Category: star trek

Mego Star Trek for 1980

by Museum • February 26, 2008

This new addition to the Mego Ad Archive from 1980 demonstrates just how much effort Mego Corp. put into merchandising Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Sadly the film’s more adult themes didn’t translate into toy sales with much of this line seeing little to no distribution in the United States. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego…

by Museum • February 25, 2008

A new entry to the Mego Museum Library today is this 1980 Toy Fair preview of some of Mego’s new products. Sadly, many of them including cool Micronaut alien vehicles such as Iguanos and remote controlled VINCent from the Black Hole were never released. The rest of the week on the Mego Museum will be…

by Museum • February 17, 2008

A great video from Toyfair 2008 showing off some of the new characters this year: Not only Chekov is coming out but Sulu and a show accurate Gorn? Yep, read it all about it here. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • February 6, 2008

A very rare picture of an action figure aisle circa 1976 has been added to the MegoMuseum Ad Archive today. Just look at that wonderful World’s Greatest Superheroes box bursting in the middle of those G.I. Joe’s. Exciting news from Diamond yesterday, the first original 8″ Star Trek figure was unveiled and it’s none other…

by Museum • January 16, 2008

For the remainder of the week, we’ll be looking at some wonderful clippings from a 1975 newspaper circular for Childworld in 1975 with it’s wonderfully recoloured Mego Reproduction Art. First up is Mego Star Trek which was the big star of 1975 for Mego. Check back everyday this week for a new piece from this…

by Museum • December 19, 2007

Another addition to the Mego ad archive today.This June 1976 article announcesMego Star Trek Phaser Game with a box by Harold Shull. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • December 6, 2007

Great addition to the department store catalog archive for the holiday season, The is rare page from long gone Canadian retailer Simpsons features Mego Star Trek and Planet of the Apes but nothing from their most popular line World’s Greatest Superheroes. Interesting to note that chair pictured is the same one that Scott Adams noted…

by Museum • October 8, 2007

A new addition to the gallery today thaks to Robert Doyle, it’s a JC Penney Star Trek the Motion Picture three pack, a pretty rare item to find these days. Check out this cool Joker’s Ha-Hacienda Playset from Anthony, the level of detail will astound you. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • July 18, 2007

Another page from the 1975 Sears Catalog, this time it’s a combination of two of the most popular Mego lines, Superheroes and Star Trek. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • June 1, 2007

Ta-Da! Here’s a sneak peak at one of the exclusive trading cards available at this weekend’s Megomeet convention. It’s only logical (ha!) we release a checklist for Star Trek. What is the other new card you ask? That, remains a mystery…… Check the Mego Forums for Megomeet updates all weekend! Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego…