Friday, June 30, 2006

One of the coolest Mego pictures ever

Mego Superheroes make a cameo in the movie The Toy

The 1982 film "The Toy" may not have been memorable to the movie going public but to Mego collectors it's a must see DVD. Mostly for the scene above which has Richard Pryor cruising by a full display of Mego World's Greatest Superheroes. Click for a larger view of the display.


Click here to go directly to the Mego Ad Archive.

Other Mego Goodies:






Dave Mc has added another Mego Commercial to the archive, this time it's for the Mego Stretch Superheroes. Enjoy!

Dave has also chosen Custom of the Week which is bad ass!

A fun thread about a Mego Cameo in this catalog.

Well, that's it have a great holiday!


Thursday, June 29, 2006

Micronauts Aliens Commercial! Plus Micro News!



Thanks to Ray Miller of Micropolis Embassy, we have this very cool Micronaut Aliens piece from Mego. These were some of my favourite toys as a kid, so it's great to see these ads again.




Also in the News, Super7 Magazine has a wonderful piece on the Micronaut alien art by Ken Kelly, written by Innerspace Online webmaster Dave Waugh. It's a great piece that you should check out today.

On another note, there is an update to the World's Greatest Toys blog It's not great news however.....

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Biddy Biddy We got classic Mego Commercials



I'm far too tired from the late show of Superman Returns to post anything good or original (so Waltons-o-rama will have to wait)

Thanks to Dave Mc (our editor over at Custom Mego) we've got two new Mego commercials for the Buck Rogers line, enjoy!



More Topics

Cat bought this very cool and expensive Superman Returns 12" doll recently, did you?

Somebody found this two year topic about your main mego Christmas memory and it's still going!

What Mego figure that didn't get made, deserves to get made?

Speaking of Superman Returns, have you seen it yet?

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

One of the rarest Mego Batman figures joins the Museum

Mego Batman gets yet another addition to his gallery

Thanks to Mark, a member of the Museum forums, we have pics of one of the rarest Mego Batman figures around. The MIB 12" Non Magnetic Batman is by far, the hardest to find figure in the series!

Speaking of the forums, we just turned five! It's been half a decade since we switched to the forums we have now, where did the time go? If you're a past, present or future member of the Mego Forums, we'd love to hear your thoughts.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Mego Meet the Video



Dave added this sweet video of the Mego convention from a couple of weeks ago. If you missed it, this is a great idea of what was to be had there.

Vote for your favourite Mego Museum Card!

Pics from this year's Adventure Con can be found here.



Friday, June 23, 2006

The Final Neal Kublan Interview now at Mego Museum

The late Neal Kublan former Vice President of Mego and creator of many of our childhood favourites The passing of Neal Kublan last December was a tremendous shock to Mego collector community, never had a person given such incredible information and insight into the history of Mego.

Despite being a busy man, Neal would always take the time to talk to the fans. Neal even emailed me from a business meeting in China because I had a question about "King Kong".

I now present what would be his final interview with the Mego Museum, Neal shares a great deal of insight yet again on his legacy at Mego. Enjoy.


We will be discussing this interview on the Mego Buzz Forums.


Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Them Dukes! Them Chips?

Mego Dukes of Hazzard are the topic of today's update Added another page from the 1981 JC Penney Catalog today, this time it highlights the Dukes of Hazzard and Chips Toy lines. Interesting stuff, it sure is a long way away from the World's Greatest Superheroes.
Other News:

Spock Off- It's very rare to see this Lincoln Mr Rock figure complete with all it's accessories.

Super Doc- Rob reviews the new Superman documentary

Wow- Cool news about Bruce Timms latest project.

World's Greatest Toys- Ben posted a very cool and personal look at the Heroes World catalogs.

Cool- A short story about the MegoMuseum Cards

Ayyyyy! Did a Mego appear on Conan Obrien last night?

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Mego Museum topics for a Tuesday

I'm actually working on a few projects and interviews right now, I haven't had much time to update but there is some interesting discussion going on:
Joe offers a look at some of the Mego Museum Raffle Prizes , the raffle is already a big hit, we've upgraded the boards, look for incredible new features starting soon!
A pretty good review of the New Superman Movie can be found here.

Some neat fan produced Logan's Run Trading Cards are on display.

