Category: prototypes

New Mego Thundarr Discovery

Thundarr King Rat

The never produced Mego Thundarr the Barbarian toy line is usually in the top five of Mego fans wish lists along with “Logan’s Run“, “Ark 2” and the “Greatest American Hero” lines (Not many people mourn “Dallas” sorry). So we at the Mego Museum love any information about Thundarr we can get. That is why…

Mego Superhero Prototypes discovered (and for sale!)

Mego Prototype heads for the World's Greatest Superheros

Heritage Auction Strikes again with more from the collection of sculptor Gene Salamacha, who it turns out sculpted the original line of Mego’s World’s Greatest Superheroes. This latest offering may be the strongest pieces of Mego history every put up on auction as the offering contains clay and hard copies for Robin, Superman, Aquaman and…

The Great FrankenBumps mystery

Many Mego collectors know about Frankenbumps the never released vacuum pump figure (the concept was later used on Cap Toy’s Vac Man) from 1982. The figure was never released but one lucky collector has the box in their home. Now the original art for that box has surfaced in Toronto of all places. According to…

More Mego Prototypes at Heritage Auctions

Mego Welcome Back Kotter Prototype

Heritage auctions has revealed it’s mid May lot which includes more treasures from Mego Sculptor Gene Salamacha this month’s lot includes the never before discussed line of “Welcome Back Kotter” Super Softies that Mego was apparantly planning as well as the original head sculpt for the Wizard from the Wizard of Oz. You can see…

New Discovery! Jessica from Logan’s Run Head Sculpt

mego logan's run

The Mego line of action figures based on the television series “Logan’s Run” has haunted many a collector. The toyline was cut before toyfair 1978 (due to the series cancellation) and only a handful of factory samples of the figures exist. While the Mego Museum has uncovered the figures of the male cast, the  Jessica 6 (played by…

Heritage Auctions offers incredible Mego Prototype items this February

Mego Captain America Prototype

Heritage Auctions is hosting some incredible pieces of Mego history today and answered questions Mego fans have wondered for decades who sculpted classic Mego characters like Scotty, Dr McCoy and Captain America? Sculptor Gene Salamacha is auctioning off his collection of Mego prototypes including original paperwork and reference materials from the World’s Greatest Toy Company.…

BREAKING: New Flash Image with Gloves

  SInce the images of the Flash leaked out, we’ve been inundated with “Will he have gloves?” type comments, the answer is a)Yes and b)They’re pretty awesome gloves. Nice to see fists on a fist fighter! More news like this every week in our newsletter Subscribe today! Join us at the world’s only dedicated Mego…

New Mego Museum Newsletter!

The latest issue of the weekly Mego Museum newsletter is live and it includes: Our weekly #MMFTCNEWS update from figures toy company The latest Star Trek news from Diamond Select Toys Custom of the week Fun photo review of the Figures Toy Company Bat cave Early peak at Ras Al Ghul A preview of Hake’s…

Mego Micronaut Toy Prototype: Salesman’s Sample Lobros

Mego Micronaut Toy Prototype: Salesman’s Sample Lobros Collection of Ray “AcroRay” Miller, 2015   Discovery: This artifact was auctioned as a genuine Mego “salesman’s sample” in late 2014, astoundingly fetching only a price typical for a normal, packaged Mego Lobros.   Its new owner quickly flipped it for a modest markup, without the “salesman’s sample” claim…