Part two of Vintage Mego’s Deep Dive into the classic Mego catalog from 1976 and we look at the amazing additions to such toylines as : Comic Action Heroes Cher Muhammad Ali Our Gang Games Watch the Marty Abrams Interview Here’ https://youtu.be/i09xYhE6CSk Get Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 4 here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store… Subscribe to the MegoMuseum Newsletter…
Vintage Mego takes a Deep Dive into the classic Mego catalog from 1976 and we look at the amazing additions to such toylines as : Star Trek World’s Greatest Superheroes Wizard of Oz The Waltons Robin Hood T he Super Knights One Million BC Look for a part 2 video next week. Get Toy-Ventures…
PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures magazine is an old school print magazine about vintage toys from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s covering topics and items that don’t get the respect they deserve. Each issue will feature collector guides, rare photographs, interviews, and articles by some of the toy experts in the Collector Field. Issue #1 will be a…
This week’s installment talks about 1980 and Mego ventures into electronics with the launch of the Pocket Superheroes Bat Machine and Spider-Machines. We talk a bit about how electronic games hurt Mego more than passing on Star Wars and their partners in Mexico Ensueno toys. Visit our Forum at: https://www.megomuseum.com/community Mego Mania is the largest…
As promised in this week’s toy ventures, we’re continuing our look at Japanese toys with a look at how the Mego Superheroes were distributed in Japan by Popy Toys. We also talk about character selection and why these specific three characters were chosen. As a bonus here is our video on the Popy TV…
When we published our list of the “Top Ten Mego Superhero items that never got made” recently, we forget to mention one of the more interesting rumors that swirl around the World’s Greatest Toy Company. The concept that Mego was developing “World’s Greatest Superhero” vitamins was confirmed by the late Neal Kublan when interviewed by…
Ever since the discovery of this “Comic Super Helden” three pack there has been some curiosity as to how much of the line was marketed to the German market. Well, thanks to a generous submission by our new friend Maria, we have some answers and beautiful ads. Maria shared these ads which appeared in German…
We got a nice surprise from Paolo today in the form of this rare Italian shop window poster advertising the die cast and Magno heroes from Mego (distributed in Italy by GIG) What a beauty! The poster measures 54 x 76,5cm (or about 21″ by 29″) and is the first one we’ve ever seen. Almost…
Thor, the God of Thunder is the fourth in a series of ReMego Marvel comics sets from Diamond Select and EMCE Toys. Unlike the previous release of Wolverine, Thor is a classic World’s Greatest Superheroes member and the formula of Mego Reproduction, Secret Identity and Modern Interpretation are in play here. Thor is a pretty pricey…
Thanks to our good friends at Hake’s Americana we have another wonderful rare foreign Mego catalog spread from Italian distributor GIG. This catalog not only features the rare Italian Magnetic Superheroes but the Diecast Superheroes and finally answers our question as to how many Pocket Superheroes were released on white cards in Italy. Be…
