Mego Magnetic Super Heroes Prototypes Discovered

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Pretty awesome discovery thanks to our pal Eddy, the original Marx toys catalog featuring the Mego Magnetic Superheroes. Even though these toys were actually produced and sold in Italy by GIG, we’d never seen these early versions of the figures with a shocking surprise. The figures were originally intended to have shooting fists, just like…

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[Godzilla]

Now that is cool and yet another reason why the Mego Museum is top notch.

[libby 1957dog]

wow the magnetic knees and elbows would have been a great addition ,shame they didnt make the final cut

[Confessional]

Love when we have another entry of Mego True Detective.

[EmergencyIan]

I wonder where those prototypes are today. Neat!

- Ian

[pmwasson]

Although it makes no sense, I would have loved having shooting fist superheroes as a kid!

[Wee67]

This is really cool! And yeah, I'd have been a sucker for shooting fists.

Would this have been about the same time there were issues with projectile toys (Battlestar Galactica recall, failed production of Boba Fett)? Is it possible they just decided the feature had to be dropped before it went beyond the production stage.

[vulcan2074]

What a wonderful discovery.
Sammy

[palitoy]

I'm glad you guys dug it, I totally geeked out when I noticed it.

[The Bat]

Woah! Waaaaaaaay COOL!!

[Hedji]

Those are gorgeous and look like so much fun. Great pictures. I really dig the head sculpt on Superman.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Man, what a find!!! You guys are still bringing us unknown facets of Mego history. THANK YOU!!!

Chris

[cjefferys]

Fantastic find! Oh boy, magnetic limbs and shooting fists? I would have been all over those toys!

[mego maniac mark]

So cool, thanks for sharing.
Marty should reintroduce these in the near future

[J.B.]

I think this whole GIG Magnetic thing (including flying fists) would have flourished, if not for one character, who decided to be a male diva.