This item is courtesy of our friends at Heroes West Coast and used with permission. Another beautiful glimpse into something that was planned but never made it to the market. Last month we showcased the Star Trek Mr. Spock Sip N’ See straw that was planned for 1979 but it was only one part of…
This item is courtesy of our friends at Heroes West Coast and used with permission. Another beautiful glimpse into something that was planned but never made it to the market. The Action Sip”N”See Straw concept actually debuted at Mego in 1977 when they released it for the King Kong range of toys. Mego apparently had…
Celebrated auction house Hake’s Americana has a terrific sampling of Mego items in their latest auction, which ends tomorrow. Mego fans may want to check out this large sampling of boxed World’s Greatest Superheroes, mailer boxed Planet of the Apes, five face Star Trek cards, Star Trek Aliens and Palitoy Space:1999 characters while they…
Seeing as Star Trek is 50 today and it was one of Mego‘s biggest and earliest hits, we thought we’d spotlight one of the oddest and rarest pieces to come out of that delicious union, the highly sought after Close-Out Set. Our own Robyn Adams did a great write up of this piece when…
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.…
For years, Mego collectors have been finding oddities such as “Mandy the Pretty Doll” dressed like Mr Fantastic or the Bonnie Dee Doll dressed in full Planet of the Ape regalia . These strange blow molded dolls have been largely explained away as a 3rd party factory trying to get rid of it’s extras after…
The latest Diamond Select Star Trek set is now available for Pre-Order. The Cheron is a reverse of the previous release and the Red Shirt figure comes in two different hari colours and ranks, the variations are evenly spread in a case. Click here to order for this May! 2016 will see Star Trek’s…
This rare and wonderful piece from Canada recently surfaced and it’s a neat look into how Mego distribution worked in the great white North. Growing up just outside of Toronto, this catalog, which is hobbled together from a variety of sources, solved more than one “why didn’t I get that” mysteries for me. For more…
As reported in this morning’s Mego Museum Newsletter. Last week Mego Museum members noticed that Kirk and Klingon were listed in the latest Previews. We checked-in with Zach at DST and he confirmed that this is indeed a new run of figures. But wait – there’s more! Spock and Khan are next, and depending upon…
This week the Mego Museum Newsletter celebrates nobody’s favourite Star Trek movie with out Star Trek: The Motion Picture’s 35th Anniversary Super Special. Articles and rare prototype shots, Another Star Trek figure giveaway from BifBangPow!, Discussions about Star Trek aliens Weekend toy show calendar, Vintage Mego catalog pages, Interesting Ebay Auctions What’s new in…
