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…
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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…
Mego Joins the Military
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From September of 1972, Mego show cases the military outfits from their “Action Jackson” line of toys. The rest is 8″ history…. MegoMuseum Action Jackson Galleries The Universal Monster figures from EMCE are now shipping, get yer claws on them! Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Mego Exhibit at the Denver Museum of Minatures, Dolls and Toys
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Of great interest to Mego heads this fall would be “The World of Mego” exhibit at the Denver Museum of Minatures, Dolls and Toys. The exhibit includes a loaned collection from Karen Abrams Habour and covers the many lines and licenses undertaken by the world’s greatest toy company. The exhibit runs from now until December.…
Vote for the Next Mego Museum Trading Card
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We’re doing it a little differently this time. Scott has provided some roughs for some new trading cards. We can’t do them all this year but we have space to do a few. So, we’re asking your opinion on which cards should be finished and sent to print, read all about it here: https://www.megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?t=48789 Megomuseum.com- The…
