Some Early 90s Mego sales ads

[palitoy]

Justzeg's thread had me poking around old magazines looking for vintage ads, here's one from 1991:



I've got more but need to find my stash. What a difference photoshop made eh?

[goldenryan]

i was looking thur old toy shop aids and saw a carded ironman for$135 and a carded goblin for $150 any takers. i called him up offered him $250 for the pair he said he sold em almost 20 years ago, jerk.

[palitoy]

When this catalog posing as a magazine got published I remember thinking these prices were INSANE! They were really high and some folks tell me that a lot of toy dealers used it as a price guide, making the early 90s hard to find bargains.

[Marvelmania]

GWS set for $259??!!!

[palitoy]

Keep in mind, I paid $250 for mine nine years after this list on Ebay. Turned down a boxed one for $250 in 1995 as well. It was CRAZY over priced.

[goldenryan]

$4 moc ponch. that's a good deal.

[toys2cool]

these things get me depressed

[jwyblejr]

Man,look at the prices on the Star Wars figures too.

[Nostalgiabuff]

$9.00 for boxed Smirking Myx. wish I had seen some of this stuff back then

[megoat]

The Comic Action Heroes stuff seem priced about what they would go for today.

[vulcan2074]

Those ads are just fantastic. They make my heart beat even faster than normal. I wish I could have scored some of these beauties at those prices
Sammy

[Lynn TXP 0369]

I remember ooohing and aaahaing at all of Mark Huckabone's ads in Tomarts Digest and Toy Shop.
I got a lot of my vintage SW 3 3/4"collection MOC from him as well as a MIB Dewback, that I opened all, in the early 90's and I got a nice Mego Batman fom him as well.
He was a good guy.
Buying was more personal back then, I rememeber having to call him on the phone to place an order and a lot of times his mom would answer and take orders.After that I woudhave to send a check or a MO.

Lynn

[palitoy]

vintage Huckabone (1994)

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Neat to see. The world of advertising sure has changed in the last 15 years.

[wayne foundation 07]

these things get me depressed

me too my friend,me too.