Who are the hottest babes in comics? and don't say "Cathy"!

Friday, June 16, 2006

The Last Mego Superhero Card Revealed

Mego Museum Isis Card

It's done at last, Mego Museum card #29 is none other than Omighty Isis, enjoy!

Mego Pocket Superheroes Catalog Page



Added the 1981 JC Penney Catalog to the Department Store Catalog pages in the library. It's a pretty interesting looking page because it shows Mego's decline and how differently things got marketed back then.

Server Raffle- Joe is holding another server raffle, the grand prize is a carded Mugato, I know I'll be kicking in large sized prints of the Megomuseum Trading Cards as prizes as well. This year, Joe is going to buy new improved forum software, I hope it happends.

Supermania- Super Tuesday brings us many new Superman DVD's including the greatly awaited Superman the Animated Series Volume 3 DVD. Will points out some of the bonuses available on the TAS disk and detractors of the upcoming animated Superman movie.

Millionaire Playboy for sale- with all this Superman fever, we can't forget the caped crusader. Here Heath has a really nice Mego Bruce Wayne for auction.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Mego Dinah Mite Catalog Spread


Thanks to the always cool Ben Holcombe, author of "World's Greatest Toys", we have a very cool peak at the 1973 Wards Catalog and the Mego Dinah Mite Selection.

This rare page features items such as the Campmobile and Don (who looks suspiciously like a certain Mego Superhero)




The Custom Mego Blog has chosen their Custom of the Week, these cool Blakes Seven figures are just a thing to behold. A close runner up would be this very nice Space Ghost Custom.

Thomas shows off his very cool Batgirl custom signed by none other than Yvonne Craig!

The cool site BubbleGum Fink has posted these incredible Omega Man trading cards which I wish were real.

Spiderman is going unmasked according to posters, Megoheads sound off on this brilliant idea.

An article about upcoming Superhero movies has posters telling their favourites and their fears.

Our own Megosteve is featured in MTV's four part Superman article.

Monday, June 12, 2006

Mego Boy Wonder gets some updates

the Mego Robin Gallery gets a few new pics

Added some new photos to the Museum of the Removable Mask Robin including a pic that is sure to incite debate on the Museum Forums.
More Robin coming shortly.
Down Under: A couple folks from our Australian contingent had a Mego Meet of their own.
Mego Meet the Movie: It takes a while to download but Dave has done a bang up Mego Meet Video that truly captures the events spirit. (Warning: If you're on dial up, please wait for our lower res version coming soon to this blog)
Holy Grails Batman! There is a really nice Solid Boxed Robin on Ebay, just sitting there waiting for you.
Deep Discussion: Customs forum poster asks what makes you a customiser? I like the answers personally.

Friday, June 09, 2006

Pundman Returns!



Another cool commercial featuring the Mego Spokesperson for a Ford Dealership has arisen, how cool is this?

Mego Superman The Movie Toys Added



A really cool update today, Chris has shared with us pics of his Denys Fisher Power Action Superman which something we didn't have before. This tough UK piece doesn't surface often.

Some other news : Larry shares his MegoMeet Experiences here

wow: Greg shares some of the cool toys he's bringing to adventure con.

Free!: Steve has a free offer for catalogs from Hakes, in case you didn't know Hake's next auction has some CHERRY Kresge cards in it.

I learned something today: Tom educates us on Super Gal and Superfoe box variants, he has a really big brain.

Thursday, June 08, 2006

News from the Mego Museum: Now a Monthly feature in Lees Toy Review!

Lees toy review 164 features the new Mego museum article
Beginning this June, the MegoMuseum has a monthly feature in Lee's Toy Review.

"News from the Mego Museum" will not merely be a review of Mego lines but will try to capture what is going on at the world's most popular Mego website.

Expect articles on oddities, mysteries, collector interviews, discussion on foreign lines and photos of rare prototypes.

This month our inaugural article focuses on the Fittest man in the world, Mego Jet Jungle.

Stay tuned for Mego Museum News in the coming months.

Mego Jet Jungle is the subject of our first article in lees toy review

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Interesting Things at the Mego Museum


One of the better things about Megomeet is the ability to get feedback from folks in person about the Museum.

The thing I heard alot of was "I didn't know that was on there" or "you actually have that on the museum?"

