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
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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…
Mego Museum Supercollector Test Shot
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We’ve seen some really breathtaking test shots from the folks at EMCE before but this one might be my favourite. The beeyootiful test shot head for the Super Collector/Brick Mantooth figures. It’s starting to get very real folks…. MegoMuseum Super Collector Gallery Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Cast-a-Way toys presents a new Phantom
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From: Cast-a-Way Toys HQ (Deep in the jungles of Africa) Seated on a skull throne in his headquarters in a cave resembling a human skull in the deep jungles of Africa, the Phantom can be found by those in need, but he is the nemesis of evil on land, air and sea around the world.…
Bif Bang Pow Announces Doctor Who Action Figures and products
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The news was broken today at the Toyfare blog that Bif Bang Pow! had secured the rights to the classic BBC series “Doctor Who” and would be bringing forth a series of Mego style action figures in 2011. An official press release is slated for later and we probably won’t see photos until Toy fair…
