{"id":1736,"date":"2013-02-03T17:53:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-03T17:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/?page_id=1736"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:30:14","slug":"madmonstercastle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/madmonstercastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad Monsters Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/legend\/monsters\/images\/castle_main.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Mad Monsters castle\" width=\"716\" height=\"939\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mad Monsters Castle No.1908<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Case Pack was 4<\/p>\n<p>The Mad Monster Castle holds the distinction of being the sole playset in the entire Legends line, which would also give you the assumption that they were the best sellers. Although a castle was also advertised for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/legend\/skknights.html\"> Super Knights <\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/legend\/sppirates.html\"> Super Pirates,<\/a> these were never made and would have been quite different than the Mad Monster Castle anyway (See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/woz\/witchcastle.html\">Wizard of Oz Witches Castle<\/a> for a better look at how the knight&#8217;s play set might have looked.).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monster-Castle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monster-Castle-925x1024.png\" alt=\"Mego Mad Monsters Castle Playset- Mego Museum\" width=\"860\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monster-Castle-925x1024.png 925w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monster-Castle-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monster-Castle-768x851.png 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monster-Castle-560x620.png 560w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monster-Castle-260x288.png 260w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monster-Castle-160x177.png 160w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Monster-Castle.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7993\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate?campaign_id=VDD9YGNDLQ99U\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7993\" class=\"wp-image-7993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donate-300x123.png\" alt=\"The Mego Museum Needs your HELP!\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donate-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donate-560x229.png 560w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donate-260x106.png 260w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donate-160x65.png 160w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donate.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate?campaign_id=VDD9YGNDLQ99U\">If you like our site please consider donating to our server fund<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/legend\/monsters\/monstercastlecatalog.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Mad Monsters Castle catalog page\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The Mad Monsters Castle made it into the pages of the 1975 Wards catalogue. For more pages like this, visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/megolibrary\/department\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;Megomuseum Department Store Catalogue<\/a> Gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Box for the Mego Mad Castle forgoes the usual Gray Morrow artwork in lieu of using a photo of a happy child playing with the toy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox-667x1024.png\" alt=\"Mego Mad Monsters Castle Box- Mego Museum\" width=\"667\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox-667x1024.png 667w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox-768x1179.png 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox-1001x1536.png 1001w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox-560x860.png 560w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox-260x399.png 260w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox-160x246.png 160w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/castlebox.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The kid isn&#8217;t smiling in the line artwork, however, maybe they told him he couldn&#8217;t keep it<\/p>\n<p>Below you can see pictures of the interior of the castle, the laboratory artwork contains an eye chart, guess we had a mad optometrist on the premises. One problem with keeping this playset in the box too long is that it tends to fold up when you try to display it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8064\" style=\"width: 677px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8064\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets-667x1024.png\" alt=\"Mego Mad Monsters Castle Playset- Mego Museum\" width=\"667\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets-667x1024.png 667w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets-768x1179.png 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets-1001x1536.png 1001w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets-560x860.png 560w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets-260x399.png 260w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets-160x246.png 160w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/playsets.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mego Mad Monsters Castle Playset- Mego Museum<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many of these photos are courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyventuresmag.com\">Toy-Ventures Magazine.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/product\/plaid-stallions-toy-ventures-magazine-issue-4-munsters-mego-mad-monsters\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TV-Mad-Monsters-Advert-1024x512.png\" alt=\"Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 4 has the ultimate guide to the Mego Mad Monsters toys.\" width=\"739\" height=\"378\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please check out <a href=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/product\/plaid-stallions-toy-ventures-magazine-issue-4-munsters-mego-mad-monsters\/\">Issue 4 for their Ultimate Guide to the Mego Mad Monsters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/legend\/monsters\/images\/mm_castle_details.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>The Mego Mad Monsters Castle comes complete with 4 parapets (usually missing) and an operating table which can also be found in playsets like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/pota\/treehouse.html\"> the Planet of the Apes Treehouse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/table.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/table-1024x704.png\" alt=\"Mego Mad Monsters Castle Playset- Mego Museum\" width=\"860\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/table-1024x704.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/table-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/table-768x528.png 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/table-560x385.png 560w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/table-260x179.png 260w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/table-160x110.png 160w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/table.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;Sponsored Ad:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7998\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7998\" class=\"wp-image-7998 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minimonstersadvert-1024x734.png\" alt=\"Pre Order the Mad Mini-Monsters coming soon from Lincoln Monsters\" width=\"860\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minimonstersadvert-1024x734.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minimonstersadvert-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minimonstersadvert-768x550.png 768w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minimonstersadvert-560x401.png 560w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minimonstersadvert-260x186.png 260w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minimonstersadvert-160x115.png 160w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minimonstersadvert.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pre-Order the upcoming Mad Mini-Monsters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<center><a id=\"menu\" name=\"menu\"><\/a>\r\n<div id=\"rightboxmenu\">\r\n<div id=\"menutitle\">MAD MONSTERS<\/div>\r\n          <ul id=\"linklist\">\r\n\t\t\r\n          <li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/madmonsters\/\">Introduction <\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"indent\"><a 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The Mad Monster Castle holds the distinction of being the sole playset in the entire Legends line, which would also give you the assumption that they were the best sellers. Although&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/madmonstercastle\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8067,"parent":0,"menu_order":233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1736","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8073,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1736\/revisions\/8073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}