I think folks don't tend to browse as much as I think they do so I've decided to dedicate a blog to some of the more unique and cool things on the Mego Museum.

To the left is a prototype Hulk Card from the Mego Magna-Heroes line, this line was thought only to be released in Italy by GIG to cash in on the popularity of the Micronauts but here we see it was at least pitched in the US.

The Diecast section also has some amazing GIG Italian ads Ste provided us.

We also have a proof card for the Mego Pocket Heroes featured, while it's more common to see these in Star Wars collecting, it's downright impossible for Megoheads. The Pocket Heroes section also features an unproduced Playset area.

A couple of gallerys that don't get a lot of attention or discussion are The Dare Brothers , Steve Goal Getter and Eagle Force. The info is those three galleries alone is unmatched anywhere else on the net.



Where are the prototypes? We've got plenty from the Gene Simmons from Kiss above to Logan's Run, Greatest American Hero, Dallas to the ultimate Mego Prototype, Superman.

In terms of paperwork, check out the very cool Baravelli Action Jackson advertising section or our incredible selection of reproduction art.

There is a lot of cool stuff to be found on the Museum, take a tour and feel free to post about what you found on our forums. There you will discover something else, the best Mego community around!







Interesting Things at the Mego Museum


One of the better things about Megomeet is the ability to get feedback from folks in person about the Museum.

The thing I heard alot of was "I didn't know that was on there" or "you actually have that on the museum?"

I think folks don't tend to browse as much as I think they do so I've decided to dedicate a blog to some of the more unique and cool things on the Mego Museum.

To the left is a prototype Hulk Card from the Mego Magna-Heroes line, this line was thought only to be released in Italy by GIG to cash in on the popularity of the Micronauts but here we see it was at least pitched in the US.

The Diecast section also has some amazing GIG Italian ads Ste provided us.

We also have a proof card for the Mego Pocket Heroes featured, while it's more common to see these in Star Wars collecting, it's downright impossible for Megoheads. The Pocket Heroes section also features an unproduced Playset area.

A couple of gallerys that don't get a lot of attention or discussion are The Dare Brothers , Steve Goal Getter and Eagle Force. The info is those three galleries alone is unmatched anywhere else on the net.



Where are the prototypes? We've got plenty from the Gene Simmons from Kiss above to Logan's Run, Greatest American Hero, Dallas to the ultimate Mego Prototype, Superman.

In terms of paperwork, check out the very cool Baravelli Action Jackson advertising section or our incredible selection of reproduction art.

There is a lot of cool stuff to be found on the Museum, take a tour and feel free to post about what you found on our forums. There you will discover something else, the best Mego community around!







Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Mego Meet ReCap - Adios Amego's



uhhhhhh where was i......... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The day was far from winding down, after Ray's well done Micronauts seminar, people got a sort of sloppy presentation about Foreign Mego by yours truly. The day was starting to wear on me as can be evidenced by this slouchy picture here.




After that, it was time to do the raffle drawing, Cathy McElveen  really outdid herself surpassing my expectations for ticket sales.
The Mego Meet Raffle Drawing The raffle had some amazing prizes so it was great that so many attendees and non attendees won. The winners in order were;
9) World's Greatest Toys prints -Meule
8) Paco Pirates and Clamshells- Kolin Erb
7) Tex Willer CTVT set plus parts bag- Hector
6) Boxed AJ, Heroes of the Revolution MOC, Invisible Man, repro boxes- Kevin Dillon
5) CTVT Pirates, Marvel Legends Monster set- Ron Peritore (how funny is that?)
4) Carded Pocket Heroes Spiderman-Jason Dewitt
3) $25 Gift Cert-
2) Carded Human Torch- MegoMike
1) Carded Andorian- Wee67


After the raffle (or was it before?) the winners of the Customs contest were announced, the winners were:



mego custom contest winners
Medusa- Chris Johnson
Sleepwalker- Paul Riggs

The Next Seminar was the Custom Mego Forum attended by Doctor Mego, Austin Hough from Reproheads and Derek. I was unable to attend this seminar as I was trying to figure out how to make a custom of my own, for my son. I was unable to make him his first choice (Samurai from Superfriends) although I did concrete plans to make one in the near future.

