I may have been born in the 2000s but you and million other channels like yours sparked my love for all things in the 80s 70s and 90s so I just want to say thank you. Thank you so much!!!
Being a kid in the 1980s when all those toys were coming out was just as awesome as it seems😉 It’s one of the few things that really was the exact way people imagine/remember it to be. Unfortunately Mego went out of business a few months before when my earliest memories occurred. I wasn’t aware of it til years later of course but it’s weird narrowly I missed it. Almost like it was planned😜
I have fond memories of walking into Toys R Us and seeing row upon row of Mego boxes with all of the superheroes on display. I could only afford a few, but just seeing them all on display was a treat. Decisions decisions. What to buy? Toys have never been the same and now Toys R Us is no more. Thanks for the flashback. That was fun.
I was completely enamored with my 12" inch Mego Spider-Man figure! When I was in kindergarten, my pop would bring it with him when he would pick me up from school. I also remember holding onto the figure while watching episodes of the '67 Spider-Man animated series after school. Damn, those were some fun, fun times!!
I loved the mego toys as a kid n still to this day. So glad they are making a comeback!! I make customs now to go with my originals n display them n curio cabinets n they look wonderful. My kinfolks, frnds n neighbors all head straight to them n observe my collection
My older brother was injured in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, so war and the military was not very popular in our home and I was not allowed to have any GI Joes. The first toys I remember playing with all the time and loving more than anything else were Megos. Both Adam West's Batman and Star Trek were in syndication and I played with my figures during those shows, every day! Megos are still, by far, my favorite toys. I've collected most of the re-issues, which I still have to slap myself at times to make sure I'm really awake and it isn't a dream that they have been resurrected. I wish Marty Abrams would bring back the Mego company name and begin doing the Marvel characters, too!
Great video, Mr. Tony! Had the Conan Mego figure back in the late '70s. A nice touch about the Mego figures was its multi license advantage over the others. A kid could have Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers AND Captain James T. Kirk team up WITH Iron Man and the Fantastic Four to duke it out with the Klingon, the Lizard, Green Goblin & Ming the Merciless, then hang out with the Fonz and the Happy Days gang by watching... a KISS concert.
Thanks so much John Wild, that means the world to me. I've been collecting toys for as long as I can remember and I am a REAL vintage enthusiast. I just make the videos that I wish I could find on RUclips. Stand by for many more videos, I have lots planned for my subscribers...
Agreed! The best Mego history and narrative to explain the relevance of Mego's influence on toy / consumer products history on any platform!!!!!! Thanks Analog Toys!
Yes my friend, completely agree with your assessment on the toys of the 70s. Unless you were there like we were as a child of the 70s, they don't understand. Mego dominated the stores here in the Chicago area for years. Still have mine too. Cheers from the states
Good news for all Mego fans! I just watched this video because I wanted to know what kind of brand Mego was. This, because I just discovered a brand new toyline from Mego that apparently has got a re-start by selling 8" figures of Freddy Krueger, Pennywise from IT, and also Rocky and Bruce Lee.
Loved this line. Having Batman, Superman, Robin, Spider-man and Hulk, it still kills me when I go back around Xmas of '77 when I saw the ones I wanted on display (boxed) and my mother said "pick one". i got Iron Man, but Green Goblin, Green Arrow and Falcon were so tempting!!!!
Excellent video and as a forner 70s kid, this brought back so many amazing memories. I had so many mego figures, they were colorful, fun and were fairly durable for the time. I have a few of the modern knock offs in my collection, but none of my originals. Anyways, great channel!
Executive: AND YOU WANTED US TO ADVERTISE THE FALCON WITH THAT AS HIS TAG LINE????? Marketing Guy: you know you're right damn what the hell were we thinking
the 80's had some massive hits, to be sure; star wars carried over, he-man, transformers, g.i. joe 3.75", tmnt, micro machines, and those are just a few of the boys' toys. you also had cabbage patch and pound puppies, etc.. the 70's had some amazing toys, too, of course. i think, though, there's a bit more nostalgia the farther back you go as children were just more innocent, imo. with that innocence you have a particular charm, and that was wearing thin by the late 80's. kids were less impressed with a bag of green army men and wanted action features. the 70's were probably the most influential toy era, again just my opinion, while the 80's really capitalized on that and in a more crass, corporate way. it just had a different feel.
