{"id":7709,"date":"2021-06-23T01:09:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2021-06-23T01:10:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:10:37","slug":"comic-action-activator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/galleries\/comic-action-activator\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Action Activator"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not everyday you see a new vintage Mego item, let alone a Mego Superhero item that you thought didn\u2019t exist but today, we\u2019ve got that going on.<\/p>\n

In 1977, Mego\u2019s second year of the Comic Action Heroes, they began to solicit the Comic Activator, the catalyst item used in all the playsets save for the Mangler on it\u2019s own.<\/p>\n

Here is the mention on the Mego Order form and the Catalog respectively.<\/p>\n

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The Activator was not shown in the catalog nor have any boxed versions ever appeared. 1977 was a discordant year for the Comic Action Heroes, only one new item the Batcopter <\/a>was released and the Spider-Man Exploding Tower se<\/a>t was sadly scrapped.<\/p>\n

So it was the opinion of the MegoMuseum that the Activator on it\u2019s own, never saw release.We are happy to report that we were dead wrong.<\/p>\n

Thanks to collector Dan Elman who purchased this at what he believed was a disappointing estate sale, little did he know, he came home with the only known packaged example of this toy.<\/p>\n

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Look at this glorious box with the Penguin\u2019s hands pushing that plunger.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Back of the box showcases the explosive nature of this toy, there is no doubt that this is  Neal Adams Continuity studio\u2019s work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Many thanks to Dan for sharing this amazing find. What other Mego rarities are out there that we don\u2019t know exists? The mind boggles.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not everyday you see a new vintage Mego item, let alone a Mego Superhero item that you thought didn\u2019t exist but today, we\u2019ve got that going on. In 1977, Mego\u2019s second year of the Comic Action Heroes, they began…<\/p>\n

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