The crappy ass mego custom i made
So what character did i choose for my son? My choices were limited based on the time and my lack of imagination. I scowered the parts boxes and Ta-Da!

None other than Marvin from the Superfriends. A character my son likes well enough but let's just say even a three year old can recognize a phoned in custom when he sees it.

I managed to make myself a good Dad with some of the DVD's Joe provided me with so all is well.


The Mego Meet General Panel The final panel of the day was General Mego and it was manned by what I think are the most knowledgable Mego collectors around, Anthony MacElveen, Dan Crandall, Scott C Adams (Creator of the Megomuseum) and World's Greatest Toys author Ben Holcombe.

The whole time this was going on I was wrestling with whether or not to make a big purchase, this wasn't helped by Ben playing the devil on my shoulder. As mentioned previously, I was Broke-Ass broke on the way home, so I guess you know what path i chose.
Adios Amego's

Original Mego Western Heroes Art Well, it seemed fitting to use this point to show off Ron's incredible Gray Morrow original artwork for the Mego Western Heroes.
The show was over and the break down had begun, we headed back to our respective hotels and prepared for the final dinner.
The Mego Meet supper was held at a place called Undo's, I can't speak for others but I seriously enjoyed my meal and the price was fair. Many of us said our goodbyes and finished up deals in the parking lot of Undo's.
For the small group who weren't completely thrashed, we headed over to the "Mego Suite" at the Super 8, drank conservatively, laughed at a poor judgement moment of mine, played on the internet (which I found weird) and said our farewells.





And that was it, as quick it came, it was gone. I've been to every Mego related event in the last few years and I honestly have to say that Mego Meet 2006 was my favourite. While still being a top quality event, it had a wonderful relaxed energy running through it that I've never experienced before.

I returned home the next day, somehow made it through customs with no hassle and collapsed only to check the Mego boards within the first 15 minutes home. It's addictive I tells you......
Other Mego Meet Stories:
Showrunner Dave Mc tells his MegoMeet story
Ron's take on the Mego event of the year
My Carpooling friend Scott gives his perspective
Steve Moore says a few words
And of course, MegoSteve does a bang up job on his blog.

Monday, June 05, 2006

Mego Meet Recap Part 4 : Micronauts and Mark

Mego Meet Recap Part Four


Some of the Amazing items that Ray brought to Mego meet included original artwork and production designsThe afternoon got into full swing and Ray Miller began his fasciating seminar about the Micronauts. Anyone who was there can tell you Ray really knows what he's taking about.

Ray brought with him some truly amazing items including original production designs and Harold Shull packaging artwork for Nemesis.

It was great to have such a strong micronaut presence at Mego Meet this year.

Brian Leitner brought some amazing custom suitsIn the dealer's room things were really buzzing, I personally missed out on a few things I should have grabbed. I spent some time trying to piece together a custom for my son, more on that later.

Meanwhile, I noticed Mark had been unpacked for some time, I wandered over and checked out what he had brought.


what's your pleasure Mark had brought just about something for everyone from a whole display case of Star Trek Aliens (see pic below) to CB McHaul trucks.


Of course, the main attractions had to be amount of uber rare Mego World's Greatest Superheroes Mark brought to Mego Meet. For folks such as myself, seeing a Kresge Carded Green Arrow up close is almost like meeting a celebrity, both will never make it to my home.

Few of us had ever seen this very cool Dinah Mite Gift Set that Mark brought.



12" Mego Superheroes were in no short supply.

An original mailer boxed Mego Action Jackson Camper was going to set you back a few dollars.


Carded Mego Iron Man anyone? He's a modest $13,000.00


Perhaps thisCarded Mego Aquaman is more your to your liking.


Carded Star Trek Aliens rarely get outclassed but that's a Solid Boxed Robin in their midst!


The previously mentionedKresge Carded Green Arrow tempted a certain author.

Mego Meet Recap Part 3 : Displays, Customs and photography



We started the afternoon off by doing a very smart thing and taking a group shot. It's also a good time to show what was going on just above our heads.

The First thing you saw was a stunning display of Mego figures, rare prototypes and foreign figures such as Mego Zorro and Tex Willer on top. A complete history of Mego Superman packaging on the bottom, more pics below:


Just another shot of the Superman display that made my heart go pitter patter.


