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Just celebrated the 12th anniversary of my beginning to collect Mego's yesterday - the first Mego was a loose Kirk bought off of a new site called Ebay. Since then, of course, many years and many thousands of hours and dollars have gone into a pretty good collection (if I do say so myself) that one day WILL make it out of the myriad of cardboard boxes in my walk in closet into a display room of my own making.
At first it was just loose figures from the Star Trek line. Then loose POTA figures. Then finishing off the Wizard of Oz line. All the while, sometimes dabbling in some other lines here and there - 12" Vintage Star Wars figures, Welcome Back Kotter, Fighting Furies. However, these were just sideline collections that occasionally popped up.
Now, however, these other lines have started to become more and more important in my collecting. I guess since I have gotten almost to the point of being 'done' with many of my mego lines, other toys are starting to look interesting. In particular, the 1982-83 Kenner Indiana Jones line has been calling, and, for some reason, the old 11" Bonanza line keeps popping into my head every now and then. In addition, lunchboxes have been creeping into the boxes as well, especially those related to Mego lines I have.
So, what other toy lines outside of Mego have you found and started simply because you were collecting Mego and got sidetracked?
Chris DVM
Just celebrated the 12th anniversary of my beginning to collect Mego's yesterday - the first Mego was a loose Kirk bought off of a new site called Ebay. Since then, of course, many years and many thousands of hours and dollars have gone into a pretty good collection (if I do say so myself) that one day WILL make it out of the myriad of cardboard boxes in my walk in closet into a display room of my own making.
At first it was just loose figures from the Star Trek line. Then loose POTA figures. Then finishing off the Wizard of Oz line. All the while, sometimes dabbling in some other lines here and there - 12" Vintage Star Wars figures, Welcome Back Kotter, Fighting Furies. However, these were just sideline collections that occasionally popped up.
Now, however, these other lines have started to become more and more important in my collecting. I guess since I have gotten almost to the point of being 'done' with many of my mego lines, other toys are starting to look interesting. In particular, the 1982-83 Kenner Indiana Jones line has been calling, and, for some reason, the old 11" Bonanza line keeps popping into my head every now and then. In addition, lunchboxes have been creeping into the boxes as well, especially those related to Mego lines I have.
So, what other toy lines outside of Mego have you found and started simply because you were collecting Mego and got sidetracked?
Chris DVM
collectors that have not thrown in the towel and or sold out during the course. That was pretty much how I got started to. Only I have not been at collecting Mego for as long as you have. I was always a big fan of the POTA and had most of the figures (if not all) and playsets as a child. I also of course like the original Star Trek and had those figures and The USS Enterprise and a few other misc. pieces. Once I relived my childhood dreams of having some of my "old toys" back I kind of got caught up in the Super Heroes. Not having read many comic books in my time alot of them are a bit mysterious to me unless they are the commons like Batman and Robin etc. I liked the tv show as a kid and still do not mind watching them to this day. In answer to your question I now find myself kind of wanting to buy the 12" Mego Super Hero stuff. I have had bits and pieces before from collections that I bought trying to obtain the 8" stuff that I really wanted at that time. Now for some reason I am thinking about collecting the 12" Mego line as well. Not a for sure or definite yet, but I am seriously thinking it over. 
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