1983 Imagined Project

[megowgsh]

That video is awesome. the only thing that takes me out of it is GI Joe, and He-Man... since both cartoons came about from the toylines.

How does Mego get the rights to He-Man, when the Mattel owns it hook line and sinker? Same as GI Joe.

I need my fiction anchored in some science here.

The catalog is called 1983 IMAGINED. How about imagining Mattel was one that went out of business and not Mego?

[noelani72]

Sean has tackled he-Man, beast man and skeletor if they're something you think fits.
I have the 18" vintage Kenner Alien figure - I could break it down, scan it, shrink it to Mego-scale maybe.

[Timothy2251]

The catalog is called 1983 IMAGINED. How about imagining Mattel was one that went out of business and not Mego?

Mind... BLOWN. I wish to visit this alternate 1983, where Mego took a chance on Star Wars and became the dominant force in action figures. To the TARDIS!

[megowgsh]

Mind... BLOWN. I wish to visit this alternate 1983, where Mego took a chance on Star Wars and became the dominant force in action figures. To the TARDIS!

Now THAT'S the spirit!!!!

[GeekyVixen]

Oh wow, now I really want a Mego Magnum, PI. Great job!

[Jason73]

That was a lot of fun to watch.

[Bionicfanboy66]

Kind of surprised our little buddy Action Jackson wasn't featured. Thinking Mego would've re-introduced the line to compete with Hasbro's GI Joe A Real American Hero. Forgot about Tron. Could've seen Mego altering either the ST:TMP or Buck Rogers 3.75" molds for an action figure line.

[Mego Marauder]

Neat concept on the video but I don't think Mego would have put out a promotional video consisting of nothing but ideas and TV clips. Would be supercool to see that same video content replaced with custom figures and a voiceover announcer like the original mego presentations.

[Captain]

Cool video!

Great ideas too. Mego did plan Rocky figures, which PAC/ Phoenix ended up producing. This has been thrown around in the past, and I agree with the theory that LJNs Magnum PI figure was probably a Mego designed toy. I always felt Tri-Stars MASH line was a Mego salvage as well.
im positive they would have snatched up the ATeam as well. Most likely in 3 3/4".
WWF?-- why not? They did ( well PAC did) Hogans Thunderlips character from Rocky..... Wouldn't take much of a leap to expand the figure style into wrestlers.
Trek II---- that would have been FANTASTIC!!!

[TheNewGiJoeWithKungFuGrip]

Just wanted to point out that G.I. Joe A Real American Hero may not exist in this alternate reality, because Mego made the Star Wars line in 8 inch form, they may not have decided to discontinue the Super Joe line. Perhaps kids would have stayed intrested in Super Joe because it would go well with their Mego Star Wars figures. Just a theory, though.

[nazgul]

I have a few Super Joe customs exploring this idea...here's a link...

http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?98699-Super-Joe-Astronaut

[TheNewGiJoeWithKungFuGrip]

Gee, whatever happened to this project? It was a pretty cool concept.

[megowgsh]

Gee, whatever happened to this project? It was a pretty cool concept.

DOA

Especially since FTC and others started releasing so many figures that were going to be in this catalog. I like to think that this project was the inspiration for the Mego Renaissance we are experiencing now.

Peace, Love, and Megos!

Austin

[bobws]

Too Bad !!!! Even with FTC's stuff coming out the catalog would have been fun. I would love to see a new catalog representing MEGO's advancing lines every five years until it came back. About 8 catalogs, imagine all the characters that could have been come up with from our community. Figures we still don't have, whole teams of superheroes and TV shows. My mind blows at all the possibilities.