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  • cjefferys
    Duke of Gloat
    • Apr 23, 2006
    • 10180

    #16
    I never had a Mego playset either. And I only had one vehicle, the Batcopter. I had a pretty good imagination though, so I managed to find plenty of places that were good play locations. I didn't need a playset, the world was my playset.

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    • misterdroid
      Banned
      • Jan 10, 2008
      • 561

      #17
      Originally posted by justzeg18
      wow...the secret wars doom tower, That's the one "vintage" playset I've ever found at regular retail years after it should have been. It was fun as hell, but looking at it I can't figure out why?

      as for what I had as a child, I would go for broke and hit up the clearance section of childrens palace and grab up super cheap playsets....don't know why, i seemed to like the bases more than the figures in most cases.

      The funnest one oddly enough was the Bionic Six playset. worked well with most lines, even when you forced 8" scale figures into it you could make it work.
      I love the Bionic six playset. I bought one at the Sears Surplus store on Dort Hwy right before it went under.

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      • misterdroid
        Banned
        • Jan 10, 2008
        • 561

        #18
        I had a few playsets... but my "go to" set was the Forbidden Zone. Worked out for almost every scale. Sucking up Star wars figs into the net was awesome, and you can even cram a 12" Joe into the jail!
        I had a room in my basement where I kept all my playsets set up... The GI Joe AT headquarters, the mego Hall of Justice, mego Treehouse, Mego Forbidden zone and the big jim airplane thing (which the name escapes me right now). So many happy memories... I guess thats why I have a -on for playsets!

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        • HardyGirl
          Mego Museum's Poster Girl
          • Apr 3, 2007
          • 13949

          #19
          Originally posted by misterdroid
          I had a few playsets... but my "go to" set was the Forbidden Zone. Worked out for almost every scale. Sucking up Star wars figs into the net was awesome, and you can even cram a 12" Joe into the jail!
          I had a room in my basement where I kept all my playsets set up... The GI Joe AT headquarters, the mego Hall of Justice, mego Treehouse, Mego Forbidden zone and the big jim airplane thing (which the name escapes me right now). So many happy memories... I guess thats why I have a -on for playsets!

          That was a Big Jim Sky Commander!
          "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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          • mitchedwards
            Mego Preservation Society
            • May 2, 2003
            • 11781

            #20
            Hall of Justice was where my Megos hung out.


            Think B.A. Where did you hide the Megos?

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            • hobub
              Ghost of a Dead Indian
              • Jun 18, 2001
              • 4778

              #21
              I had the batmobile and jokermobile and a red, white and blue empire jeep. But other than that, I never had a playset as a kid. I now have the batcave and the enterprise but as a kid, I used my imagination. The stairs were a very nice playset as well as the backyard and any sandbox or hillside I could find. Camping lakes were great as we did quite a bit of camping. Bicycles were pretty cool to drag the Megos and Evil Kneivels from or place somwhere on the bicke to ride along, as well as local small cliffs that we would toss them over and then later retrieve.

              I might add that I'm glad there were several collectors of these so former kids like myself who destroyed the ones they had could recoup them in their later years. I loved beating the heck out of those little men.

              I guess I did have a playset. It was my own environment. My Alan Virdon and Fonzie are the only original survivors from my childhood (along with my brother's original beat up cowl). I did have beat Flash Gordon and a nakid Robbie Knievel which I traded off for superheros and later replaced with minty versions of each. But the Virdon was my favorite and has several scars on his face showing that he was one loved action figure. (oh, the batmobile survived too but was scratched up with slightly bent axles so I bought a boxed example and sold my old one. My wife asked me if I had any sentiments about it, not really but that Virdon fig is still a cornerstone of the collection even though I'm a huge RCB and friends fan.
              Last edited by hobub; May 26, '08, 9:21 PM.

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              • Mikey
                Verbose Member
                • Aug 9, 2001
                • 47258

                #22
                The only Mego playset I ever owned was the Star Trek bridge.

                I did have a few Big Jim, Johnny West and Joe AT playsets though.

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                • batmanmc
                  mego batman collector
                  • Jun 22, 2004
                  • 6227

                  #23
                  the hall of justice playset was teh oen i remember having but we amde our own out of cardboard boxes also my sisters barbie townhouse was a mego figures place.

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                  • livnxxxl
                    Megoholic RocketScientist
                    • Oct 23, 2007
                    • 3903

                    #24
                    I was fortunate enough to have had a couple of playsets as a kid. Many thanks to my kind and wonderful parents for that. I had the Apes Treehouse, Apes Fortress and the Star Trek Enterprise. It seems that I can recall playing with them all pretty much equally. It is tough for me just to pick out one as my favorite.
                    Enjoy what you like, and let others enjoy what they like. (C) Azrak 2009

                    Too much space. Need more toys!



                    Check out the ever growing Mego like sized vehicles data base.

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                    • SlipperyLilSuckers
                      MeGoing
                      • May 14, 2003
                      • 9031

                      #25
                      I never had a playset but I would have chosen a treehouse if I could have.

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                      • nvmbrsdoom5
                        Persistent Member
                        • Mar 1, 2005
                        • 1627

                        #26
                        I had the Enterprise playset but I don't recall if I used it to play with all of my Megos or just the Trek figures. Later I had the Hulk Hideaway playset and that got some fair use for my WGSH. Those were the only Mego playsets that I had that I remember. The only playsets I really coveted were the Wayne Foundation, and a cool stage for my KISS figures!

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                        • monkey tennis
                          "Kiss my face."
                          • Jun 8, 2007
                          • 2267

                          #27
                          I also never had a playset, but I did have an inside window ledge.

                          "I've just bought a house. It's got a Buck Rogers Toilet. One yank, all gone!"

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                          • ScottA
                            Original Member
                            • Jun 25, 2001
                            • 12264

                            #28
                            I never had a playset as a kid either.
                            sigpic WANTED: Boxed, Carded and Kresge Carded WGSH

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                            • nvmbrsdoom5
                              Persistent Member
                              • Mar 1, 2005
                              • 1627

                              #29
                              It's kinda amazing just how many of us never owned a playset, or at best had just one. Why was that, exactly? Was it because of the cost, or was it due to difficulty finding them in stores, etc.? I think in my case, alot of it had to do with lack of availability. I never recall seeing the Hall Of Justice or Batcave in the stores near me, much less the Wayne Foundation. The main reason I got the Enterprise and the Hulk Hideaway was because they were available in the Sears Xmas catalog in the late '70s.

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                              • toys2cool
                                Ultimate Mego Warrior
                                • Nov 27, 2006
                                • 28605

                                #30
                                It wasn't mego but I had the Cobra terror base
                                "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

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