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I'm in San Diego, California, which I would say is kind of a 'Big City,' but with small-town vibes.
I only ever saw modern Mego figures for sale here at Target in 2019-?, and then once I saw a lonely Mego Mummy in the 'Electronics' section of a local Walmart. Otherwise, I bought all my modern Mego figures online; some at full retail price when first released, many others by playing 'the long game.'
That said, San Diego has a 'famous local' monthly swap meet (in the parking lot of what was once the arena of an NBA team 40+ years ago) that's been a local institution for decades. But I've only ever gone there a couple of times in 40+ years. Maybe there would be Mego figures there? But more likely, retail goods shoplifted from local grocery stores, alongside used DVDs and bootleg t-shirts and baseball hats!Last edited by Dan2Dan; Sep 15, '25, 8:50 PM. -
Trust me, I am astounded myself. I usually have to pay shipping to get these figures. So far quite lucky since bought from individuals that bought several figures so when I buy, I buy a batch of figures.
You can also see a downside to the way Im doing it since I am getting lots of the same figures I already have but I dont mind that. Will eventually take out one of each for display and still have a a full set MIB.
I dont know where you live if a big city or not but I would imagine you would have better chances of finding some in a big city. Look and shop on your aftermarket sites. Local sites are the best if you ask me. ( hate paying shipping or duty fees )
I am looking forward to start finding some loose figures on the aftermarket. I use to buy naked figures back in the 90s for customs, but naked figures of original figures are very expensive these days... lol
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Today`s local find:
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Great weekend! i found 12 Mego figures local to me ! This is simply amazing !!!Leave a comment:
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Todays local find:
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The box figures were from a local sales ad and the loose FTC knight was from a flea market. Great for parts on a futur custom figure.Leave a comment:
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No problem! You know, I am going to leave this figure in its special retro packaging. (I'm not an MIB collector, but I have made a few exceptions to that over the years - including several of these WGSH 50th Anniversary figures.) So, unfortunately, I can't comment knowledgeably about the articulation.Leave a comment:
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Looks okay to me and at the price you can’t complain. By the way if you don’t mind me asking, how is the articulation of the arms and legs?Leave a comment:
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I'm quoting myself because this morning turned out to be a very lucky day for me. I had to start my day unusually early with a stop at Home Depot. Since a Target is a few doors down, I stopped in, looking for the ever-elusive Spin Master Retro Superman movie figures. This was, like, 7:30 AM, the earliest I'd ever been in a Target. And to my amazement, they had them all.
So then, a couple of hours later, I was stopping at a local grocery store. In the same mall complex, there is a Ross. But I almost never go in there. (Maybe once every couple of years.) I've ducked in at Christmas a few times, and there was always nothing much there, toy/figure-wise. But recently, I'd seen a few YouTube videos of people at Ross finding the Mego WGSH Penguin. Since I had had very unusual luck earlier that morning at Target, I decided to go in. And to my utter amazement, they had one. For $4.99. Mego at Ross. It was real.
So now, when the Riddler arrives in the mail, I'll have 10 of the modern WGSH in those really cool retro boxes. This Penguin isn't strictly 'MIB,' but it is, I suppose, 'Very Good In Box,' and that's good enough for me. So in the end, I managed to get the Penguin and the Riddler to go along with the Joker. (The others I have are heroes.)Last edited by Dan2Dan; Sep 10, '25, 4:27 PM.Leave a comment:
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FYI: on DeepDiscount.com, the Mego WGSH 50th Ridder is currently $7.72. (Free shipping over $25.)
I am not, as a general rule, an MIB collector. But I do have eight Mego WGSH 50th figures MIB. So, when DeepDiscount also sent me an additional discount code, I bought a Riddler just now. (Now, maybe if I go into my local Ross, I will find the WGSH Penguin for $6, which I have seen on YouTube multiple times recently.)Leave a comment:
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Scouring Brimfield as usual three times a year for the past 30 years since my military days and found the Removable mask Robin head which never seemed possible..Leave a comment:
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As many of you probably already know, ZLC Collectibles is running a Labor Day (in America) sale this weekend, including 40% off their current stock of Mego figures.
Like many of you, I presume, I received a marketing email from ZLC about this sale. I am a multiple repeat happy customer over several years.
I just bought: (1) Rocky Balboa in training gear (a ZLC exclusive) in damaged packaging, (2) Zira in 'human pants suit' from "Escape" (thus completing my modern PotA Mego collection, I believe), and (3) Mego x Topps Hammer Mummy variant with shiny pecs (presumably mirroring the vintage movie poster).
From my personal perspective, I thought these three figures, already discounted and now an additional 40% off, were a really great deal. None of them are 'high demand' figures, obviously. But my personal barometer for purchases like this is whether I am excited to get them, and I definitely am!Leave a comment:
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