That's a beautiful collection you have there. That room looks a lot like mine. I've been collecting Mego, GI Joe, The Six Million Dollar Man, Big Jim, Star Wars, etc for over 4 decades. It's my pride and joy. My niece and nephew seem to like my old toys too, especially my 8-year-old nephew, who likes my 1970's toys better than his own toys!
Yes! But now I'm 57 I can get both! By the way, ROM was the last book I bought off the stands before going to college (Which I waited a week, and than started to buy comics again!)
With all due respect to your father, one truly is NEVER to old for loving,playing,and collecting toys! I was at the perfect age for both mego and Kenner star wars as I was born in 1973 so by 75 I started with Mego World greatest heroes Superman,Spider-Man,Hulk,Robin,Joker,Penguin..by time star wars was released in 1977 I had a nice Mego collection. Soon the Kiss rock group Mego figures 12 inch would be added along with my favorite as well the 12 inch HULK!!... I then went head over heels into star wars vehicles,play sets,figures. I still collect star wars with the newest trilogy unfolding and having fun but still enjoy Super heroes from the Marvel Hasbro line and Mattel's DC figures. The Diamond Select company has made nice marvel figures and DC Collectibles mAking their own DC figures these days are nice too. The Figures Toy company is fabulous for reproduction mego from world greatest heroes,to Kiss,dukes of hazzard,the Evil Kenievel , and so many more ..I suggest their website to look at that old mego coolness! Great video again! This and the star wars video define my childhood favorite toys!!!
The only mego toys I ever owned was a couple of black hole figures in a shop in Glasgow on the way to see for your eyes only on a Saturday afternoon in Glasgow happy days
Megos we're definitely a huge part of my childhood. My favorite lines were The World's Greatest Super Heroes, The Dukes of Hazzard, CHiPs, Starsky and Hutch and Happy Days. My all time favorite TV series is the Incredible Hulk. Bill Bixby was my childhood idol and hero. And I've been fortunate to have met Lou Ferrigno a few times over the years. And the Mego 12 inch Incredible Hulk figure always reminded me of Lou Ferrigno and the classic Incredible Hulk TV series. :) 👍👍
I had the early Batman and Robin where you could take there masks off, so you also had Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, albeit without civilian clothes. The later versions had the masks painted on. I would love / hate to know how much those two sell for nowadays.
These were THE toys of my childhood, as a comicbook kid once I spotted these in the stores even G.I. Joe instantly took a back seat. Not only the biggest superhero selection ever but DC and Marvel actually compatable for the true 1st crossover. And made all the more incredible thanks to every other franchise they used. Best part was how customizable they were. Simply put any unmasked hero's head on a Star Trek body and you had yourselves a brand new crew member (I used to scower the yardsales for redshirts for army building security officers). Or put the same head on a hero and he was now unmasked. Slip him into Starsky and Hutch or Happy Days (or Walton's or Sweathogs) cloths and they were i n their secret identities. And with a little more effort, like Thor in hand made blue shorts or brown loincloth, and you had Kaz-Zar or Kamandi. And the awesome cardboard and vinyl playsets were just as customizable with some drawing skills or even just some old comics, scissors and tape. I don't know if this line started my creativity or just fueled it to new heights, but definitely was key.
Oh man I remember the Batman version with the removable helmet. Not sure if this was Mego or Action Man. The Mego had a molded helmet or cowl for the whole head. I had both and while I loved the helmet it was another thing I could lose. Like Green Arrow's hat and bow. Heck I was 6 or 7. I'd forget my butt if it wasn't attached. Also those plastic gloves never lasted either...lol.
It appears to be that no one picked up on the card misprint at 7:49 ... the Luke Skywalker (Hoth Battle Gear) action figure is based off The Empire Strikes Back movie, not the Return of the Jedi (which is mistakenly printed on this particular package) .... Or was it by mistake???? #thingsthatmakeyougohmmmmm 🤷🏽♂️😉
Mego was resurrected about ten years ago, with their focus on collectible 8" figures based on various television shows, movie franchises, comic book superheroes, and pop culture figures. The figures at a hit with adult action figure collectors and are quite desirable. The most recent product being announced are action figures based on Atlas Comics characters from the 1970s and a line of retro Marvel "Worlds Greatest Super Heroes" eight inch figures, which will be sold in Disneyland, Walt Disney World and the Shop Disney website, beginning in late 2024-early 2025.
