Category: planet of the apes

Television Shows Spawn Long Life For Merchandise

by Museum • November 24, 2008

June 22nd 1975 –For “many TV shows, the report of their merchandising divisions is almost as important as the latest rating. The sale of merchandise built around the show can be a big plus to its credit rating. I visited Barbara Atlas in heroffice, to talk about the show she and Doug Momary created and…

by Museum • November 21, 2008

$2.69? I can get them for a $1.99 at Kiddie City! Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • November 20, 2008

Sadly this Kiddie City coupon expired 34 years ago but one can dream…… Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • November 19, 2008

Mego Apes on sale in an ad for Kings Department Store Portsmouth New Hampshire (October 1975) Friday Nov 22, 1974: As a TV series, “Planet of the Apes” has been a major disappointment to Fred Silverman, Program VP at CBS, but it has been a big hit in the eyes of Marty Abrams, president of…

by Museum • November 18, 2008

Coming soon to MegoMuseum.com: Mike Jimenez has created a complete revisal of the Mego Planet of the Apes Galleries with every page containg new information and photography. In the spirit of all things Apes, we’ll let a few jaw dropping twists escape that we have hiding beneath the Museum archives. While it will be quite…

by Museum • September 3, 2008

Mego of the Day for Wednesday is the Mego Galen Figure produced by Cipsa of Mexico, this version is famous for having boots but no pants. It’s a very liberal planet, this Planet of the Apes….. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • August 22, 2008

Mego of the Day for Friday is the mutton chopped Taylor replacement, the Astronaut from the Planet of the Apes. He was no Heston but as a kid, who gave a crap? My God, that wonderful hair….. Did you have the Astronaut as a kid? Is this the first time you’ve heard mention of it?…

by Museum • June 13, 2008

Wes shares with us this happy moment from Christmas of 1974 where he received not only a World’s Greatest Superheroes Robin figure but a Planet of the Apes Soldier Ape as well. Nice stuff Wes! Enjoy previous Mego Memories at the Megomuseum, Part 1 and Part 2 are full of vintage coolness. Got a pic…

by Museum • March 22, 2008

An awesome submission from a great Mego fan today, a rare colour shot of a Mego Planet of the Apes Store Appearance. That wall of minty Treehouses is hypnotic… Here is another view from the Megomuseum Ad Archive. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • March 20, 2008

This interesting catalog spread from the 1976 Sears (Canada) Catalog prominently features the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes being sold with their “official outfits” (which are of course, closed out Action Jackson uniforms. Star Trek was still riding high while Planet of the Apes were going into deep discount, they would appear in Sears Canada catalogs…