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  • palitoy
    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
    • Jun 16, 2001
    • 59204

    Inside the Mego Close-Out Star Trek Set




    Seeing as Star Trek is 50 today and it was one of Mego‘s biggest and earliest hits, we thought we’d spotlight one of the oddest and rarest pieces to come out of that delicious union, the highly sought after Close-Out Set.

    Our own Robyn Adams did a great write up of this piece when one finally surfaced on TV three years ago on the “Toy Hunter” Program and we still stand by this theory as to why it exists:

    “There were probably extra playset cases left after the supply of furniture and transporters were used up making proper playsets. Whether it was Mego itself or, more likely, a third party distributor—someone just slapped these sets together–notice in the photos they didn’t even rivet all of the flaps and shipped them off in a discount close-out sale. Note also that the white edge piece at the center of the playset is cardboard, not plastic as is the case on a normal playset.”

    Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

    Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
    http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop
  • EMCE Hammer
    Moderation Engineer
    • Aug 14, 2003
    • 25679

    #2
    I finally got to see one of these in person a few months ago - it's a neat piece.

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    • rchatlin
      Talkative Member
      • Jun 24, 2001
      • 5766

      #3
      Brian,
      are the back of the cards standard, or the white back version?

      r
      o
      b

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      • palitoy
        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
        • Jun 16, 2001
        • 59204

        #4
        Standard cards Rob, I meant to mention that detail. It makes sense those white back cards were done on the quick by Mego in '79.
        Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

        Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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        • SKotK
          Career Member
          • Mar 11, 2014
          • 574

          #5
          Interesting...my previous Enterprise playset had no viewscreen cards (not uncommon), but also had no plastic hangers where the cards would have hung, and clean unused rivet holes in the cardboard inside but NOT through the plastic that surrounded it - meaning it was never punched at the factory. This caused me to speculate that maybe it was a late-run cut-rate model, and after seeing this, maybe it was. Mine did, however, have plastic pieces at the top seam and not the white cardboard replacement strips this thing uses.

          --SKot
          Look what happens when you aren't allowed to play with "dolls"...

          WANTED: partly-unsealed or bubble-damaged carded Romulan + unbroken plant trap from Mission to Gamma VI

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          • cjefferys
            Duke of Gloat
            • Apr 23, 2006
            • 10180

            #6
            Very unique piece, it's really cool to get a good look at it like this!

            Originally posted by palitoy
            Standard cards Rob, I meant to mention that detail. It makes sense those white back cards were done on the quick by Mego in '79.
            Ha, I was going to ask the same question!

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            • Sideshow Spock
              valar morghulis
              • Mar 8, 2005
              • 2850

              #7
              BUMP

              One of these is now on eBay..

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              • Sideshow Spock
                valar morghulis
                • Mar 8, 2005
                • 2850

                #8
                Originally posted by Sideshow Spock
                BUMP

                One of these is now on eBay..

                https://www.ebay.com/itm/202255276406
                This has been on eBay now for about two months, and the BIN price has been dropped by 50% during that time. Considering that the one featured on Toy Hunter went for $900, seems like a good deal. Especially with the 15% off coupon today.

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