With Superhero movies being the most popular thing out there, it's a shame no company has remade the Mego 1970's super hero action figures. Kids of the 70's would buy these in bulk, both for they kids/grandkids or themselves. Retro is always cool, and this would be a license to print money.
maybe in an alternate time mego bought star wars yet continued to make they're ionic figures and also getting the licence for shows in the 80s along with movies I can only imagine the stuff they could be doing in the 90s
Thanks for the videos. Nice improvised David Banner...I've got a Mego 12" Hulk on my channel..just images and music though. Do you collect 10" Big Jim figures at all?
I’m new to toy collecting and love this video and your channel! Very insightful. Question for you... I’ve really taken a liking to the early mego WGSH figures and was wonder if there was anywhere that you can suggest where I’d be able to find a comprehensive list of all of the past mego release dates? I’d prefer to collect the type 1 figures so I’d like to see the release history for each figure. Hope this makes sense!
StoryTime- I remember reading about Mego Wonder Woman Doll that went for $40k... So, the story goes, Mego had a Wonder Woman Doll already out on the market, then in 1975 the tv series aired, and consequentially Mego released another doll to look more like Linda Carters 'Wonder Woman' ... but, in Australia, it hadn't aired until 76-77 so, Mego just sent all the remaining old dolls to Australia. Come 2000's the original doll was/is very much in demand and one came up for sale/auction from Australia in almost pristine condition.
I wish I took better care of my toys, both hero’s and my Star Wars toys. I have the rare “small head” Han Solo. Still pretty good condition but if still in the package....money! Also I could have Batman and Spider-Man work with Ironman and Superman! I also loved action Jackson! And micronauts........ absolute favorite!
Superb review. People not of this era really have a difficult time appreciating why this was such a big moment. I was born a little before the mid-60's so I did the bulk of my growing up in the late 60's to early/mid-70's, thus I knew what play time looked like before Megos. In the 60's all we had were GI Joes and that was a soldier figure at that point. Sure, Captain Action came onto the scene briefly, but regardless of what people try to say today, he was never a big hit. I had the Cap and a Batman outfit, but the masks were often two pieces that fell off during playtime. Plus with him being so big for a little kid it was not ideal (no pun intended). So there wasn't really ANY kind of variety for action figures back then. The very notion of a widespread market for action figures was still just a myth. In fact, when I use to watch the Spider-man '67 show, my mother would draw me a picture of Spider-man so she could cut him out which gave me something to play with. On thinking back about it, the cut out had to be close to the height of a Mego so I understand first hand why scale was so relevant to that chosen height. It would fit perfectly in a young person's hand. Also people of today have to remember, we were still operating under old school ideas about kids and toys. You weren't going to come across too many teenagers holding a GI Joe or other figure in the 60's or 70's. Toys were for kids and teenagers chased skirts, listen to the Beatles and Zepplin and drove fast cars. The days of cross- pollinating age groups for toys was still decades away. So when I came across Action Jackson that was a neat moment. But in some respects he was a shrunken GI Joe. I needed a new identity besides more rescue operators. So when I came upon a spin rack of superheroes hanging out of their solid boxes with masks coming off the likes of Batman and Robin it was like tripping across heaven. They spoke to EVERY dream I EVER conceived of when I had nothing but my imagination to conjure up an adventure. So Megos were revolutionary in so many ways. We finally had a REAL tool to assist us with our imaginations. Bruce Wayne could LITERALLY become Batman and that was such a freaking high. The following year when they put out Spider-man I just about cried holding him in my hands. It was like a old time cowboy riding a horse and suddenly someone pulls up in a 65 Cobra and says, " Let me show you a real Mustang". It was completely off the chain. People today have NO CLUE, because they live in an age where every indulgence is satisfied instantly and new markets are created almost daily for just about anything. We didn't have anything like that back before Mego's. People often get asked, "Where were you when..." and then you fill in the blank. Well Megos had that kind of impact for me. I knew where I was at and how they made me feel. If you could package that feeling, you could retire today. Another great review my friend.
