Marty Abrams to reveal Big News at Mego Meet 2018

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Star Trek! Spider-Man! The Micronauts! Planet of the Apes! Cher!

Famous 1970s toymaker Mego had them all and made for a generation of happy childhoods, each year the company is celebrated with this special convention.

 

Special Guest is Mego President Martin Abrams, who was recently featured in several episodes of Netflix's hit series "The Toys that Made us". Abrams will be giving a special panel outlining his plans for the newly revived Mego Corporation. 

Attendees can expect a dealers room packed with vintage toys from the 1960s to modern day, a special appearance by the 1960s Batmobile, a customs contest for children, door prizes, informational panel sessions and an auction of custom crafted Mego figures with proceeds going towards the Mego Museum website. 

About Mego Meet: Mego Meet is an annual, not for profit, event and toy show celebrating its 14th year. It is a chance for collectors across the country to meet in person, buy and sell items and feel a sense of community. This is its first year in Ohio. Mego Meet takes place this Saturday at Courtyard Columbus West (2350 Westbelt Dr) from 10am to 4pm. Admission is $10 per family. 

For more information on Mego Meet visit: 
http://www.megomuseum.com/megomeetmain/megomeetmain.shtml

 Twitter:@megomuseum

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Carded Presidential Monsters First Look!

Toy maker "Heroes in Action" has given us an exclusive look at their carded samples of their upcoming "Presidential Monsters" line. We are told that these striking cards will actually be larger when they hit shelves this fall.

More of the Groovie Ghoulies from Capital Hill after the Jump:

Hakes Auction 203 amps up the Mego Goodness

We've just gotten word that Hake's auction #203 went live today and it's the first to feature the collection of "World's Greatest Toys" author Benjamin Holcomb. If that wasn't enough, there are some killer non superhero pieces in the mix as well. Some highlights after the jump but you can always check it all out for yourself at Hakes.com

The Presidental Monsters Package Artwork leaked

Heroes in Action toys has shared some striking images of the packaging art for  their upcoming tongue in cheek  "The Presidential Monsters" series of action figures. The Presidents will also be available in regular editions but these striking images

HIA plans to release regular editions of Dutch, Bubba and Barry as well for those not so horror inclined.

The Presidential Monsters should be hitting stores in the last quarter of 2011. Stay tuned to the Megomuseum for more developements.

Doctor Who Day for BifBangPow!

Bifbangpow and Entertainment Earth laid down the goodies for us today with the preorders for the first two waves of Doctor Who figures!

The Doctor and Field Major Styre

Now available for order at Entertainment Earth.

Cyber Leader and the Master

Now available for order at Entertainment Earth.

And head on over to our Who Mego Blog MEGO TIMELORDS for more information on this fun line.

Mego Museum Podcast: Mego Meet is Coming! ChrisDVM Interview

The Mego Museum Podcast welcomes ChrisDVM, the organizer of this year's Mego Meet in Wheeling, WV.



http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastchrisdvm.m4a

Universal Monsters Series 2 Available for Pre order at Entertainment Earth!

The "Vonderful" second wave of EMCE/Diamond Select Universal Monsters featuring Dracula and Imhotep figures are now available for preorder at Entertainment Earth. Using this link goes toward helping out the Museum.

Behold the Super Collector!

A double shot of great news today as we now have in hand factory samples of the MegoMuseum Supercollector action figure's outfit and let me tell ya, it's looking pretty great.

If that weren't enough, EMCE toys served us up some finished head shots of the squishy vinyl goodness headed our way this summer! Pinch me I'm dreaming.

Discuss this at the Mego Forums

Mego Like Answers the question: Who is Captain Mercury?

Megolike.comhas been updated yet again with new photos and galleries, this time they've added galleries for Mercury Interactive and the Mysterious "M Toys" producers of this beauty:

 Get your knock off kicks at Megolike.com

Reminder: Sinestro goes on sale today @ Mattycollector

Just a reminder that yellow variant Sinestro is available at 9am PST today, first come, first served.

www.mattycollector.com

Discuss at the EMCE forums

Mego Demonstration in Spain

A fun little bit of Foreign Mego history for a Friday afternoon. This fun addition to the Megomuseum Ad Archive for Spanish Mego distributor Poch comes to us from sister site Foreign Mego Archive.

Dinah Mite seems to be the only lady at this square dance and the Solider Ape looks lonely.

Visit Foreign Mego for more exotic Mego delights!

