Vintage Mego cracks open the pages of the 1977 Mego catalog and also, share some rare footage from a 1977 Mego Showroom. Part 1 subjects include Sonny and Cher Farrah Fawcett CB McHaul Star Trek World’s Greatest Superheroes Wonder Woman Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here: www.toyventuresmagazine.com Join us at MegoMania https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania Subscribe to…
Vintage Mego this week looks at the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes Captain Americar, which was released in 1976 and only sold for one brief year. Why did Spider-Man and Captain America even get cars? We discuss that and more in the week’s installment. Join us at MegoMania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg?view_as=subscriber …
Vintage Mego looks at Mego’s brief James Bond toy line, based on the 1979 film “Moonraker”. It is a toy line that had an incredibly short life and we explore the many items that never made it to market as well. Get Toy-Ventures Issue 2 here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ MegoMania FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania
Vintage Mego this week talks about how Toy Maker Bullmark marketed the 1974 Mego Planet of the Apes line in Japan. They did a very unique and quite wonderful job of marketing this iconic toy range. Check out Hunter’s Planet of the Apes archive: https://pota.goatley.com/ MegoMania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine issue 1 here:…
Vintage Mego looks at in our humble opinion, is one of the nicest range of action figures produced by Mego, the 12″ Buck Rogers line. However, it’s not without its problems. Join us and our special guest, Marty Abrams, talking about Mego’s 1/6th scale revival in the late 1970s. Get Toy-Ventures Magazine here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/…
10-4 Good Buddy! Vintage Mego discusses the CB McHaul toy line from 1977, a series of action figures not based on Superheroes or Science Fiction but on Burt Reynolds movies and your dad’s hobby. It even taught you a secret language known as trucker talk! We talk about the 70s CB radio craze, the line’s…
This week Vintage Mego looks at an underrated line of Mego toys based on the World’s Greatest Superheroes. The Bend N Flex line was a best seller for Mego, why was it cut? We’ll get into that in this installment. Subscribe to the MegoMuseum Newsletter here MegoMuseum Links: MegoMuseum Forums …
Vintage Mego takes a look at the classic Mego Star Trek playset “Mission to Gamma VI” an alien world environment loosely based on a classic epsiode of the television series. We also talk about why the Mego Star Trek line abruptly ended in 1977 even though it was still quite popular. Talk Mego Star Trek…
This week’s Vintage Mego isn’t about toys but a celebration of the pioneering Heroes World chain, their catalog helped spread knowledge about Mego and other toy lines. It was the 1970s internet! I’m joined by some special guests this episode, Art Baltazar, David Weiner, and Dr. Mego for the retrospective on the amazing Heroes World…
This week Vintage Mego takes a look at Terraphant, the terrifying Mammoth from the remote world of Visceros! Half elephant, half tank we talk about this vehicle’s development including prototype shots and the fun things that were left out of the final product. Special Thanks to Ray “AcroRay” Miller for the amazing photos and…
