Category: WGSH

Vintage Mego Ad from the pages of Starlog

by Museum • July 21, 2009

Click on the ad for a larger view New to the MegoMuseum Ad Archive is this wonderful ad from Starlog Magazine circa 1985, over the years I’ve heard many folks mention this ad as being the thing that drew them back to Mego in their adult life. The company is no long called “Planet Earth”…

by Museum • July 16, 2009

Mark Schmidt sent in photos of this rare item, a bilingual boxed Spider-Car from Parkdale Novelty. Previously it was believed all Parkdale did was sticker the US packaging, it seems that they also did a run of their own box. Thanks to Mark for sharing this northern rarity. MegoMuseum Spider Car Gallery Megomuseum.com- The Web’s…

by Museum • July 15, 2009

New to the MegoMuseum Ad Archive is this rare Australian Magazine Ad for Toltoys (the down under distributer) who took the 1973 Mego Superheroes Catalog page and made it their own! Click on the image to see a bigger version. Check out the MegoMuseum Library for hours of Mego browsing. For More on…

by Museum • July 10, 2009

Again thanks to Steve F., we’ve got a much bigger scan of the 1974 Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes Catalog page, click on it to see a larger view. I want to go to there… Mego Catalog Library Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • July 6, 2009

New to Mego Museum Robin Page (and long overdue!) is the Solid Boxed Robin. Were you a lucky kid who snatched up one of these in ’73? Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • June 19, 2009

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by Museum • June 12, 2009

There is just so much to love about this vintage Mego store appearance ad, like the word Shaboom and the use of Aquaman and Tarzan in the toy ad. Below are some of the pieces of paper you would get from such an appearance. Spidey would hand these little fliers to kids, fortunately kids saved…

by Museum • June 11, 2009

Today we’ve got an indepth look at a Ralph Hinkley production sample figure from the Greatest American Hero line of toys. What makes this one different is that he’s an earlier production sample, lots of big pictures and history about this neat figure. Mego Museum Greatest American Hero Gallery Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset

by Museum • May 15, 2009

It is a good day when we have something like this to share. The first boxed BASA superhero all the way from Peru, which happens to be Robin the boy wonder, is now on display at the Mego Robin page. He’s really, really pretty, so be sure to take a look. Discuss at the Mego…

by Museum • April 27, 2009

Another beauty of a Palitoy/Mego card, courtesy of Bill Frost. Today’s feature is the clown prince of crime, the Joker. Weird that they removed the Penguin’s umbrella on his package but left the cane…. Mego Museum Joker Gallery MegoMuseum Forums : Better than ever! Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset