Mego Elastic Hulk Ad
This giant sized Trade advertisement from 1979 celebrates Mego combining stretch toys with the Superheroes licensing. Pretty inspired and something that has been repeated through the decades.
Unfortunately, Kenner (purveyors of the Stretch Armstrong line of toys) believed the “big idea” the Mego stretched was theirs and promptly sued.
Many former Mego executives have confided to the MegoMuseum that the line was plagued with more than just legal problems. From horrors stories of rats infesting the warehouse in search of corn syrup, to the 1979 toy fair samples bursting on the show floor, the general consensus from the ground floor seems to be that the elastic line was more trouble than it was worth.
Mego Museum Elastic Heroes Gallery
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