Thanks so much for your kind words and your truly touching story. The way you describe the impact that Mego toys had on your childhood reminds me of exactly how Action Man effected my youth. One of the reasons I called my channel Analog Toys is because that's the difference between my generation and my sons generation. He has no interest in action figures or anything where a little imagination is required. He is from the Digital Toys generation, which makes me wonder, when he's older, will he be collecting vintage iPads?
What a great story about your name. Thank you for sharing that and I completely agree with your sentiment. Kids today will have very little to look back on in terms of antiques because everything is on a hard drive. The generation you and I grew up in was about the imagination and how well we could execute that imagination with what we had in hand. The challenge was accessibility. If I liked Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, I didn't get to watch it online or stick in a DVD whenever it struck my fancy. I was lucky if I got to see it once a year and that would ONLY be because we had a local TV station called WDRB (now called Fox 41) which played horror movies locally every Friday called Fright Night. Yep, I was excited to see a movie adopt that name decades later. Sorry, I digressed But in our era, if you missed something, like a movie, it meant you might have to wait a whole other year to see it again. Toy lines were even more harsh. Do you realize that when the Mego Kidflash first came out, I only knew about him through illustrations in a merchandise comic called the Superheroes catalog which offered toys from Heroes World in New Jersey? I never saw him in stores and didn't land eyes on an actual specimen until 1991! It took me another ten years before I found one complete that was affordable to own. Had it not been for the internet and Ebay, I might still be looking. So today's generation have opportunities we never had and in some ways that's too bad. Because people from our generation truly appreciate what we had around us...even if we couldn't always get to it.
These were my favorite toys growing up. Well this and Hot Wheels. Mego figures were my way of becoming a super hero. The line up of heroes was epic, BUT the villians or Rogues gallery was weak. Yeah there was Green Gobin for Spiderman. Batman had the most villians...the Joker, The Penguin🐧, Catwoman, Riddler, and Mr. Mxyzptlk for Superman. There weren't many Marvel bad guys. Doctor Doom was one I always wanted. Red Skull another. Even some heroes got left out. The Flash and Hawkman were a couple off the top of my head. I did get a Kid Flash and a Aqua Lad from a mail order place in NY. Regardless of wasn't made I loved what was made. My only issues were the Stickers they used on the heroes clothes. The R on Robin, the S on Superman, the Bat on Batman, the Star on Capt. America, and the #4 on the Fantastic 4 members. They ALWAYS came off and once tape or a sticky side came off it never ever stayed on. As a 6-10 year old those always came off. Iron Man had a sewn O on his chest but a yellow taped O inside would also pop out. This drove me crazy. A Superman without the "S" was NOT Superman. So off to get a new one. The Joker, Riddler, and Penguin didn't have a stickered logo. Spiderman didn't either. The Hulk, well all he had were purple pants. The Thing from the Fantastic 4 had a Rock jump suit....UGH. His head was cool as were his fists, but that suit...lol. Now these "gripes" never swayed me away from Mego. As I said I loved them. The Planet Of the Apes sets were amazing as well. I also remember a Knight of the Round Table group as well. All of these figures were so much fun. Then the 3.75" craze in 77-78 hit with Star Wars. By the beginning of the 3rd Star Wars movie toys were fading fast. High School was now ahead. A freshman buying a toy, not a great look back then. So that ended a wonderful journey that I never totally gave up. I collected into my late 20's. But I got serious in my late 30's. I wish ohhh how I WISH I would have kept my Mego figures. I had even saved the Boxes of the ones that early on came in boxes. To try and preserve my sticker logos. Didn't work..lol. Thanks for this BLAST FROM THE PAST. A EPIC Video. 👍👍👍 👍 👍
Hulk was my favorite, but I was always angry that he was shorter than the other heroes. I understood they had the same amount of plastic, but at that age the economics behind it didn't occur to me. So I was overjoyed when they came out with the 12" Hulk. He now towered over his counterparts and balance was restored 😂🤣
Here is the list of my Mego figures. Batman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Mr. Myxilpix(?), Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, Lt. Uhura, Mr. Sulu, Mr. Chekov, and Bo and Luke Duke.
