Vintage Mego: Planet of the Apes Fortress

This week's Vintage Mego puts together the giant Mego Planet of the Apes Fortress Playset from 1975 and lets you get a good look at what's inside.

 We also talk about the sales numbers for the Mego Planet of the Apes range and discover that Apes were very popular even after the TV had come and gone.

 For more on Mego Planet of the Apes please visit: www.megomuseum.com

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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:

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 Exhibit at the Denver Museum of Minatures, Dolls and Toys

Of great interest to Mego heads this fall would be "The World of Mego" exhibit at the Denver Museum of Minatures, Dolls and Toys. The exhibit

includes a loaned collection from Karen Abrams Habour and covers the many lines and licenses undertaken by the world's greatest toy company.

The exhibit runs from now until December.

 

Hours:


Wednesday - Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm


Sunday: 1 pm - 4 pm


Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys
1880 Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80206


Ticket Prices:



Seniors (62+): $5


Adults : $6

Children (5-16): $4


Under 5: free


http://www.dmmdt.org/

Vote for the Next Mego Museum Trading Card

We're doing it a little differently this time. Scott has provided some roughs for some new trading cards. We can't do them all this year but we have space to do a few.


So, we're asking your opinion on which cards should be finished and sent to print, read all about it here:

http://www.megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?t=48789

The Mego Star Trek Telescope

Todays Update: The Star Trek Telescope.

Today we're kicking off a wild week of Star Trek prototypes with the telescope, one of many science based items Mego pitched in 1976 that sadly didn't make it to market. All week we'll be featuring never released photographs of unproduced Star trek items including a never before seen playset.

Discuss this on the Mego Forum.

New Discoveries Ahead

The Lost Mego Archive opens July 26th, 2010

Aquaman VS the Great White Shark Sticker

As an added bonus to the 1978 REImagined Catalog (currently on sale) we've included this little tribute to this rare item which coincedentally was released in 1978 by Mego.

I recently noticed that in the catalog we had dropped Aquaman from the WGSH line up, so this is kind of making up for that.

The 1978 ReImagined Catalog is available to order from the Megomuseum right now. Limited quantites are available.Click here for more details!