Tag: Mego Corp

Save 50 cents on Mego Super Heroes

Mego Superheroes ad from July 1973

An awesome new addition to our library of Mego Corp-related Toy ads is this beautiful piece from the July 26, 1973 issue of the NY Daily News. A chain called “Stevens” which appears to have 6 locations is offering fifty cents off the “Super Heros Action Figures” by Mego making them an easy to afford…

Mego Meet 2023 Dealer Table and Hotel Block Information!

Mego Meet 2023

Mego Meet 2023 will become part of Power-Con August 11-13 in Columbus, Ohio. Greater Columbus Convention Center400 North High StreetColumbus, Ohio 43215USA Tickets can be purchased here when they become available:https://thepower-con.com/tickets-exclusives/ Entrance to Power-Con will allow you access to the MegoMeet 2023 dealer’s block. In addition, there will also be Mego Meet-specific panels, rooms and events that…

First Look! Mego Creepshow and Alice Cooper carded samples

Mego Alice Cooper and Creepshow reveals

“I want my cake!!” Nathan Grantham from the “Father’s Day” vignette in the 1982 George Romero Creepshow movie, complete with his daughter’s severed head as his cake straight from Mego’s factory. The figure is coated with textured paint to represent the dirt that Nathan brought from his own grave. Joining Nathan is the long-awaited Alice…

Mego Alice Cooper Sculpt reveal

Mego Alice Cooper

In their last live stream Video, Mego Corp shared a glimpse of the upcoming 8″ Alice Cooper Action figure. Announced in 2019, we haven’t had many updates on the license, but the good news, it’s full steam ahead for this figure. The image above shows the final Mego Alice Cooper hand-painted head sculpt before it…

The Mego Museum Christmas Memories Spectacular!

Hey, I don’t know if you noticed but it’s Christmas! If there is something toy collectors know and like, it’s nostalgia. So let’s time travel back to the time when photography was not super great and photo mats were a thing. Several members of our community have shared that absolutely brilliant shots of Christmas past…

The Top 5 Underrated Mego Action Figure Lines

top five underrated Mego Action Figure Lines

Regarding the figure lines produced by Mego Corp., we all have our favourites, and it’s safe to assume that the World’s Greatest Superheroes, Planet of the Apes, Micronauts and Star Trek will always cram that top 5. But what about all the other toy lines Mego created? Indeed there are a few underappreciated entries in…

Weird Bootleg Mego Vending Machine Stickers

Mego Bootleg vending machine stickers

l Recently on an episode of Toy Ventures, we looked at a book containing a child’s sticker book from the mid-1970s. Among these were an oddity known to some collectors, these strange bootleg stickers of Mego Figures from Star Trek and Planet of the Apes. These full-figure stickers are about six inches tall and, like…

Mego Announces Creepshow line of 8″ Figures

Megto Creep Show

In last night’s Mego Corp Livestream, it was revealed that the latest horror license is the 1982 George Romero feature “Creepshow,” and Mego showed off the first figure from the range, Nathan Grantham from the “Father’s Day” segment complete with a severed head and his cake! Toy-ventures is the only full-colour print toy collector magazine…

Mego Head of the Month: Kevin Fiore

Our Mego Collector spotlight for September is a name a lot of people will recognize because he’s been one of the most positive people in the Hobby and is truly having fun with this. Ladies and gentleman, Kevin Fiore. Name: Kevin Fiore aka Bronxboykev on the Mego Museum aka #Keviemas365 according to my brother and…

Mego Reveals Guillermo Del Toro Pinnochio line

Mego revealed their next toy license and it’s an interesting surprise. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (or simply Pinocchio) is an upcoming stop-motion animated musical fantasy drama film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, and written by del Toro and Patrick McHale. Based on Gris Grimly‘s design from his 2002 edition of the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, it marks the animated…