More Superheroes and Monsters At Megolike.com

Lots of new things to see at Megolike.com starting with a new page devoted to France's Ceji Arbois and their uber cool line of Battle of the Planets (or as they knew it La Baitalle De Planetes ) action figures.

Sadly, these guys are rare due to their use of a SuperJoe body, which if you didn't know, distintegrates over a long period of time.

Over in the Lincoln International section, we have some additions in terms of solid boxes for the Monsters.

Also added is the famous "Monsters VS The Superheroes" spread from the 1976 Wards catalog when Galoob carried the Monsters line.

Finally in the Unknown Manufacturers section, there are four new Mexican knock off Mego figures.

These crude little guys can barely stand up but they have a certain charm to them that's hard to resist, like some bad piece of folk art.

If you have additions to Megolike.com, drop Lou a line on the site.

Mego of the Day: Human Torch

Flame on! It's the last Friday of the Summer, so why not end it with hottest Mego around?

Mego of the Day: Wild Bill Hicock

Wild Bill Hickock is part of the Mego American West Line and he shares his head sculpt with the Black Knight from the Super Knights.

Did you have this guy as a kid? Is he currently on your wantlist? Do you collect American West? Let us know at the Mego Forum..

MOTD: Bend N Flex Robin

Today we look at Bend N Flex Robin, one of Mego's lower price point creations, these figures generally sold for under one dollar and were a big hit.

There were three waves of Bend N Flex Heroes, some of which are very hard to find.

MOTD: The Dare Brothers

Today's Mego of the Day are the wonderfully obscure high flying acrobats The Dare Brothers, an extremely limited release by Mego that proves to be a challenge to collect today.

"Dare Brothers! Imagine you're one of them!"

Did you have these guys as a kid or did just find out about them now? Let us know at the Mego Forum.

Meanwhile at the Hall of Justice....

On Friday, Scott unveiled his breath taking finished version of the Alex Toth Hall of Justice using his Dida (pronounced Dee-Dah) system. Click on the pictures to see more of this amazing set. It's the Hall of Justice you'll wish you had when you were seven....

For More Dida's check out the Website.

www.didadisplays.com

Mego of the Day: MADA

Mego of the Day for Monday is that kooky cave lady Mada from the One Million BC line, definitely the looker in the bunch. Mada shares a head sculpt with Ma Walton, that's some clever recycling there.

More Updates at Megolike.com!

New Gallery! Come see the new Gallery for the Majic Productions Greatest American Hero figure, the latest releases from Castaway Toys and find out who the Mystery Mountie is in Unknown Toys Section..

Mego at the 1975 UK Toyfair

At the 1975 US Toy Fair, Mego was making waves with it's new product lines and their fantastic launch party for their Wizard of Oz line. In the UK however, Mego had no toyfair presence other than the few companies that had picked up their lines for distribution, which resulted in a quieter presence. A

In 1975, the number one toyline in the UK (As voted by retailers) is Palitoy's Action Man with Pedigree's Sindy following a close second.

This article about Louis Marx mentions their new line of King Arthur and his Knights, what we all know to be the "World's Greatest Super Knights". Marx didn't create their own packaging, just merely put a sticker on the front window of the box, which are occasionally seen on the secondary market. What's curious is the mention that is a line of four figures and doesn't mention Launcelot, a journalistic error or did Louis Marx drop him from the line?

There is no mention of Superheroes, Planet of the Apes or any other Mego Lines in the 1975 Toyfair Highlights page but on the very last page of the magazine, we find a rather quick mention of Bradgates new "Startrek" line of action figures.

Palitoy (owner of Bradgate) would run with Star Trek for another two years, expanding into the Aliens.

MOTD: Planet of the Apes Astronaut

Mego of the Day for Friday is the mutton chopped Taylor replacement, the Astronaut from the Planet of the Apes. He was no Heston but as a kid, who gave a crap? My God, that wonderful hair.....

Did you have the Astronaut as a kid? Is this the first time you've heard mention of it? Is it on your wantlist? Does it even interest you?

Monday's MOTD: I'll have to get back to you

Mego of the Day; Grandma Walton

Mego of the Day for Thursday is the first female Mego of the Day, so it seemed fitting to have the eldest character in the Mego-verse (next to Doctor Who) that matriarch of the mountain folk, Ma Walton!

Did you have a Ma Walton as a kid? If so why? Is this the first time you've heard mention of it? Is it on your wantlist? Does it interest you?

Friday's MOTD: The Astronaut

Mego of the Day: Hans Reinhart

Mego of the Day for Wednesday is Dr. Hans Reinhart, insane head of the Cygnus from the Disney Sci Fi Epic The Black Hole.

Did you have the Black Hole guys as a kid? Did you play with them in character or use them as other characters? Is this the first time you've heard mention of it? Is it on your wantlist? Does it interest you?

Thursday's MOTD: a guh-guh-girl

Mego of the Day: Chopper From Starsky and Hutch

Mego of the Day for Tuesday is the generic bad guy to TV's Supercop Duo Starsky and Hutch, an underrated gem of an action figure. If you didn't have him, there would be much for the cops to do. An interesting bit of trivia is that Chopper was sculpted by Ken Sheller and was never meant to have that painted on Hobo beard. Without Chopper takes on a more menacing appearance whcih was orginally intended....

Did you have a Chopper as a kid? Is this the first time you've heard mention of it? Is it on your wantlist? Does it interest you?

