What was the last Mego Superhero you bought as a kid?

[palitoy]

I've tried below to recreate my experience coming out of the theater in 1981, having just seen Superman 2 and excited to buy a new 8" Superhero. The selection was somewhat.....limited.



What about you?



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[Werewolf]

Probably Superman mid 80s at Children's Palace. The had them on discount. The selection was Batman, Superman and a few Hulks with broken legs.

BTW: That Slime display rocks.

[Nostalgiabuff]

the last one I remember getting was Penguin. my aunt took us to a toy store and they had a whole rack of just Penguin. in all likelihood though it was probably Superman as you could still get Superman, Batman, Hulk and Spiderman in the big toy stores at least into around 84-85 as I recall

[cjefferys]

Holy cow, that's a toughie. I think it might have been Human Torch in the late 70's (I remember buying a Dr. Zaius, Alan Verdon and a Keeper after that, but they aren't WGSH). After that, my cousin and I traded Megos all the time, but that doesn't really count as buying a new figure. Last Mego superhero I bought at retail period was a carded Hulk at Child World around 1989-90, but I was in my early twenties at that point, so I can't count that one based on your question.

[Mr.Marion]

Hey Mxy is still a part of the Superman family just not as visually striking as Supergirl or the man of Steel.

[warlock664]

For me, it was Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Girl. It was a couple of days after Christmas; I had received the Thing and the Human Torch as presents, and was desperate to complete the Fantastic Four. I later coveted Thor, but never got one.

[ScottA]

My brother got a boxed Hulk and I got a boxed Falcon at Bellas Hess department store. Both are still in my collection today.

[PNGwynne]

the last one I remember getting was Penguin. my aunt took us to a toy store and they had a whole rack of just Penguin. in all likelihood though it was probably Superman as you could still get Superman, Batman, Hulk and Spiderman in the big toy stores at least into around 84-85 as I recall

A whole rack of Penguins? That's the stuff dreams are made of.

I was still buying Pin Pins in Jr. High at TRU; I think the last actual Mego I received as a gift was a T2 carded Penguin, c. 1980.

[Hedji]

A replacement Spidey. Still have him. Red torso too.

[starsky]

mine was the 8 inch incredible hulk which i told my mom would be my last toy if she bought it for me. hahahaha this was when lou ferrigno was on tv as the hulk.

[Iron Mego]

I didn't buy it, but the last one I got was the Joker. I think it was early 80s, the beginning of the end for both Mego and my toy playing days.

[darkbros]

A Carded Incredible Hulk, at TRU, Spring 1985 for $2.99 on clearance. That was the last time I saw ANY megos at retail, as TG&Y had closed its doors a few months earlier, and I bought
a damaged carded Super Powers Lex Soar 7 there, & I went specifically there to buy Megos and Warren magazines when TG&Y was closing and thinking to myself "Man it'd be nice to score a few megos
if they are closing". lol When I went to TRU that spring, I was looking for Star Wars as I had shifted back to Star Wars collecting, and I saw the HULK just peg warming and thought, "Well why not?"
since I didn't have him. After that I didin't get any Megos until 1989 when I got my KidBiz Batman at retail via Comic Shop for $15.

[TrekStar]

Shazam, because he was the only one pictured on the DC box art that I didn't have, well it did say collect'em all.
actually Shazam was a hard fine for me, for some reason my local toy stores had limited quantities, but I did end up
finding him at a local Childworlds on the card not the box.

[msenger76]

i picked up 2 broken leg Hulks at children's palace in 1991 as a 15 year old.

[kinostadt]

The last Mego I bought was a carded Batman in the early '80s. I bought it as a birthday gift for a neighbor kid. The kid didn't really appreciate it, and I immediately wished that I would have bought him something else and kept the Batman for myself.