Category: Mego

The Trekulator Prototype

Todays Update: A Double Dose of Star Trek. Today we’ve doubled up and revealed the only Star Trek items in the Lost Archive that made it to the marketplace, the Tricorder and this prototype of the Trekulator.Considering next week is all about Star Trek, that should tell you something.Stay Tuned Friday for another never before…

The Mego King Kong Board Game

Todays Update: The Prototype King Kong Game. Mego pitched a few fun board games but none more awesome than one based on the 1977 remake of King Kong. I’m actually a little angry this didn’t see release! Discuss this on the Mego Forum. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

The Mego Muhammad Ali Board Game

Todays Update: The Prototype Muhammad Ali Game. Today’s update is one I’m surprised didn’t make it out to the market, a board game that involves the boxing world. Don King sold seperately. Oh and is that a modified Mego Comic Activator I spy? Neat! Discuss this on the Mego Forum. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego…

The Mego Laverne and Shirley Game?

Todays Update: The Prototype Laverne and Shirley Game. We begin our second week of the lost archive with an unusual choice, this is a proposed Mego Laverne and Shirley boardgame and it’s one of three licensed board games that Mego never got off the ground in 1977. Discuss this on the Mego Forum. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s…

The Wayne Foundation Prototype

Todays Update: The Prototype Mego Wayne Foundation. We end our first week of the lost archive with a pretty big bang, this is an early prototype of the Mego Wayne Foundation (you can see the one lucky kids got in 1977 here)  and as you can see it greatly differed from the one we collectors know…

Starsky and Hutch: The Slot Car Set

Todays Update: Drawings of the Proposed Mego Starsky and Hutch Slot Car Set. Here’s one from the “never made it” pile, a series of sketches for a proposed Starsky and Hutch slot car set, this would have sold well methinks… Discuss this at the Megomuseum Forums Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

The Prototype Starsky and Hutch Torino

Todays Update: Sample Shots of the MegoStarsky and Hutch Torino. At first glance, it looks like the one we all know and love but upon further inspection we realize that it’s actually an early, unreleased version. Click the photo to see more. Discuss this at the Megomuseum Forums Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

The Comic Action Batcopter Prototype

Todays Update: Sample Shots of the Mego Batman Comic Action Batcopter. This early test shot of the Comic Action Bat Copter has a few notable differences between it and the one that made it to market, click on the picture to check it out. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

The Lost Archive Opens

Now that San Diego Comic Con has filled us with the sights of Mego like items to come, it’s time to take a look back to the company that made it all happen in the first place with this new series of discoveries. First, let’s give credit where it’s due, the next three weeks are…

Check out the Back Issue! #42

Be sure to pick up this month’s copy of the “Back Issue! magazine by Twomorrows (publisher of World’s Greatest Toys). Their “Wild West” issue features a two page article on the Mego American West packaging art done by comics legend Gray Morrow. To order a copy please visit the Twomorrows Website or your local Comic…