Wednesday's MOTD: Reinhart from the Black Hole

Mego of the Day: Franz Beckenbauer

Mego of the Day for Monday is Soccer Legend Franz Beckenbauer, a German exclusive most of us didn't know existed until we picked up John Bonavita's landmark publication Mego Action Figure Toys. Franz shares the same scale as Mego's other well known sports celebrity Muhamad Ali.

Obviously not a lot of us had a Franz Beckenbauer doll as a kid but there is still lots to discuss. Is this the first time you've heard mention of it? Is it on your wantlist? Does it interest you?

Tuesday's MOTD: Chopper from Starsky and Hutch

MegoLike.com is back in business!

Megolike.com : Lou Melograna's terrific resource for all things 8" but not Mego has once again begun a series of biweekly updates. This week has seen additions to several of their galleries, including Azrak Hamway (AHI) , Bradgate, Empire Toys and a trip to the Unknown.

Look for more updates at MegoLike.com in the near future!

Mego of the Day: Type 2 Robin

Mego of the Day for Friday is the ever popular Robin, whom despite his longevity, never gets eough attention for my liking. Pop into the Mego forum and share with us on Mego Robin.

Did you have Robin as a kid? See it? Know of it? Is it in your collection now? On your want list? Do we need pictures of it's packaging in the Museum? Have you ever used it in a custom? Have you customized the character? Why wouldn't this make it into your collection? Did you make funny caption pictures with it? Post pics, tell stories, say whatever, it's mego of the day.

Monday's MOTD: Franz Beckenbauer

Mego of the Day: Ralph Malph

Mego of the Day series is the sidekick to a sidekick, Ralph Malph from the Mego Happy Days line.Pop into the Mego forum and share with us on this piece.

Did you have it as a kid? See it? Know of it? Is it in your collection now? On your want list? Do we need pictures of it's packaging in the Museum? Have you ever used it in a custom? Have you customized the character? Why wouldn't this make into your collection? Did you make funny caption pictures with it? Post pics, tell stories, say whatever, it's mego of the day.

Tomorrow's MOTD: Robin!

Mego of the Day: Type 1 Kirk

Wednesday's entry into the Museum Forums Mego of the Day series is the incredibly suave Type 1 version of Captain Kirk, Command of the vinyl Starship Enterprise from the Star Trek line. I'm painfully aware of the in-joke, thankyou.

Is this your favourite figure? Did you have it as a kid? See it? Know of it? Is it in your collection now? On your want list? Do we need pictures of it's packaging in the Museum? Have you ever used it in a custom? Have you customized the character? Why wouldn't this make into your collection? Did you make funny caption pictures with it? Post pics, tell stories, say whatever, it's mego of the day.

Tomorrow's MOTD: Ralph Malph

Mego of the Day: Baron Karza

Our second entry into the Museum Forums Mego of the Day series is the deadly Baron Karza, foe to Force Commander from the Micronauts line.

Did you have it as a kid? See it? Know of it? Is it in your collection now? On your want list? Do we need pictures of it's packaging in the Museum? Have you ever used it in a custom? Have you customized the character? Why wouldn't this make into your collection? Did you make funny caption pictures with it? Post pics, tell stories, say whatever, it's mego of the day.

Tomorrow's MOTD: Type 1 Kirk

More Mego Spotting on the Venture Brothers

Bill McFarland mentioned this on the boards the other day, in a recent episode of the Venture Brothers one can see a vintage bit of Team Venture merchandising in the"Action Man Dune Buggy" which looks vaguely familiar.

Great eye Bill! and thanks to the good people at Astro Base Go for this fun item.

Mego of the Day: Blackbeard

A new feature at the Museum Forums will be Mego of the Day. Where we will randomly pic a character from the Mego Toy universe and feature it.

Our first inductee is the dreaded Edward Teach aka Blackbeard from the World's Greatest Super Pirates.

Did you have it as a kid? See it? Know of it? Is it in your collection now? On your want list? Do we need pictures of it's packaging in the Museum? Have you ever used it in a custom? Have you customized the character? Why wouldn't this make into your collection? Did you make funny caption pictures with it? Post pics, tell stories, say whatever, it's mego of the day.

Tomorrow's MOTD: Baron Karza

You Sculpted These Yourself?

As if we needed more evidence that The Venture Brothers is the best cartoon show ever. Here we have a clip of Doctor Orpheus (who was already my favourite character) which shows that besides being a freelance Necromancer he's a Mego Customizer to boot,Wonderful.

Some fine Mego Memories

Chris Flagg sent in this happy memory from Christmas 1974, he really hit the jack pot that year with the Mego Batcave playset, Batcycle, Batmobile and Batcopter. What more could a kid ask for?

Thanks Chris! Looks like the folks did a bit of catalog shopping as evidenced by this 1974 JC Penney spread:

Enjoy previous Mego Memories at the Megomuseum, Part 1 and Part 2 are full of vintage coolness. Got a pic to donate? Send it on down!

Dinah-Mite's Fun Fashions!

A neat addition to the Mego Museum's Dinah-Mite Gallery today. It's a window boxed gift comprised of Dinah and three fashions. Except for the Folk Singer set, the other two fashions are from a series known as the "New Fashions". That would date this set as having a 1975 release, if only Mego had done the same things for Action Jackson.....drool......

We have new customizer spotlight for August, this month it's Dana Shaw, come check out some of his 8" handiwork. (that sounds dirty but it shouldn't)