i do remember to used to have a few of mego superhero action figure i used to have batman robin( had even the batbike and batmobile superman , hulk and spiderman i wassurprised to ind there was othersuperhero in that collectoin
I think its good that Mego did not get the Star Wars licence because if they did they would eventually of been brought out by Hasbro and now they can get on with there own thing
Didn't Mego bring out some classic horror figures like Frankinstiens Monster and Dracula and Werewolf I seem to remember them and there some classic Western figures from Zorro to a few B Movie classics?
EN 1975 VIVIA EN CANADÁ Y TUBE A CAPITÁN AMÉRICA LUEGO A ÉL HOMBRE ARAÑA Y ALGUNOS PERSONAJES DE STAR TRECK TODOS DE "MEGO" SOY DE MÉXICO Y TAN SOLO TENÍA 12 AÑOS... 🙂 👍 ✌️
1970s most popular toys Kenner - Six million dollar man line Kenner - star wars first wave 1978-1979 Mego- DC/Marvel/pop culture/ Star Trek Mattel - Big Jim / Hot Wheels
The Star Trek line was resurrected in a way by EMCE who replicated the Mego style and figure height and reissued the original Enterprise bridge playset as well, I had the originals, they all were lost in a fire, but I was glad to get the EMCE ones. megomuseum.com/remego/emcetrek.shtml Maybe someone will replicate the Kenner 6MDM line in time.
I had the riddler, the joker and the penguin.. always thought the heroes were boring. Saw Star Wars on my 10 th birthday... liked Darth Vader the best. More dynamic, dramatic i suppose
One of the reasons Mego heroes was so great was they had both Marvel and DC. Nowadays, Disney won't let Mego make any Marvel figures, I only see DC and Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Monsters, etc.
There was another vid I seen on here last week n I said the same thing about Disney n they probably wanted to much of the profit? Anyways this guy point blank said Marvel is coming!! I can only hope n keep fingers crossed!! They will fly off the shelves
Had Mego secured the rights to SW the figures and ships would have arguably been better. Mego Planet of the Apes and Batman were the first toys I remember. My Bat bike with side car was my favourite toy. Then SW happened and as you say the action figure dynamic changed. I don't recall the Buck Rogers stuff being hete in the UK. Lookingbst it in your film it looks better than the Kenner SW equivalents. RIP Mego of the 70s. The retro relaunch lines look good.
@@AnalogToys That was sarcasm. I've been a sub for years and now I'm not. If you were being honest you would have taken the time to explain that you made an error. Instead you chose to be a wise ass. See ya.
Although The POTA tv series was lame the Apes figure line was amazing. The Star Trek were my favorites and the resurgence of MEGO seems more of a "Hey, I'm back to take your money for lesser quality than you expect from us.." from Marty Abrams.
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I may have been born in the 2000s but you and million other channels like yours sparked my love for all things in the 80s 70s and 90s so I just want to say thank you. Thank you so much!!!
Being a kid in the 1980s when all those toys were coming out was just as awesome as it seems😉 It’s one of the few things that really was the exact way people imagine/remember it to be. Unfortunately Mego went out of business a few months before when my earliest memories occurred. I wasn’t aware of it til years later of course but it’s weird narrowly I missed it. Almost like it was planned😜
I have fond memories of walking into Toys R Us and seeing row upon row of Mego boxes with all of the superheroes on display. I could only afford a few, but just seeing them all on display was a treat. Decisions decisions. What to buy? Toys have never been the same and now Toys R Us is no more. Thanks for the flashback. That was fun.
This Man is a great presenter, I love taking the trip down memory lane.
I was completely enamored with my 12" inch Mego Spider-Man figure! When I was in kindergarten, my pop would bring it with him when he would pick me up from school. I also remember holding onto the figure while watching episodes of the '67 Spider-Man animated series after school. Damn, those were some fun, fun times!!
