Mego Corp has shared it’s 50th anniversary Joker packaging with us and it’s a total call back with one difference. There was an issue with the original Mego Joker logo as WB didn’t have it in their toolkit, so they found an era appropriate substitute.
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…
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…
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…
The Odeon Toy and White Elephant Action figure of Tura Satana is in production, the packaging art was revealed toy featuring art by Joseph Michael Linsner (Dawn) and inspired by the classic toys of the 1970s. Also revealed was the paint master for the figure currently in production. The official Tura Satana action figure will…
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…
Our Mego Collector spotlight for August is a name a lot of people will recognize because he’s been part of the community in its many forms since the dawn of the interwebs. Vincent Cerbone not only has a breathtaking collection of unique items but also, he has been behind many jaw-dropping discoveries not only in…
From tonight’s Live stream in Mego Ambassadors, here are the factory samples of the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes figures, hitting stores this fall. Green Lantern was a nice surprise, also it was mentioned that Supergirl will be joining them with a peace belt! https://ee.toys/9GBWFM
San Diego- Mego Corp has shared some neat sneak peeks via a live stream in the Mego Ambassadors FaceBook group. Several new figures revealed (likely Diamond Exclusives), including Red Son Superman, Flash Point Batman and The Red Hood. The belle of the ball however would be the reveal of the first five Mego World’s Greatest…
A few weeks back, we mentioned in the Mego Museum Newsletter that we wanted to start a new feature showcasing people’s “personal Mego Museums,” if you will, and well, the response was fabulous. The first person to volunteer was Bill McFarland, a long-time pillar to the MegoMuseum community, known to many as “Wee67”, Bill has…
