This week Vintage Mego looks at an underrated line of Mego toys based on the World’s Greatest Superheroes. The Bend N Flex line was a best seller for Mego, why was it cut? We’ll get into that in this installment. Subscribe to the MegoMuseum Newsletter here MegoMuseum Links: MegoMuseum Forums …
Mego Corp gave collectors and update they were waiting for yesterday with the announcement of an expanded presence at Wal-Mart stores and when we could expect wave 9. Directly quoted from their web page: We have been hard at work with Walmart to expand our distribution of Mego products and we are very excited…
Vintage Mego takes a look at the classic Mego Star Trek playset “Mission to Gamma VI” an alien world environment loosely based on a classic epsiode of the television series. We also talk about why the Mego Star Trek line abruptly ended in 1977 even though it was still quite popular. Talk Mego Star Trek…
Just announced in Mego Ambassadors, the 8″ DC Comics line or “The World’s Greatest Mego Heroes” as the line will be called is coming to Meijer stores this September. UPDATED: Thanks to our friends at Mego Corp, we have the first shot of Batman, hot off the production line. This is what will be hitting…
Back in a previous edition of #MMFTCNEWS, Figures Toy Company gave collectors the chance to lock eyes on the retro figure of the metahuman known as Jericho! As a member of the Teen Titans and the son of the ruthless mercenary known as Deathstroke, Jericho played a pivotal role in some of DC Comics’…
Yeah, I’m doing the Waltons episode, even though I don’t collect the toyline or enjoy the show itself, let’s defend Mego’s decision to make a Waltons toy line in 1975. PS the Sunshine Family legit scared me as a kid. MegoMuseum Forums: https://www.megomuseum.com/community/ MegoMania Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/ Visit the MegoMuseum Waltons Gallery Here https://www.megomuseum.com/galleries/the-waltons/…
This 1973 article interviews Licencing Corp of America’s Stan Weston and Don Levin. Weston’s impact on our childhood is immeasurable, from the creation of GI Joe and the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes, we also find out he was involved in the creation of the Super Friends with the intent of selling more Mego Superheroes. It’s…
Time to take a look at one of the most collectible lines Mego created, the 8″ line of Star Trek Aliens from 1976. Keeper, Gorn, Cheron and Neptunian? We discuss the character choices and the circumstances lead Mego to artistic license with these characters. Join us at the MegoMuseum www.megomuseum.com Our Facebook…
Thanks to our friends at Mego Corp (check out their facebook group, Mego Ambassadors) we’ve got a first look at the final packaged photography for the long anticipated wave 8 which is on it’s way to distributors across the world (including a new on in Canada, yay!). But enough about us, let’s get to the…
This week’s installment talks about 1980 and Mego ventures into electronics with the launch of the Pocket Superheroes Bat Machine and Spider-Machines. We talk a bit about how electronic games hurt Mego more than passing on Star Wars and their partners in Mexico Ensueno toys. Visit our Forum at: https://www.megomuseum.com/community Mego Mania is the largest…
