prototypes are on display this weekend, here’s a short recap: At the Silver Snail Booth (which is 800) you’ll have your chance to grab modern Captain Canuck in his “Stealth Suit’ variant (you’d…

by joed • September 2, 2015

After a long hiatus, Customizer of the Month has returned. For September 2015 we check-in with Grimjohn……..

by palitoy • September 2, 2015

We’re pleased to launch the second in our series of documentary style shorts about Mego Toy Lines that will be added to each Museum Gallery. Theis month’s subject is the Mego (Palitoy) Space:1999 line from the United Kingdom, one of the most coveted television lines Mego produced. Look for another Mego Museum short this October. Narration was provided on this by Bif Bang…

by palitoy • August 31, 2015

We were lucky enough to unearth this Mego ad to the toy trade announcing their latest (at least for 1977) addition to the World’s Greatest Superhero line The Wayne Foundation play set. Interesting to note that Wonder Woman isn’t in this piece, she had been cut from the World’s Greatest Superheroes assortment (along with Tarzan)…

by palitoy • August 26, 2015

Every Mego collector has probably wondered at one point what the Mego factory looked like and how everything was made. Thanks to this rare document (the 1978 Mego International Shareholders Report to be exact, which we’ll soon share) we have a glimpse into the Hong Kong wonderland that was Lion Rock. This is Mego’s fully operational 250,000 square…