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what we think are the truly unappreciated gems of Mego toys.Check out the too cool custom of the week at the custom forums.
These Conquest of the Planet of the Apes customs rule!
The battle for top five Worlds Greatest Superhero ends at 5pm today, cast your vote!
John is working on a Palomino ship from the Black Hole, an amazing undertaking.
Paramount is reissuing Star Trek with new CG effects, will you watch it? I personally can't wait for the all new CG character, "Ensign Binks"
It's a rare occasion when we discover something totally new but this is, pretty cool. Much like the Lili Ledy discovery of the 1990's, we've found evidence of yet another foreign distributor in South America producing their own licensed version of Mego figures.
Read all about the Superman from Peru here
In case you missed yesterday, I got another piece to solving the Mego Mystery Man puzzle.
Also going on:
Roberto has started a Megohead Fantasy Football League and is looking for some folks to join up.
An interesting question about those Mego like Pez heads from the 1970's, who is the man in the Orange mask?
Ben has posted an update in the World's Greatest Toys forum, definitely what we needed to hear.
I'm loving this classic Trek Harry Mudd custom that Georg has revealed.
Ray appears to have been sucked into the world of Mego collecting without even noticing, can you say "Ha-Ha!"
Added a cool vintage toy industry ad for the Mego Star Trek and Black Hole line of toys. It features the unproduced Palamino playset amongst other cool items.
For more info on those unappreciated lines, check out the Mego Black Hole and Star Trek The Motion Picture sections at the Museum.
Other Mego Goodness
Mike proudly shares with us his collection of Mego Planet of the Apes Bendies and the vintage display box he's trying to fill. Warning! You may be prone to fits of jealousy!
If that wasn't enough for one week, Charlie shares with us his amazing collection of Mego Superheroes on 1976 cards. There are only so many ways to say "wow".
Tim shows us how he displays his Mego Museum Trading cards. Better than how i do it, that's for sure.
Joe shows off his custom Iron Man in the works while Laurie is hard at work on a scary good BeetleJuice custom.
A poster asks Whats on your desk? with interesting results.
A strange toy find happened to me recently.
A beautiful boxed Mego Batlab has folks wondering, How high will it go?
That's all for now, stay loose! Or carded, whatever turns you on.......
A cool addition to one of the most confusing Mego Mysteries. Thanks to Rob Chatlin, we've established a date of sale for the Mego Mystery Man (Pilot/Astronaut?). One of these days, we'll figure this out until then, we'll be discussing it in this thread on the Mego Forums.
Other Bits of Mego Goodness:
Dave picked up a cool new Planet of the Apes Piece
I love this Batman from Superfriends Custom
Lou explains why Paul Clare is his hero
Ben is having some auctions to raise money for the Legal Fees associated with publishing World's Greatest Toys his upcoming Mego book. Not only will you be buying yourself a brand spanking new toy but you'll be helping out one of the most anticipated books of the year. It's win-win! So bid now and bid hard!
Highlights of his auction:
Discuss this in the Forum Thread
Other Topics:
Who will be member 1,000 of our forum? Will it be you?
Who is the Best Mego Likeness? I'll explain why i need this later.
Joe made a very cool Creeper Custom
Everyone is a buzz about the new Batman Movie
And if you missed it, there is still talk about yesterday's Bill Baron Interview
that's right, I'm proud of it.....
Mr Baron shares his experiences from 40 years in the toy business highlighting his tenure at Mego, as an added bonus Mr Baron's wife Mary Anne Baron has shared her fantastic photographs of the Mego Eagle Force launch.
We also added the original Eagle Force commercials that come from Bill's personal collection, these commercials haven't likely been seen since 1981.
Some new and exciting bits of Mego History, only at the Mego Museum! Please drop by and let us know what you think at the Mego Buzz Forums!
Interesting Topics on the Forums
The Toy list that almost ruined Mego collecting is an interesting bit of history.
What are your top five favourite Sci Fi Shows?
Information about the Mego Star Trek Warehouse find