Mego Museum Podcast Part 2: EMCE Toys Joe Sena & Dr Mego

The Mego Museum podcast continues with part 2 of the interview with Joe Sena and Paul "Dr Mego" Clarke of EMCE Toys. We discuss what heroes they'd like to do, the latest news on the Brick Mantooth Super Collector doll, the joys of fandom and more.



http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastdrmego2.m4a

Mego Museum Podcast: EMCE Toys Joe Sena & Dr Mego

The Mego Museum podcast returns with part 1 of a two part discussion with Joe Sena and Paul "Dr Mego" Clarke of EMCE Toys. We discuss Zombies, Super Heroes, and more.



http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/podcastdrmego.m4a

Scary stuff at Megolike.com

Megolike.comhas just been updated with new photos and galleries, this week they've expanded the EMCE and Mattel galleries and added one for BifBangPow and Spectre toys: 

Look for more updates in the next couple of weeks!


Megolike.com

Apes invade Japan! Taylor needs your help!

Many foreign distributors put their own mark on the Mego Planet of the Apes line but one of the most interesting was  by Japanese distributor Bullmark who packaged the apes in pretty window boxes with each figure in an action pose. They also included this ultra cool catalog which thanks to Scott from Megocipsa.com we have a better look at.

As an added bonus, Mego guru John Bonavita has provided us with translations to a few of the panels which give offer a  unique take on the Apes saga.

"The logic of Dr. Einstein follows the terrifying future of the earth. The Orion of the Andromeda galaxy is the future of earth 2,000 years later but you don't know it. But the Capt. Taylor are now looking at it."Read More

Lost Wave 2 is in production!

MegoMuseum founder and Lost fan extraordinarie Scott Adams reported today on his blog "The Island of Lost Megos" that after crusading for months Bif Bang Pow has confirmed that wave 2 of the Lost action figures are indeed a go.

To add to the excitement Scott has new exclusive close up shots of each character on the site.

Check out more at the Island of Lost Megos

Pre Order Wave 2 of Lost from Entertainment Earth

Discuss Lost Wave 2 at the EMCE Forums at the Mego Museum

Yellow Sinestro lands April 15 @ Matty Collector

The folks at Matty Collector announced a number of things for sale on their site today but the big news to fans and followers of the Museum is it marks the start of the four Matty exclusve retro action Green Lantern themed figures starting with Yellow variant Sinestro.  Read the description below:

•Retro-Action® DC Super Heroes™ Sinestro: Thaal has landed at MattyCollector.com! The first figure in our exclusive 4-figure series features a cloth uniform and a power battery.

Be there bright and shiny April 15th at 9am if you want one folks.

Discuss at the EMCE forums

CastAWay unveils Jesse James

Cast A Way toys has released this great video (if you can't see it click here to see it on You Tube) of their upcoming Jesse James figure. This slick new addition to the original Mego American West line will be available on their website in the following week.

Mego Museum Cast-A-Way Toys Forum

EMCE TOYS BRINGS ZOMBIES TO TOY FAIR!

They retrofied the DC Comics superheroes, transported the crew of the Enterprise back from the 1970s, but today EMCE Toys unearthed several lines of toys and collectibles of nothing but zombies, zombies, ZOMBIES!


Booth 4948 at the New York Toy Fair was Zombie Survival Headquarters as the EMCE team unleashed several different types of toys, in the familiar 8″ Mego format that they relaunched half a decade ago as well as several other surprising formats.


Leading the line was the first packaged action figure customizing kit ever, the “Make Your Own Zombie” kit. Featuring three Mego base bodies, five heads in varying states of decay, plus interchangeable arms, legs, hands and feet, as well as two sets of clothing and a DVD with painting and assembly techniques, it was the hit of the booth.


Right behind that was the new line of hyper-detailed 1/9 figures, with detail and accessories rivaling 1/6 figures, based on Fourth Castle’s own intellectual property, War of the Dead. The line of four include a “Commando” with ultra-detailed SWAT uniform and weapons, a “Cadaver Disposal Technician” with HAZMAT suit, gas mask and complex acid spraying apparatus, a female “Researcher Zombie” with rooted hair, decayed face and a terrible scalp wound, and a “Construction Worker” with weathered and gory clothing, construction boots, safety vest and toolbelt.


The last entries in the Mego-format that EMCE rebirthed are the last two figures in the Night of the Living Dead series EMCE launched several years ago. ”Barbra” and “Zombie Karen” have finally arrived to complete the line.
In addition, EMCE premiered several other zombie-related toys targeting traditional mass retailers: a “Zombies Vs. Zombie Hunters” amy men set, glow-in-the-dark “Zombie Containment Units”, and several “Zombie Hunter” toy gun sets.


The flyer below (see first post) was handed out to buyers all over Toy Show by EMCE’s team of zombies and ZERO Commandos, to the amusement (and disgust) of attendees.