Every Mego collector has probably wondered at one point what the Mego factory looked like and how everything was made. Thanks to this rare document (the 1978 Mego International Shareholders Report to be exact, which we’ll soon share) we have a glimpse into the Hong Kong wonderland that was Lion Rock. This is Mego’s fully operational 250,000 square…
The latest issue of the Mego Museum Super Collector news has the score on the upcoming Captain Canuck action figure launch, takes a look at Mego Toyfair , all the goings on in the Mego hobby this week plus a new contest where you can win the Seven Million Dollar man! Click here to check…
Steven Ross generously shared with us this awesome letter from Mego VP Bill Baron (whom we interviewed in 2006). Steven explains “When I was a teenager (with a lot of time on my hands, apparently), I sent the Mego Corp. a multi-page letter (on notebook paper!), that explained why Marvel’s Micronauts (comics) would make an…
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…
Another find from the smelly box of musty old paperwork. It’s page four of the 1977 Mego Order Form complete with the thoughts of the toy buyer, it’s interesting to see what the thought process was at the time. Click on the image for a better look: As we can see here, somebody was crazy…
Click on the picture to see a larger view Going back to 1979 today where Mego was hoping to have the Micronauts Rocket Tubes under every tree that Christmas. As this interview with former Mego VP Harvey Zelman points out, it didn’t go exactly as planned for the Micronauts that year. View more vintage Mego…
Ray Miller some stunning photos of his amazing Micronauts Display which will be at the Kruger St. Toy and Train Museum in Wheeling West Virginia for the next three months. The display emcompasses the amazing toy line from it’s roots as Microman in Japan, to it’s tenure as Mego’s Micronauts and it’s many later incarnations…
Hasbro announced today a plan to bring back the classic “Micronauts” toyline with the cooperation of it’s original creator Takara Toys. Micronauts was first launched in 1977 by Mego Corporation and was a worldwide success. It is not know if this will feature new characters or classics such as Baron Karza but with Hasbro also…
Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Mego of the Day is the big, bad Micronaut Alien vehicle LOBSTROS, quite a menacing sight to any hapless time traveller…. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