I loved the mego toys as a kid n still to this day. So glad they are making a comeback!! I make customs now to go with my originals n display them n curio cabinets n they look wonderful. My kinfolks, frnds n neighbors all head straight to them n observe my collection
I'm really glad to see Mego is back. But they're more a collector's toy, than something kids like.
They need to make them for kids .thats what the idear was
@@rubytuesday5446 kids dont play with toys anymore
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My older brother was injured in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, so war and the military was not very popular in our home and I was not allowed to have any GI Joes. The first toys I remember playing with all the time and loving more than anything else were Megos. Both Adam West's Batman and Star Trek were in syndication and I played with my figures during those shows, every day! Megos are still, by far, my favorite toys. I've collected most of the re-issues, which I still have to slap myself at times to make sure I'm really awake and it isn't a dream that they have been resurrected. I wish Marty Abrams would bring back the Mego company name and begin doing the Marvel characters, too!
Great video, Mr. Tony! Had the Conan Mego figure back in the late '70s.
A nice touch about the Mego figures was its multi license advantage over the others.
A kid could have Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers AND Captain James T. Kirk team up WITH Iron Man and the Fantastic Four to duke it out with the Klingon, the Lizard, Green Goblin & Ming the Merciless, then hang out with the Fonz and the Happy Days gang by watching... a KISS concert.
Any Gen X kid remembers the commercial that starts at 4:35. "Falcon: The winged BLACK superhero!" LOL! And I had a Falcon, too!!!
I use to have Micronauts that was made by Mego
Far and away the best video on MEGO toys on RUclips. Congratulations on this epic review and thank you so much for your time and effort.
Thanks so much John Wild, that means the world to me. I've been collecting toys for as long as I can remember and I am a REAL vintage enthusiast. I just make the videos that I wish I could find on RUclips.
Stand by for many more videos, I have lots planned for my subscribers...
Agreed! The best Mego history and narrative to explain the relevance of Mego's influence on toy / consumer products history on any platform!!!!!! Thanks Analog Toys!
John Wild Great collection!!! I sell vintage toys check my eBay username garciapablo1985 low auctions great deals!
Analog Toys can anyone PLEASE explain why the iron man from this line has a helmet with an ACTUAL HUMAN FACE...it just looks so WRONG.
@@AnalogToys that iron man is hilarious due to the fact the helmet looks more like an actual head with that face.
Yes my friend, completely agree with your assessment on the toys of the 70s. Unless you were there like we were as a child of the 70s, they don't understand. Mego dominated the stores here in the Chicago area for years. Still have mine too. Cheers from the states
I'm a 70's kid and you are right! Best time to grow up!!!
Good news for all Mego fans! I just watched this video because I wanted to know what kind of brand Mego was.
This, because I just discovered a brand new toyline from Mego that apparently has got a re-start by selling 8" figures of Freddy Krueger, Pennywise from IT, and also Rocky and Bruce Lee.
I had a Mego Batman, and an Aquaman figure. as a boy!
Very good vid ...my childhood in a nut shell
My childhood right here!!! Thank you for this!
Leopold Maysonet you’re welcome my friend!
Loved this line. Having Batman, Superman, Robin, Spider-man and Hulk, it still kills me when I go back around Xmas of '77 when I saw the ones I wanted on display (boxed) and my mother said "pick one". i got Iron Man, but Green Goblin, Green Arrow and Falcon were so tempting!!!!
AWESOME. Appreciate the time and research you did to produce these videos.
I remember going to Montgomery Wards and drooling over the star trek enterprise playset... I wore out so many Action Jacksons and GI Joes...and Gumbys
I love your videos, binge watched a bunch yesterday, you're awesome, thank you!! Please do one on Big Jim! Cheers, my friend!
Excellent video and as a forner 70s kid, this brought back so many amazing memories. I had so many mego figures, they were colorful, fun and were fairly durable for the time. I have a few of the modern knock offs in my collection, but none of my originals. Anyways, great channel!
Yep the 70s was so special! Do you remember Major Matt Mason, Timpo, Airfix, great times! I had the 007 but used to squeeze my Action Man into the DJ.
Another well done video. Your channel is really top-notch.
"The winged black superhero"
china team green turrible
I'm listening to the ad & they say that about the Falcon. Wow.
