Memroy Lane trip to the late 70's, Early 80's - What was your last Mego?

[UnderdogDJLSW]

OK. We have all heard the stories of when we first saw a WGSH in a store or catalog. I've told my end cap/solid box TRU story quite a few times.

So, with that in mind, what was your last Mego from when you were a kid? Was it a Pocket Hero? Buck Rogers? A 8" Hulk in the early 80's?

Obviously, I have bought more as an adult, in this century, but around 1978 I had acquired a roll of magnet tape. I remembered seeing Magnetic Batman & Robin and thought it would make more sense to have a magnet Spider-Man. I took some saved money and got (what was then) a third 8" Spider-Man (I already had a circle suit and a T1). The one I got was also in a box and was a T1, too, with thick stripes on his uniform. I put strips of magnet on this feet knees, cuffs, back, etc. and since he was T1, he couldn't hit a crouch all that well, so he kept falling off my refrigerator.

At the time, I had thought only Treks were T2 (and of course terms like T1 and T2 weren't even a concept to me then - I thought Trek or Superhero look to the body), but it never occurred to me that these little clothed figures wouldn't always be around for me to buy when I wanted to. Always thought I would have the chance to change my mind and go get that Iron Man or weird looking Gorn if I wanted to.

[ScottA]

A boxed Hulk for my brother and a boxed Falcon for me from Belles Hess. I remember it like it was yesterday for some reason. Both are in my collection today.

[jwyblejr]

Around '79 or '80 I traded another kid my Boba Fett for one of his Buck Rogers figures. I thought they were cooler because they moved at the knees and elbows.

[VintageMike]

Pretty sure the last two bought for me were Bo & Luke Duke.

[mego73]

The KISS figures.

[Mego Magyar]

I got a Thor and a Hulk in the 80's

[toys2cool]

last ones bought in a store was Daisy,Bo & luke, the smaller ones

[DocDrako]

Probably the smaller CHiPs figures. I didn't care for the fact that their guns were permanently attached, but I liked them.

[piecemaker]

Last one for me as a kid was Force Commander.

[david_b]

Last one was Green Arrow, 1975, same year I got the brand new Space:1999 Eagle model. Played with Ollie quite a bit, but my head was already on Moonbase Alpha.

david_b

[wayne foundation 07]

Most of our toys came from flea markets as kids,the last mego I remember getting was a Falcon without his boots.The small 3 3/4 G I Joes were becoming more popular by then too.

[MIB41]

Wow. What a great question...I would have to say it was the 12 inch Magnetic Batman I purchased at Children's Palace in the early 80's. That and I picked up two MOC Batman and Hulk 8 inch figures, which I still have to this day. As anyone who was around back then can attest, they were were in great abundance at Children's Palace.

[HardyGirl]

Lainie, Christmas 1973. I was 7.

[wayne foundation 07]

Never had any Megos besides the 8 inch line and since my Grandma bought my last one for me, it had to have been in 1976. She moved later that year. It was a second soldier ape with the cuffed sleeves from Big N. He was a Type 1. Actually I guess IS a Type 1 since I still have him.

Man thats cool that you still have that figure,what was Big N? A Murphy's type store?

[wayne foundation 07]

I wonder why Woolworth was never bought like the examples you gave.Murphy Mart and Hills became Ames which later just went away too.