The 12″ Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes are often overlooked and that’s a shame because they are well made toys with a lot of fun variations. The 12″ Heroes began in Canada, when Parkdale Novelty CEO Morris Kotzer created the line by ordering the minimum. The first 12″ Batman is largely the most familiar as he…
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Portrait of the Mego Penguin done in Magna Doodle
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This portrait of the Mego Penguin figure was done by World’s Greatest Toys scribe Ben Holcomb on a Magna Doodle. There is no more fitting canvas for a Mego product than on another Mego product. Great OA! Paul made this neat Guardian figure from the Green Lantern, check out all the new homemade heroes in…
MegoMuseum Takes a Look at Superman: The Movie
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December 15th, 1978 saw the release of the Richard Donner helmed Superman: The Movie, the world’s first (but definitely not last) comic book blockbuster movie. Mego Corporation, being the toy licensor for action figures was well prepared for this event and created a great deal of product to coincide with this fantastic opportunity. Having a…
The Mego Superheroes Still Strong in 1979 Wards
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To start a new month off right why not showcase a beautiful page such as this in the Mego Museum Department Store Catalog Archive . The 1979 Mongomery Wards Catalog had an impressive selection of Mego Superheroes including the Elastic Heroes and the larger then life play set The Wayne Foundation. Buy and Trade Mego…
Mego Action Figures In Full Force in 1976 Sears Catalog
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This interesting catalog spread from the 1976 Sears (Canada) Catalog prominently features the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes being sold with their “official outfits” (which are of course, closed out Action Jackson uniforms. Star Trek was still riding high while Planet of the Apes were going into deep discount, they would appear in Sears Canada catalogs…
New! Captain America with Fly Away Action
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New to the Mego Museum Ad Archive is this 1980 Toy Fair Flier for the Mego 12″ Captain America figure. No mention of the giant head though…. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Make Mine Marvel Mego
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This new addition to the Mego Ad Archive is a 1980 advertisement for licensing Marvel comics characters the piece features examples from many toy companies including Milton bradley, Empire, funstuff, Remco and of course Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
Mego Toy Store Pic from 1980
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This awesome new colour picture of the Mego Superheroes in Gimbels demonstrates how the line had shrunk down it’s core by this time. Note there is a whole display of 12″ Incredible Hulk dolls and Remco Spider-Copters behind. This just one of many vintage toy store shots that we have in the Mego Museum Ad…
Vintage Mego Toy Aisle plus Star Trek News
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A very rare picture of an action figure aisle circa 1976 has been added to the MegoMuseum Ad Archive today. Just look at that wonderful World’s Greatest Superheroes box bursting in the middle of those G.I. Joe’s. Exciting news from Diamond yesterday, the first original 8″ Star Trek figure was unveiled and it’s none other…
The Mego Superfoes will freak you out!
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Neat addition to the MegoMuseum Ad Archive today, it’s the 1974 Toyfair press release for the Mego Super Foes. Sadly, there isn’t one for the Supergals. Megomuseum.com- The Web’s Greatest Mego Playset
