{"id":2578,"date":"2013-02-22T14:39:36","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T14:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/?page_id=2578"},"modified":"2016-08-22T14:12:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T14:12:18","slug":"trek-toys","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/trek-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek Accessory Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Trekoutfit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Trekoutfit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"rightbox\">\n<ul id=\"linklist\">\n<li id=\"menutitle\"><a href=\"#\">Accessory Links <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#comm\">Communicators<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#con\"> Command Console <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#phas\">Phaser Target <\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#tele\">Telescreen Console<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#tric\">Tricorder<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"indent\"><a href=\"#treku\">Trekulator<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Mego Star Trek line provided opportunities for Mego to branch\u00a0out and innovate beyond action figures. In the years to come Mego would\u00a0pioneer a number of electronic interactive toys and games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"comm\" name=\"Communicators\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Communicators<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Comunnicatorscarded.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Star Trek Communicators\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These were big fun! You could talk to your friends and annoy truckers\u00a0with your Mego Star Trek Communicators. &#8220;Real walkie-talkies!&#8221;\u00a0Mego cleverly repackaged these hit toys for Batman and Robin a year\u00a0later, the \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/play\/batcoders.shtml\">Bat Coders <\/a> were released in limited quantities.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Communicatorsloose.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Star Trek Communicators\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"con\" name=\"Console\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Command Console<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Communicationsconsole.jpg\" alt=\"The Star Trek Command Console was designed to interact with the Mego Communicators\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wait! Don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re done because you have the communicators,<br \/>\nnow you need the Command Communications Console.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The console lights up and produces three different Star Trek Sounds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/mego_console.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Command Console actually works with the Mego Star Trek Communicators\u00a0and has a light up front that really looks like it belongs on the\u00a0deck of the enterprise. On the other side of the Universe, Mego\u00a0tried to repackage this toy for \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/play\/batcoders.shtml\">Batman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mego went all out with this box art\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/mego_console_box.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mego went all out with this box art, like everything else in the<br \/>\nTrek series.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/mego_instructions.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Original Mego instructions. Thanks to Mike Farrence for all the<br \/>\ngreat pics!<\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"phas\" name=\"Phaser Target Game\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Phaser Target Game<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/phasergame.jpg\" alt=\"the Mego Phaser Game\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Courtesy Mike Farence. An innovative precurser\u00a0to the &#8220;Laser Tag&#8221; craze of the mid eighties. Many former Mego employees \u00a0mention this item fondly&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"tele\" name=\"Telescreen Console\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Telescreen Console<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/TelescreenLoose.jpg\" alt=\"The Mego Star Trek Telescreen Console Playset, an electronic Marvel!\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"basicblack\">Telescreen Console Playset<\/span> Truly\u00a0a unique piece in the Mego Star Trek line, part game, part playset\u00a0the Telescreen console is unique unto itself. It&#8217;s design is very\u00a0similiar to conputers that appeared on the Original series, one\u00a0could almost imagine Captain Kirk blowing this up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Mego_telescreen2.jpg\" alt=\" Side profile of the playset, it's extremely large and quite heavy\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The game aspect of it is extremely indicative of it&#8217;s time, you\u00a0line the enemy ship into your sites and watch the fire works, all\u00a0the while you keep your own score. Having a figure sit in the chair\u00a0was a master stroke as it adds immense play value to the whole scenario.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Mego_telescreen3.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The original instructions for this highly complicated device.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Telescreenbox.jpg\" alt=\"The packaging for the telescreen playset features some awesome artwrok of Kirk and Spock\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Mego_telescreen5.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The telescreen console has one of the more attractive packages\u00a0in the Mego trek line, something every somber about the black background.<\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"tric\" name=\"Tricorder\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Tricorder<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Tricorderbox.jpg\" alt=\"The Front of the box features the same beautiful artwork that was featured on much of the 1976 released Mego Star Trek items\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"basicblack\">The Mego Tricorder<\/span> is an honest\u00a0to goodness working Tape Recorder, cleverly disguised as Mr Spock&#8217;s\u00a0favourite tool. The Tricorder was invented by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/megolibrary\/interviews\/mcnett\/mcnett.html\"> John McNett<\/a> who at the time was working for the Reiner Creative Group. McNett would later join the Mego team.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Tricorderbox2.jpg\" alt=\"Back of the Mego Tricorder Box\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tape is 30 minutes of &#8220;The Menagerie&#8221; and on the other side,\u00a0space sounds. It&#8217;s been years since I listened to this but harkens\u00a0back to a time when you&#8217;d &#8220;tape&#8221; your favorite shows in audio only.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/tricorder3.jpg\" alt=\"A working tape recorder that's rarely found working\" align=\"bottom\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/mego_ad.jpg\" alt=\"1976 Mego trade advertising for Star Trek Role Play items\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--NOEDIT--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/catalog\/1977\/images\/wgsh4.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Batman version of the Tricorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mego Attempted to sell a Batman version of the Tricorder in 1977, \u00a0however it is unknown if they were produced<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/catalog\/1976\/trek.shtml\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/catalog\/1976\/images\/76catt.jpg\" alt=\"Click Here to view the 1976 Mego Catalog\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on the pic to view the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/catalog\/1976\/trek.shtml\">1976\u00a0Mego Catalog<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"subpad\"><a id=\"treku\" name=\"trekulator\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"subheadbox\">\n<div class=\"subhead\">Trekulator<\/div>\n<div class=\"topbox\"><a href=\"#top\">Return to Top<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/stul01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"215\" align=\"bottom\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A working calculator, it&#8217;s &#8220;screen&#8221; features a nice painting\u00a0of Kirk in his green vee-neck shirt. The Trekulator is one of the more difficult items to find MIB. \u00a0It was produced but for a limited time and in likely small quantity. If you own a boxed Trekulator and want to share photos with us, we would love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mego Star Trek Trekulator\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Trekulator.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"390\" align=\"bottom\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mego Star Trek Trekulator from the 1977 Mego Catalog.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6724\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6724\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator1.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Star Trek Trekulator \" width=\"1200\" height=\"1450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator1-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator1-847x1024.jpg 847w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator1-900x1088.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mego Star Trek Trekulator<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re lucky enough to have found a loose Trekulator recently, it&#8217;s not perfect but the price was right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6725\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6725\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator2.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Star Trek Trekulator  \" width=\"1200\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator2-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator2-900x504.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mego Star Trek Trekulator<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is something so wonderfully charming about a toy meant to be futuristic but made with 70s tech. I absolutely love this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6726\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6726\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator3.jpg\" alt=\"Mego Star Trek Trekulator  Kirk Spock Mego Museum \" width=\"1200\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator3-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator3-1024x844.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/trekulator3-900x742.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mego Star Trek Trekulator<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Better shot of the awesome artwork, I am going to assume it&#8217;s possibly the work of Harold Shull unless I&#8217;m told otherwise. Whomever it was, they nailed Shatner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mego Star Trek Trekulator\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/startrek\/images\/Trekulatorrepro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" align=\"bottom\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mego reproduction art for the Star Trek Trekulator.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessory Links Communicators Command Console Phaser Target Telescreen Console Tricorder Trekulator The Mego Star Trek line provided opportunities for Mego to branch\u00a0out and innovate beyond action figures. In the years to come Mego would\u00a0pioneer a number of electronic interactive toys&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/trek-toys\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2578","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2578","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=2578"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6728,"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2578\/revisions\/6728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}