“When it rains, it pours” department: Not long after we revealed the discovery of the Elastic Heroes head molds that a third has surfaced and under the roof of the Mego Museum. Richard aka “TheBatmanProfessor” at the Mego forum has sent in photos of the Batman Elastic Heroes head mold. According to Richard, he purchased the item…
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1976 Toyfair Celebrity Sightings
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Thanks to an old issue of Toy magazine we’ve got two rare views of Mego’s 1976 Toyfair promotional appearances as they launch the Cher and Muhammad Ali lines in spectacular fashion. The Champ headlined the “Mego Breakfast”. Check out the Mego logo on the front of the podium. Pure awesomeness. Sonny and Cher were the…
Up close with the Universal Monsters
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The Megomuseum was lucky enough to spend a little time with the original head sculpts for the upcoming fourth wave of Diamond Select Universal Monster figures produced in conjunction with EMCE toys. Both figures were sculpted by veteran toy sculptor Sean Sansom, who has crafted some memorable Re-Mego figures such as Bif Bang Pow!’s Twilight Zone Bob Wilson and the upcoming Creature…
Original Mego Factory Head Molds Found
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Some amazing pieces of Mego history recently surfaced in the form of these original factory head molds for the Mego Elastic Heroes line of toys. Pictured above the Spider-Man head mold reunited with his “child” a factory produced Spider-Man. Original Mego factory molds are not regularly or commonly found with most feared destroyed decades ago.…
I am the greatest!
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Steve sent in some amazing shots of some very rare Muhammad Ali merchandise, the very rare boxing gloves and bop bag which we’ll be adding to our Muhammad Ali Gallery very shortly. Click on any of the images below for a better look: [nggallery id=35]
Hake’s Auction 206 Launches
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Never one to disappoint us in the goodies department, Hake’s Americana has opened up Auction 206 and it’s full of amazing examples of classic Mego toys, including: Kresge carded Batman, Superman, Aquaman, Robin(s) Carded Bend n Flex Heroes Window Boxed Superheroes Laverne and Shirley set Mailer Boxed Hall of Justice and much more Visit Hake’s…
Megomuseum Community Upgrade
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You may notice a service outage today and then a Mego forum that you don’t quite recognize. That’s because after five years, we’re finally upgrading the forums with a “space age” new forum and look. This was made possible through your participation in things like the Museum customs auction and clicking on our ebay and…
CHiPS 35th Anniversary
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The folks at the CHiPs 35th Anniversary Cast Reunion got in touch to let Mego fans know about the upcoming event to be held September 15th in Los Angeles, CA.If you are in the area it’s a chance to rub elbows with the cast of the show that inspired many of us to ride our…
Customizer of the Month – June 2012
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For the month of June we feature the work of customizer Eugene Gyori – aka Magyar1964
Mego Museum Podcast: Interview with sculptor Sean Sansom
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Brian and Scott are packing for Mego Meet, but before they leave town they talk to Sean Sansom, an emmy award winning motion picture effects artist who also does sculpting for toy companies including ReMego heads for EMCE toys and BifBangPow. Listen here or download on iTunes…. Show Recap: This year’s MegoMeet Customs auction will…
