Got my 1978 Reimagined Catalogue today!!

[REMOVED]

It came yesterday and looks extremely professional. Nice work....

[palitoy]

It came yesterday and looks extremely professional. Nice work....

Ugh, I was hoping it would have made it in time.

[ScottA]

Nothing again today. The waiting is really hard. But I know it's worth it.

[REMOVED]

Ugh, I was hoping it would have made it in time.

Unfortunately, it missed Cat by one day. She left on Sunday. I will send it on to her tho....... Oh well..........

[vulcan2074]

But I know it's worth it.

It definately is. I've enjoyed it immensely.
Sammy

[wilbs518]

Got mine today! I love it. Thanks for all of the hard work, everyone! Oh man the 3 new PS cards ROCK!

[Earth 2 Chris]

It's a nice sentiment, but the truth is that MEGO was done in by high
interest rates on a new factory in China and from putting a lot of R&D
into electronic hand held games. Over the space of a few years, that
combination drained their resources.

1978 was a good year for the Mego Corporation - thanks partly to
Micronauts and WGSH. Like any good company, they kept pushing the
envelope on product development instead of just making more of the
same thing.

1978 was chosen for the catalog since 1977 was the last year of
new 8 inch figures.

I'm a history buff and I feel it's important to know what really happened,
warts and all.

That's true. But I still think Mego made a mistake totally abandoning the 8" format (for several years anyway) and not refreshing lines that were still successful. Imagine a toy company doing that today. Nothing new to show at toy fair, no new assortments. Eventually, orders will die off.

Chris

[raider5gt]

Me too, damn that volcanic ash

And me...... i forgot about the volcanic ash

[drmego]

Obviously we think the 8 inch line is the cat's meow, and it breaks my heart
that, even though it was the star of the company, Marty doesn't have much
to say about it.

In terms of the overall company, it brought in less money than Cher or Farrah,
didn't require much R&D attention, and sold itself to retailers. Like classic
board games - the money it brought in financed other ideas.

WGSH don't get any respect.

[palitoy]

In terms of the overall company, it brought in less money than Cher or Farrah,
didn't require much R&D attention, and sold itself to retailers. Like classic
board games - the money it brought in financed other ideas.
.

Another salient point. Unless you talk to somebody who was around in '74 or '75, most of the former mego people I talked to had nothing to say about the WGSH because they didn't spend any time on it.

It's like that line got put on autopilot to concentrate on the next big thing.

[megoscott]

That's such a good point.

[Wee67]

Obviously we think the 8 inch line is the cat's meow, and it breaks my heart
that, even though it was the star of the company, Marty doesn't have much
to say about it.

In terms of the overall company, it brought in less money than Cher or Farrah,
didn't require much R&D attention, and sold itself to retailers. Like classic
board games - the money it brought in financed other ideas.

WGSH don't get any respect.

I'd also mention the rise of oil (and hence plastic) prices. And although they put a lot into R&D, they just never had that breakout hit that MIGHT have helped them deal with the finanacial outlay of the factory, the R&D and the resource costs.

Sometimes I wonder if Mego's 70's success was really just them riding the wave of the WGSH line. Yes, I know they had success with Star Trek and Apes, but none compared to WGSH. I realize the blaspheme of such a suggestion, but it is really just a thought.

Now where's my catalogs?!?!?

[Meule]

Me too, damn that volcanic ash

Ugh, hadn't even thought of that

[raider5gt]

Planes are now landing in the UK woo hoo

[Meule]

Planes are now landing in the UK woo hoo

In Belgium too, but it's still gonna take a while, stuff's been piling up in the US for a couple of days now.