Welcome to the Mego Museum forums!

[PNGwynne]

Welcome Jon! Good choice--vintage Mego is awesome. And addictive--you may find yourself wanting more. Also, FTC has many Superman Family figures, if you want some diversity.

[lovelikewinter]

Hi I'm Jon.

I just bought my first Mego, a type 2 Superman. He should be here tomorrow or Saturday. I never grew up with Mego, but I am a big Superman fan so I wanted one. I saw the Figures Toy Company repro, but I wanted to go vintage.

[William Vafai]

My name is William Vafai. I first heard about the museum about seven years ago. I was a Mego kid back in 1973. My first figure was a T1 Robin. Then I got T1 removable cowl Batman, Superman and Aquaman. Later it was Spider man and the Black falcon. I never had a chance to get all the ones I wanted. I didn't have them very long cause I played with them so much, that they fell apart. Years later I found a T2 Superman for sale at a comic book store. I paid about $20.00. The Superman was missing his boots and the decals. Someone told me about Dr.Mego. I got the red hero boots and the sticker. I was hooked. I bought all the figures I never had. Thanks to Dr.Mego and Ebay, I make custom Mego Star Wars figures.

[PNGwynne]

Welcome William! We love customs--the more, the better. There's a lot of creativity here and sharing ideas leads to better figures.

[William Vafai]

Hi. I'm William Vafai. It's great to have a chance to show everyone the Star Wars figures I made. I'm looking forward to see other custom figures from all of you.

[Ivaniski]

Welcome home....The Museum is a home away from.

[toothaction]

Thanks, gents! I was starting to worry that no one would see my silly story!

[Mr Mego]

Welcome to the Mego Museum Dave and toothaction! We have very nice members on this forum.

[Iron Mego]

Welcome, Dave!

[toothaction]

Greetings, oldtimers! I'm no stranger to the Museum and these lovely threads, I've googled my way through them for years, but I just finally got around to actually joining up proper a few days ago. I am the exact right age, born in '72, for Mego to have literally been a part of my life for the whole of it. My earliest favorite toys, beyond a mountain of Lego bricks and a tub of Bristle Blocks, were the cloth-clad wonders that brought us all together here. Like most of you, I'm imagining, I spent uncountable hours playing with Batman and his friends, arranging chance meetings between Captain Kirk and Cornelius, and transporting - with a gear-assisted spin - any number of Marvel heroes and ST denizens alike from the bridge of the Enterprise to the wilds of my front porch. Good times!

I never turned my back on these special friend from my youth, and I've remained a Card Carrying Collector for all of my days, but I've spent the better part of the last two decades focusing on all of the weird Japanese vinyl - that I didn't even know existed when I was a tot... but very probably would have brained my flesh-and-blood playmates for! - based on all of those gloriously dubbed AIP imports - Ultraman, Johnny Sokko, a world of Toho giants - and many other latex-suited wonders that never made it to the UHF bands in the CONUS. The first 'bootleg' I encountered, as a matter of fact, was the Mego Iron Man that my friend Brian's dad 'ruined' for us by painting it silver and red... our first 'real' Ultraman toy!

Makes sense, I guess, that it took a line of sofubi toys that were a sort-of tribute to the Megos of old to rekindle my urge to have a have a bunch of the real deals around the house again, and discovering BBP's Doctor Who and Twilight Zone dollies has been a rather spectacular buffer to my potentially plunging head-long into the vintage world of toys I actually owned once, long ago.

Anyway, thanks for having me! I look forward to getting to know some of you, sharing some of my pictures and idiotic blather, and learning as much as I can about the huge world of old things that this place celebrates.


OH, and here's a picture of me and some old friends:

Circa '75!

EDIT: Added a link. Pardon!

[SWDAVE]

Thanks guys!!

[Ivaniski]

Welcome.....to the Museum. Great story of searching for your favorite Megos. This place is like home to all Mego lovers.

[sprytel]

Welcome. Your story was all the more charming reading it in the voice of Ron Swanson.

[SWDAVE]

Hello Everyone!

Long time lurker, first time post! I have been a Mego admirer and collector since I was about 4 in 1976. I have been trying over the years to reacquire some of my original Megos and did happen to find my original Shazam, who is in pieces and will need some attention. I also was able to locate my Punch Attack Robin, Hutch, and Spider-Man. I was able to also find my original Superman suit, but have not found his body yet. The hunt continues!

About a year ago I was able to score some LJN SWAT figures from eBay and that got me back into Mego mode.

One story from my past that I need to share relates to my holy grail of Mego figures. It had to be in 1978 during the Incredible Hulk TV craze. I desperately wanted my own Hulk figure! I vividly remember going up to the Reynolds Road Kiddie City in Toledo, Ohio. My parents bought me my first Hulk figure there and on the car ride home I opened him up. As I quickly removed him from the card, his arm fell off. I was not happy about it and told my parents what happened. We were not more than a block away from the store and my mother announced "what a piece of junk!" and we went back to the store. I thought I would be able to replace my broken Hulk with a new one, but my mother would have none of it. We waked our of the store without a replacement. I remember being devastated. I will never forget that day.

Flash forward 40 or so years later .... and I finally got my Hulk off eBay. He is perfect. I probably paid too much for him, but he looks like he was just removed from the card. I cannot wait to take it over to show my mother what I got.

Anyways, very happy to be here!!!

[PNGwynne]

Welcome! And try making a Dr. Doom--it's pretty easy.