Our great friends Jason and Jason from Bif Bang Pow! wanted to share these exclusive pics. Color us giddy! Who would ever have guessed that we’d be blessed with a William Hartnell Doctor Who?!? Grab your drool napkin and have a look……… [nggallery id=19]
Category: Mego
Meet Ampzilla
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Mego Ampzilla (In our endless quest to preserve Mego history, we’ve decided to create a series of blog photo posts that showcase a rare and before now, little discussed toy on the Mego forums. ) We at the MegoMuseum don’t spend enough time talking about the Micronauts, especially considering their incredible success in the late…
The Star Trek Knock Off Gallery Launches
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Larami Martian Chronicles A new addition to the Museum is the Star Trek Knock Off Gallery, like the one we produced for Action Jackson a couple of months back, this is dedicated to the competing 8″ toy lines that tried to cash in on the popularity of Mego’s Star Trek line. So prepare to be thrilled…
Famosos Monstruos
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A little Halloween Treat for all the Megoheads out there, this vintage ad for the Mad Monsters line from Spain. The words “El Hombre Lobo” will forever make me think of Paul Naschy… AND SO DOES THIS! Someday…. Cruise the Mego Museum Mad Monsters Galleries
1974: We all went Ape
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At first glance, the Mego Planet of the Apes offering appears modest, five action figures and a selection of accessories and playsets mostly recycled items from the Action Jackson line. Considering that Mego got the license late 1973, it’s impressive how much they put together so quickly. Regardless, the Apes line was a massive hit for…
1974: Mego got the heck out of Dodge
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Mego Dodge City Play Set 1974 saw the introduction of what we like to call at the Museum “The Legends” period, meaning public domain characters from history or literature that Mego smartly put under the “World’s Greatest Super ______” umbrella. The first to launch were possibly the most successful, the kooky Mad Monsters and the…
1974: Dinah-mite had a Snowmobile?
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Mego Dinahmite Snow Mobile? We’re kicking off 1974 Week with a revised look at Mego’s offering for Dinah-mite, the company’s ambitious attempt to to gain ground in the girl’s fashion doll market with this 8″ cutie. While the majority of Dinah’s items saw production, this repurposed version of the Action Jackson Snowmobile hasn’t surfaced in the…
Planet of the Mini Apes
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Mego of the Week – Night John Boy
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Today on Mego of the Week we look at the Walton’s playsets. While most collectors might have Happy Days and CHiPs in their collections not everyone is rushing out to add the Waltons, which is actually a shame. Mego went all out giving John Boy and Mary Ellen a place to live, a place to…
Apes invade Japan! Taylor needs your help!
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Many foreign distributors put their own mark on the Mego Planet of the Apes line but one of the most interesting was by Japanese distributor Bullmark who packaged the apes in pretty window boxes with each figure in an action pose. They also included this ultra cool catalog which thanks to Scott from Megocipsa.com we…
