The Toys That Made Us on Netflix

[Earth 2 Chris]

https://www.netflix.com/Title/80161497

Tailor-made for us!

Chris

[Brown Bear]

Cannot wait for this!!

[Mr.Marion]

I'm going to hold off on my enthusiasm. I don't think WGSH or mego will get mentioned at all based off the trailer.

[palitoy]

I helped with this, Mego is in the mix.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Oh yay! If I knew this was coming, I somehow forgot. My mind has been extra foggy as of late.

Chris

[Hedji]

Oh awesome! I knew it was coming. Now to add it to my watchlist. Thanks!

[fallensaviour]

Cool thanks for the heads up I’ll definitely be checking this out.

[megomania]

Cannot wait for this!!

Four episodes are available to watch.

-Chris

[Nostalgiabuff]

just watched the HeMan episode. I like this show. it's a lot of fun

[Earth 2 Chris]

Watched the first two on Star Wars and Barbie this morning. A great love letter to Kenner, which was a "local" toy company to me, just an hour from Cinci. The Barbie episode even taught Cindy a thing or two on the behind-the-scenes stuff!

I really hope we get a full Mego episode and shows on Transformers, etc. down the line!

Chris

[Ssylyss]

Watched all four episodes this weekend. Really fascinating info in all them. I wasn't sure about the Barbie episode, as I'm not a Barbie collector, but it was great. The only thing that was weird is the one Barbie executive had some strange looking full body skin suit sitting on a chair in the background. I don't know what it was but it creeped me out. Anyway, really looking forward to the next 4 episodes.

[Spawn67]

I'd like to see a episode on KISS toys. They are just as collectible as old Star Wars toys. That is if gene and paul would allow them to do a episode. With ace and peters input of course.

[Hector]

I saw the first episode last night, the Star Wars one.

They kept showing a couple of Megos on their screen saver scenes...but not one single mention of Mego at all. When they pointed out the biggest toy lines...Mego was never mentioned. How can a toy company who had the rights to everything of importance...would be so ignored? The entire episode seemed like a big fat lie.

I’m not going to continue watching the series...

[Earth 2 Chris]

Like all documentaries, some aspects of the story are glossed over for time and narrative. Mego gets mentioned in other episodes, and Marty Abrams is even interviewed briefly on camera.

Chris

[Hector]

Sure, glossed over time...but wasn’t Mego huge? That’s like leaving out Japan outta the Axis Powers.

So how big was Mego in its heyday? Because the episode mentioned Barbie, G.I. Joe, Hasbro, Parker Brothers, Mattel, galoob, Playmates, and obviously Kenner (duh)...everyone except Mego...which I found downright insulting...

Was Mego one of the toys companies that turn down Lucas? Or is that urban legend?