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
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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…
Hake’s auction #202 has Mego goodies!
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The good folks at Hake’s Americana & Collectibles dropped us a line to let Mego heads know that Auction #202 is going live today and it includes a savoury amount of Mego Superhero goodness that deserves a little attention: For those not in the know Hake’s is America’s leading collectible auction house and has been…
MegoMuseum looks at Heroes World!
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Any child of the 1970s likely spent some time drooling over a Heroes World ad, if you are a Mego collector, you probably still do. In those pre internet days, those beautifully drawn pages were the only evidence that certain toy lines existed. Nothing spread the word about Super Hero merchandise like a Heroes World…
A tale of three Ralphs
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Thanks to good our friends at Heroes West Coast, we have what is generally referred to as an embarrassment of riches. Not one but three different stage Ralph Hinkley action figures, two early prototypes and a finished, carded production figure. I don’t know about you but I’d have gone nuts if I saw this in…
Greatest American Discovery
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Another terrific discovery this year provided by our friends at Heroes West Coast, this is a carded Bill Maxwell sales sample recently purchased from a former department store toy buyer. The sample gives great indication as to what the finished product would have looked like. A close up of the figure, note it’s differences…
All Mego at Big Discounts
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click to enlarge Aggh! Elastic Plasticman for $9? Movie Star Trek figures for under $3? Oh 1980 ToysRUs ad you can be very cruel…. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
The Great Star Trek Clearance of 1980
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For years, many Mego Museum members have talked of the “Clearance Star Trek” set which included usually Kirk and Spock figures shrunk wrapped into a Bridge Playset, the playset was normally missing the transporter unit meaning it was a factory leftover of some sort. Well, finally we have some print evidence of this item, taken…
The 2010 Mego Museum Awards Survey
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As fans of the 8″ format, we’ve never had a more encouraging time than 2010 (well if you omit the 1970s) and what better way to “give back” than to give accolade to the figures you felt were the best of the year? Announcing the 2010 Mego Museum Awards celebrating the best in ReMego and…
