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  • imp
    Mego Book Author
    • Apr 20, 2003
    • 1579

    My Mego WGSH Christmas 1976

    Finally! Evidence! When I started working on my book, I pored over old family photo albums, desperately seeking childhood pictures of me with Mego toys. I never found a single image.

    Fast-forward nearly ten years, to my brother Andy Emailing a JPEG, stating, "Just got a box of photos from the 'Rents. This should have been in your batch. Look behind you, bottom left."

    After all these years, my brother found a photo. And not just any photo, he found the photo… capturing the exact moment that galvanized my passion for Mego "World's Greatest Super-Heroes" toys. This moment was the experience I sought to recreate for those who read my book.

    While doing press for the Mego book, my memory of this holiday moment came up often. I was fairly certain of my recollection, but the photo reveals that my then-31-year-old memory of the event wasn't quite accurate. From Diamond Scoop! (Sizing Up Mego Figures, June 23, 2007):
    "As a kid, Batman, Robin and Shazam were my first Mego Super-Heroes. I vividly recall the excitement of Christmas 1975. My family had a tradition of allowing each kid to open one gift on Christmas Eve. My mother gift-wrapped all three boxed Super-Heroes, stacked together as one gift... an obvious attempt to throw me off the scent. I rooted them out effortlessly, and it was the best Christmas Eve ever!"

    While it was accurate to say I 'vividly recall the excitement,' I was off on some of the details: The three WGSH toys my mother wrapped together were Batman, Robin and Superman (not Shazam). Until this photo unleashed a flood of happy memories, I had also forgotten that I received one OTHER Mego Super-Hero that year, wrapped by itself. My initial reaction was that the red box just beyond the first three was a Mad Monster Dracula. But upon comparing the artwork of Mego box sides, I confirmed –– and I had really completely forgotten this -- the fourth Mego figure was THE INVISIBLE GIRL. This revelation also confirms that the ACTUAL date was not 1975, but December 24th, 1976, which was the first year Mego issued The Fantastic Four characters.

    I wrote back to my brother, thanking him and explaining the circumstances (Christmas Eve, figures wrapped together, etc.), and he replied, "I originally thought you were doing a Frankenstein imitation, but on second glance I think you are busting over to HUG [our mom and dad]."

    Andy is correct: This is a photo of 6 year-old Me, losing my $#!%. Of that, I am certain.

    -b

  • sauce
    Removed
    • Jun 24, 2007
    • 3491

    #2
    Oh this is gorgeous!!!!!!

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    • Earth 2 Chris
      Verbose Member
      • Mar 7, 2004
      • 32980

      #3
      That is awesome. These are the kind of posts I like. Sharing the joy of the hobby, minus the insane nitpicking and negativity we all get into sometimes. Love your pose!!!

      Chris
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      • luey
        Treasure Hunter
        • Jun 17, 2001
        • 2631

        #4
        Very Kool !
        Greg Mason The Vintage Toy Picker from Knoxville, TN

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        • megoscott
          Founding Partner
          • Nov 17, 2006
          • 8710

          #5
          That's an amazing action shot. I fear those boxes will get stomped!
          This profile is no longer active.

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          • clemso
            Talkative Member
            • Aug 8, 2001
            • 6189

            #6
            Wow wow wow wow wow!

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            • The Toyroom
              The Packaging King
              • Dec 31, 2004
              • 16653

              #7
              Great story!
              Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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              • MIB41
                Eloquent Member
                • Sep 25, 2005
                • 15633

                #8
                An amazing story! What a neat photo too.We use to have that tradition too, where you could open one gift before Christmas. The difference at our house was if I gravitated towards one of the wow gifts, I was backed off. A stack of Megos would have qualified.

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                • imp
                  Mego Book Author
                  • Apr 20, 2003
                  • 1579

                  #9
                  Originally posted by MIB41
                  An amazing story! What a neat photo too.We use to have that tradition too, where you could open one gift before Christmas. The difference at our house was if I gravitated towards one of the wow gifts, I was backed off. A stack of Megos would have qualified.
                  Yes! And that probably explains the look of absolute shock on my face. My two older brothers and I didn't get a lot of toys so getting a 3-for-1 plus The Invisible Girl – on Christmas Eve, no less! – was unparalleled. I have no particular memory of Christmas Day itself, except for playing with those dolls.

                  I am not exaggerating when I say this was probably my happiest childhood moment. And my parents were not big on taking photos. So to see a photograph of it is beyond words… I just keep staring at it, and memories keep washing over me (for instance, losing one of Invisible Girl's boots and falling out of love with the single-shod figure).

                  For me, this is like having a time machine with exceptional accuracy.

                  -b

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                  • wilbs518
                    Mego Collector
                    • Jul 25, 2009
                    • 2808

                    #10
                    Very cool!
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                    • Toyman_Chris
                      70's Era Pimp
                      • Sep 7, 2011
                      • 3010

                      #11
                      Great pic!!

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                      • MegoMark71
                        Permanent Member
                        • Dec 18, 2008
                        • 3383

                        #12
                        Man how awesome to piece back the memory. great stuff.

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                        • Tom L
                          Mego Collector
                          • Jun 17, 2003
                          • 433

                          #13
                          Very cool! The Karate Kid stole your move.
                          Common sense is not that common.

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                          • Kotter
                            Museum Super Collector
                            • Dec 23, 2011
                            • 212

                            #14
                            I love the photo.
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                            • HardyGirl
                              Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                              • Apr 3, 2007
                              • 13950

                              #15
                              What a great memory and a precious pic. Thanks for sharing that, Ben.
                              "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                              'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                              Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                              If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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