Thift Stores: Still finding Megos!

[Wee67]

That's really been my experience- when I do find a Mego in the wild, its usually way overpriced and pretty beat up. I don't have nearly the thrift store regularity as someone like Matt, so that may explain my experience, also.

[jayihdz]

I go to Pasadena to the Rose Bowl swapmeet, Ive found a few mego WGSH but sometimes you get people that want up to 60 bucks for something not even complete or broken.

[mitchedwards]

Good toy hunting on your behalf. So far I've turned up noting on my visits to thrift stores.

[The Sentry]

Damn! The only Mego find I had in the past 6 years was a naked Lion Rock figure I turned into Bruce Banner thanks to Chris DVM, Doc Mego, and James Gallo. So far I look but I find nothing, only way I get what I need is off of ebay. Honestly, the only thing I have been hunting for are the CHiPS gunbelts and bodies here and there. But I sure would love to find an awesome mego peice in a thrift store once, at least once.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Wow...that's good to hear

[MegoNinja]

you lucky lucky man.
Like every one else said, the last time I saw Mego at a thrift store was like 1991. All I find at thrift stores are new action men and spiderman the movie figures, although I oddly always find bags of 60's barbies, too bad there not worth money.
Great find.

[megoat]

Cool finds!

I found a mint Robin mego at a thrift last year for $5. So they do turn up from time to time. But yeah, I used to find more of them back in the 90's as well, usually shoved in one of those bags for $1.99 with a bunch of other toys.

I'm on the thrift scene on an almost daily basis and vintage toys are just tough to turn up, period. Any thing pre 1990 is scarce. Anything pre 1980 is really scarce and anything pre 1970 is pretty rare......

[Meule]

The hidden gems are still out there... somewhere... you just gotta find them.
Congrats on the Hulk tho, it's always fun finding a Mego in the wild

[samurainoir]

I'm simply astounded that in the past two weeks I've found a Mego Hulk and a couple of Charlies Angels (not Mego, but of the same era) at a Thrift store for a couple of bucks. They are hardly mint, but still intact and in good condition. I'm always amazed when things that old turn up in places like that for so cheap.

I don't think I've found a Mego or similar era figure at a Garage Sale, Flea Market or Thrist Store since the nineties.