Now that San Diego Comic Con has filled us with the sights of Mego like items to come, it’s time to take a look back to the company that made it all happen in the first place with this new series of discoveries. First, let’s give credit where it’s due, the next three weeks are…
Category: WGSH
The Mighty Marvel Heroes Display Box
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A new edition to the Mego Superhero Display Box Gallery today, this drool worthy and tough to find Marvel Superheroes display box lid. What kid could resist that header card in 1975? It’s impossible. You can get a closer look at it and the many other wonderful display boxes displayed at the Display Box Gallery…
Sock! Bam! Splat!
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This unassuming little bit of toy industry news from July 1973 would see the arrival of the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes . A toy line would dominate the action figure aisle for the remainder of the decade. Even back in 1973 there was no love for Aquaman, what’s up with that? View more vintage Mego…
Great White Update
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It’s time to take a look at a classic bit of Mego magic with the revised Aquaman Vs the Great White Shark gallery. We’ve improved the original photography for this wonderful (and stupildy hard to find) toy and added new links and info. Visit the Great White Shark Gallery Here. Discuss at the Mego Museum…
Today is Green Arrow Day!
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Just a friendly reminder that today is the first day that you can order the initial figure from the Mattel “Retro-Action: DC Super Heroes” line (fomerly known as World’s Greatest Superheroes). Eight inch Superheroes with real cloth costumes, it’s a good day but stop and smell the roses, get your order in at mattycollector.com now,…
Retro-Action Sinestro: Up Close
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Thanks to good people at Mattel and EMCE we have another early look at the Mattel Retro Action DC Super Heroes line, this time it’s 8″ Sinestro head sculpt again in the rather fitting “Mugshot” style. As with Lex there is a “Challenge of the Superfriends” vibe going on here and it’s just one thing…
Superman: Soft, Cuddly, Safe?
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A fun update today at the Mego Museum Super Softie Gallery, today we take a look at Superman with new packaging shots and an honest to goodness variation. Who knew? All that plus you can click to hear Superman talk, click the link to be transported to “plush Metropolis” Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Magnetic Heroes Update
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A fabulous update at the MegoMuseum Magna Heroes Gallery today, courtesy of Mark Huackabone we have shots of the proposed American series of cards for the four heroes. Mego pitched the line using these very samples at Toy Fair 1980 and decided to abandon the line. These rare US cards were produced for display at…
WGSH Becomes Retro-Action!
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Great Update on Matty Collector.com today, unveiling the revised card art for the Green Arrow Figure. The big change here is the line’s name is no longer “World’s Greatest SuperHeroes” but “Retro-Action: DC Super Heroes“. This begs the question, what other things does Mattel have planned under this “Retro-Action” banner? It sounds like 2010 will…
Meg Clearance in 1983
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A President’s day sale after Mego’s demise shows clearance pricing on everything, including the World’s Greatest Superheroes! Sure, the ad shows Batman but I bet it was mostly Hulks….. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