Inside, I was relieved to see that the Museum hadn't gotten rid of their creepy mannequin (you can see her foot in this shot) We also were treated to displays full of Mego goodness, this display was dedicated to Mego World's Greatest Superheroes


Chris Johnson shared some very rare Mego Steve Goal getter outfits in the next case, it's always cool to see something you never have before.


Ray Miller provided an impressive display of Micronauts, when people mention Mego, often they seem to only think of the 8" figures so it was great to have an expert on one of Mego's more successful toy lines on hand.

Another impressive display of Micronauts (pics courtesy of Ray Miller)


Across the hall, Ben had created a makeshift photo studio for World's Greatest Toys and busied himself by taking photos of items folks had brought for him from across the country. Here, Mike J has brought his incredibly minty Secret Identity figures for Ben to photograph.

Scott also made use of this opportunity to photograph unusual items for the Megomuseum.

Heading Back downstairs, John Miic had another surprise waiting:


John created a mock up the Micronauts ship
John has spent months designing models, above is the Endeveour, the spaceship Commander Raan flew in the Marvel Micronauts comic book. It actually holds figures! I wish I had John's talent.

John created a scale model of the Logan's Run Ground Car
And of course, my favourite bit of John's work, the hover car from Logan's Run. John has made this to scale of the 9" Logan figures, to call me impressed is an understatement, this thing is amazing!


Stay Tuned for Part 4

Mego Meet Recap Part 2

Mego Meet sign at the toy and train museum Saturday morning came pretty quickly and I had to motor if I wanted to make the first seminar of the day (I was the speaker). Lucky for me, Scott was on the ball and ready to go before me.

I got my first big break in the form Cathy, Mrs. ABMAC who volunteered to sell raffle tix during the day, I really can't thank her enough for that.

I immediately ran into Chris Johnson (DVM2) and got a great shot of the show's exclusive Jet Jungle Action figure.

Austin Hough of Reproheads.com was set up beside Chris with an array of silk screened suits including some rather obscure characters.


As I mentioned the first speaker was myself in a commentary about Mego's unproduced lines, touching on a few things I haven't yet at the Museum.

While the attendance for my seminar was better than expected, I was also very happy to see a few folks such as MegoSteve (You can read his own blog about the Mego Meet experience here) and Mike J, both were undecided about attending but at the last minute drove through the night.



Speaking of Last Minute........
A visit to the parking lot after my seminar revealed the rental van of Mark Huckabone, who made it in record time (note watch in the pic). Actually Mark had a Herculan effort of being at two shows six hours apart on the same weekend. We were honoured that he and his delightful lady friend showed up and teased us with goodies. More on the Mark offerings later but suffice to say had he not attended, I might have gone home with toll money instead of scrounging around floorboards on the I-90.

Chris Johnson kicked off the next Seminar, a detailed trip into the world of Mego's 3 3/4" lines such as Black Hole and CHiPs. In addition to a respectable amount of knowledge, Chris brought props! Many of the items Chris brought from his collection were extremely rare and truly added to the presentation. It was hard not to start playing with his Buck Rogers Landrover.......
In the Dealer's area, Mark was still setting up while others were clicking along already including Russ from Customs Lab who had an amazing amount of custom heads available.
Brian Leitner was also on hand with some very impressive custom suits and heads.


John from Type3toys, had a professional looking display of finished figures for sale, it's not hard to tell that John likes himself some Bronze Age marvel characters.

The Mego Meet Dealer's room was an incredible mix of vintage, repro and custom. Whatever your flavour was, it was likely at Mego Meet 2006.


imp speaks! 11:30 AM saw Benjamin Holcombe unveil a never before seen look at his upcoming book World's Greatest Toys to his target audience.

Word's can't describe the combination of Ben's passionate speaking and the beautiful sneak peeks of the book. HIs photography and attention to detail are awe inspiring. Ben's presentation ran over an hour and could have gone on longer.

Dan crandall shows off pages from the upcoming book worlds greatest toys


Coming soon Part 3- Micronauts, Customs Contest, What Mark Brought and the raffle announced.






Scott unveiled this new Mego Museum Trading Card Art on Saturday morning in the form of a poster, somehow he managed to take it home as well.