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"They're all tame until they take a chunk out of you"-Julius
The ground troops begin their hunt for the astronauts with the third card in the series, the Silver Soldier Ape. Scott has created a unique card for each Soldier Ape variation, stay tuned for the next installment in this series.
General Ursus sponsored by Meule, Merlyn, Thunderbolt, Doc Dracko and Critter2, thanks guys!
Stay tuned to the Mego Forums for how to get your cards
"The only good human is a dead Human"- General Ursus
The hunt is on for the Astronauts, a brigade of soldier apes lead by the vicious General Ursus are out to capture all humans in the area. This is the first trading card of an actual ape in this series and it's accompanied by a new gallery, click here to see it all.
General Ursus sponsored by Bill McFarland AKA Wee67, thanks Bill!
Stay tuned to the Mego Forums for how to get your cards
"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be."- Astronaut George Taylor
As we begin our journey into the Mego Museum Planet of the Apes event, we begin with the Astronauts. Unlike previous sets of cards, Scott Adams has made the Apes cards tell a story so it's important to begin with the Astronaut, our first card in the series.
To better help launch this series we've updated and revised the gallery pages for each character, come see the new information and pictures each day we reveal.
Stay tuned to the Megomuseum forums for details on how these cards will be released.
It's just too easy to put another Bat Update in this week. Today courtesy of Mego collector extraordinaire Dan Crandall, we have the Pin Pin (France) release of Batgirl, so pretty.......
Coming next week: APES!
Although it is a total coincidence, most of the updates this week have been Batman related and today is no exception, thanks to Dan Crandall we have shots of this sweet Photo Boxed Mego Batcopter.
Another cool Batman piece this week, courtesy of Paul Hougland it's a rare Italian boxed version of the 12" Batman.
New to the Museum today is this ultra rare production sample of a Magna Heroes Batman, we came close to getting these in North America but for some reason it didn't happen.
Thanks to some extra credit card air miles and very generous friends, I found myself at Wizard World Chicago this weekend, soaking up the superheroic vibes.
The show was a great mix of media, guests and toys both new and vintage. It wouldn't be complete without folks walking around in costume would it? Now onto the Mego Content:
Our own Megogeek at his booth, Charlie brought a great mix of Mego and other vintage toys, bronze age marvels and Treasury editions. I spent a lot of money there.
In what should come as no surprise, Mark Huckabone of Heroes West Coast brought an unmatched display of vintage toys. Some great deals were available and I ended up with a happy purchase.
Batman and Robin the teen wonder (literally) showed up on Saturday afternoon as did Doom himself, this guy towered over everybody. If you look closely in the back, you can see a display of EMCE toys Star Trek dolls.
These customs were made by a fan in the eighties and were just awesome, people were scooping them up just because they were so fun. I wish I had grabbed that Vision.
12" Mego Spiderman as Giant Man, wonderful.
A chalk artist puts together an amazing Batman Mural
Mattel displayed a glimpse of the upcoming year of Superheroes, it looks like the future will be expensive for me. For more of this coverage please check out our Modern Toys forum.
I left this years Wizard World with a full suitcase (and cardboard box), the predictable empty wallet and a lot of great memories. I hope to save a few more airmilesfor next year.....
Scott whipped up this neat little "teaser trailer" for our upcoming Planet of the Apes cards, showing just how labour intensive these things are to produce. It's worth it though.....
Our trip into 1978 continues with this Awesome 1978 Aldens Catalog page now up in the Megomuseum Library.
And not just Mego Superheroes as evidenced by this 1978 Aldens Catalog page now up in the Megomuseum Library.
Black Kryptonite whipped up this awesome Moon Knight as a Get Well Soon for Forum Pal Merlyn, how cool is that?
Scott has posted this amazing teaser image to the mego message boards today of the upcoming Planet of the Apes Mego Museum card set.
You can win a complete set (up until now) of Megomuseum Trading cards today merely by answering the question "What is your favourite Mego figure" at the message boards.
Just because we've been quiet doesn't mean we're not working, actually we're working even hard then usual. Starting shortly will be a month long journey to the Planet of the Apes line by Mego with newly revised galleries, photos and artwork. It's going to be great but bear with us.
Dave hasn't been idle, he's incorporated all the recently released EMCE toys Star Trek rerelease figures in accessory check so you can distinguish repro vs original.
Stunning is the only word I can use to describe Cat's amazing Automan custom, based on the short lived 80's series of the same name. I can't think of what's more surprising, the fact that the figure glows in the dark or that Cat has never seen the series!