Executive: AND YOU WANTED US TO ADVERTISE THE FALCON WITH THAT AS HIS TAG LINE?????
Marketing Guy: you know you're right damn what the hell were we thinking
Hulk the green super hero
It was the 1960's after all
Yay!!!!! The mego toy company is coming back you can find them at Target stores.....✌👽 Great video thanks for sharing.
In my opinion,the 80s were the golden age of toys but the 70s were not off by much
the 80's had some massive hits, to be sure; star wars carried over, he-man, transformers, g.i. joe 3.75", tmnt, micro machines, and those are just a few of the boys' toys. you also had cabbage patch and pound puppies, etc..
the 70's had some amazing toys, too, of course. i think, though, there's a bit more nostalgia the farther back you go as children were just more innocent, imo. with that innocence you have a particular charm, and that was wearing thin by the late 80's. kids were less impressed with a bag of green army men and wanted action features. the 70's were probably the most influential toy era, again just my opinion, while the 80's really capitalized on that and in a more crass, corporate way. it just had a different feel.
I was born in 2002 so I didn’t know too much of those eras
I'm guessing you weren't a kid in the 70s.
@Shaiane O Hara 90s or 70s?
@Shaiane O Hara you were born in 03 and your parents were born in the 90s?
That's a beautiful collection you have there. That room looks a lot like mine. I've been collecting Mego, GI Joe, The Six Million Dollar Man, Big Jim, Star Wars, etc for over 4 decades. It's my pride and joy. My niece and nephew seem to like my old toys too, especially my 8-year-old nephew, who likes my 1970's toys better than his own toys!
I still have my POTA megos. Nice video.
Spider-Man actually had a Spider-Mobile in the comics. It didn't last long, thankfully.
70s perfect.let's not forget the bootlegs action figures we got in news agents I had a lot of them.
Besides being a classic line, the fact that Mego combined DC & Marvel is just great!
This was great! I missed out on this whole line, because in 1972 I wanted them and my Dad said "You're 11 and that's too old for toys!
AFTA Comics When ROM: Spaceknight came out in 1979, I was 13. I wanted one so badly! I was too old for action figures, though.
Yes! But now I'm 57 I can get both! By the way, ROM was the last book I bought off the stands before going to college (Which I waited a week, and than started to buy comics again!)
With all due respect to your father, one truly is NEVER to old for loving,playing,and collecting toys! I was at the perfect age for both mego and Kenner star wars as I was born in 1973 so by 75 I started with Mego World greatest heroes Superman,Spider-Man,Hulk,Robin,Joker,Penguin..by time star wars was released in 1977 I had a nice Mego collection. Soon the Kiss rock group Mego figures 12 inch would be added along with my favorite as well the 12 inch HULK!!... I then went head over heels into star wars vehicles,play sets,figures. I still collect star wars with the newest trilogy unfolding and having fun but still enjoy Super heroes from the Marvel Hasbro line and Mattel's DC figures. The Diamond Select company has made nice marvel figures and DC Collectibles mAking their own DC figures these days are nice too. The Figures Toy company is fabulous for reproduction mego from world greatest heroes,to Kiss,dukes of hazzard,the Evil Kenievel , and so many more ..I suggest their website to look at that old mego coolness! Great video again! This and the star wars video define my childhood favorite toys!!!
AFTA Comics i was born in 71 had all of thies toys at one time or another wish i still did
AFTA Comics 11 is not to old for toys.
That's cool, Mego made toys affordable to kids whose parents may not have otherwise purchased such dolls.
I'm glad Mego is back
Kids deserve toys like these
The only mego toys I ever owned was a couple of black hole figures in a shop in Glasgow on the way to see for your eyes only on a Saturday afternoon in Glasgow happy days
Megos we're definitely a huge part of my childhood. My favorite lines were The World's Greatest Super Heroes, The Dukes of Hazzard, CHiPs, Starsky and Hutch and Happy Days.
My all time favorite TV series is the Incredible Hulk. Bill Bixby was my childhood idol and hero. And I've been fortunate to have met Lou Ferrigno a few times over the years.
