Time for another upclose look at a new release, this time it’s from the new series of Star Trek/Big Bang Theory mash up figures from our friends at Bif Bang Pow! We decided the most fun was to be had with Sheldon as he had been altered to look like Comic Con Vulcan. Have a…
A cool article from 1975 about Star Trek’s resurgence into the pop culture landscape that speaks to then President Martin Abrams about those hot selling Mego Star Trek Toys. Visit the Mego Museum Star Trek Galleries for more!
In a recent kick starter to produce a pilot for a TV series based on the cult film “Free Enterprise” (which every Mego head should see, IMHO) one of the kick starter rewards are these”Bomber Bill” 8″ action figure “prototypes” produced by EMCE Toys. Please check out the Free Enterprise Kick Starter Campaign here, …
Long weekends and marathons go together, so we’re going through the archives and giving you some vintage Mego toy commercials and Toy Fair reels. Kicking it off with this one from 1979, the Mego Star Trek Enterprise Bridge and Vulcan Shuttle reel.
This is likely a toy fair reel and not something that saw air time. Sadly the Vulcan Shuttle was not produced, rumours abound but no physical samples have ever surfaced.
Also, what’s with the kid saying “and Officer Ilia” in such a suggestive way?
UPDATED: The May 5th episode of Toy Hunter on Travel Channel featured this very playset variation! In the episode host Jordan Hembrough barely misses out on grabbing the set when Mego collector extraordinaire Mark Huckabone runs off with it. Mark tells us that he only knows of 2 that exist. He confirms that the set…
After a long wait, we’ve got some images of the upcoming Retro Cloth Universal Monsters and Classic Star Trek Waves. It’s been a long time coming for a Mego like Creature from the Black Lagoon, so happy to see him in a body suit. Kirk and Spock are now evil!
Larami Martian Chronicles A new addition to the Museum is the Star Trek Knock Off Gallery, like the one we produced for Action Jackson a couple of months back, this is dedicated to the competing 8″ toy lines that tried to cash in on the popularity of Mego’s Star Trek line. So prepare to be thrilled…
The good folks at Art Asylum have given a sneak peek at ReMego future with this shot of the first two figures in the ReMego waves of Star Trek the Next Generation figures. This will no doubt, make a lot of people happy… For more information, please visit the site: http://www.artasylum.com/blog/2011/07/sdcc-sneak-peek-3-the-next-generation-of-star-trek-retros/
For years, many Mego Museum members have talked of the “Clearance Star Trek” set which included usually Kirk and Spock figures shrunk wrapped into a Bridge Playset, the playset was normally missing the transporter unit meaning it was a factory leftover of some sort. Well, finally we have some print evidence of this item, taken…
Thanks to the good people at Abrams books, we’ve got a copy of Star Trek: The Original Series 365 to give away. (which is now available BTW) To enter all you have to do is visit the Star Trek 365 thread at the Mego Museum Mego Buzz forums and answer this question. What is your…