And the Mego 12 inch Incredible Hulk figure always reminded me of Lou Ferrigno and the classic Incredible Hulk TV series. :) 👍👍
A lot of important information. Thank you.
This is the S... Man.
This guy is legit.
Tony.
I'm so pleased I found this channel.
Thanks for being here!
I had the early Batman and Robin where you could take there masks off, so you also had Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, albeit without civilian clothes. The later versions had the masks painted on. I would love / hate to know how much those two sell for nowadays.
So true. Thank you sir.
I had the Superman, Batman, Robin, Riddler, Joker and Penguin MECO figures, as well as the KISS ones.
Cool video!
These were THE toys of my childhood, as a comicbook kid once I spotted these in the stores even G.I. Joe instantly took a back seat. Not only the biggest superhero selection ever but DC and Marvel actually compatable for the true 1st crossover. And made all the more incredible thanks to every other franchise they used. Best part was how customizable they were. Simply put any unmasked hero's head on a Star Trek body and you had yourselves a brand new crew member (I used to scower the yardsales for redshirts for army building security officers). Or put the same head on a hero and he was now unmasked. Slip him into Starsky and Hutch or Happy Days (or Walton's or Sweathogs) cloths and they were i n their secret identities. And with a little more effort, like Thor in hand made blue shorts or brown loincloth, and you had Kaz-Zar or Kamandi. And the awesome cardboard and vinyl playsets were just as customizable with some drawing skills or even just some old comics, scissors and tape. I don't know if this line started my creativity or just fueled it to new heights, but definitely was key.
Oh man I remember the Batman version with the removable helmet. Not sure if this was Mego or Action Man. The Mego had a molded helmet or cowl for the whole head. I had both and while I loved the helmet it was another thing I could lose. Like Green Arrow's hat and bow. Heck I was 6 or 7. I'd forget my butt if it wasn't attached. Also those plastic gloves never lasted either...lol.
It appears to be that no one picked up on the card misprint at 7:49 ... the Luke Skywalker (Hoth Battle Gear) action figure is based off The Empire Strikes Back movie, not the Return of the Jedi (which is mistakenly printed on this particular package) ....
Or was it by mistake???? #thingsthatmakeyougohmmmmm 🤷🏽♂️😉
Mego was resurrected about ten years ago, with their focus on collectible 8" figures based on various television shows, movie franchises, comic book superheroes, and pop culture figures.
The figures at a hit with adult action figure collectors and are quite desirable.
The most recent product being announced are action figures based on Atlas Comics characters from the 1970s and a line of retro Marvel "Worlds Greatest Super Heroes" eight inch figures, which will be sold in Disneyland, Walt Disney World and the Shop Disney website, beginning in late 2024-early 2025.
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I had a Batman when i was a kid.
Thank you for this!!
I had the Superman, and Captain Kirk Megos as a kid. Now I have a loose Superman, and Capt. Kirk still on a 1974 card.
With Superhero movies being the most popular thing out there, it's a shame no company has remade the Mego 1970's super hero action figures. Kids of the 70's would buy these in bulk, both for they kids/grandkids or themselves. Retro is always cool, and this would be a license to print money.
Mego Superheros were my favorite when I was a kid
maybe in an alternate time mego bought star wars yet continued to make they're ionic figures and also getting the licence for shows in the 80s along with movies I can only imagine the stuff they could be doing in the 90s
Thanks for the videos. Nice improvised David Banner...I've got a Mego 12" Hulk on my channel..just images and music though. Do you collect 10" Big Jim figures at all?
No i don't
I’m new to toy collecting and love this video and your channel! Very insightful. Question for you... I’ve really taken a liking to the early mego WGSH figures and was wonder if there was anywhere that you can suggest where I’d be able to find a comprehensive list of all of the past mego release dates? I’d prefer to collect the type 1 figures so I’d like to see the release history for each figure. Hope this makes sense!
Chris Brancato www.megomuseum.com has a lot of great info. Other try tracking down the book by Benjamin Holcomb.
StoryTime- I remember reading about Mego Wonder Woman Doll that went for $40k... So, the story goes, Mego had a Wonder Woman Doll already out on the market, then in 1975 the tv series aired, and consequentially Mego released another doll to look more like Linda Carters 'Wonder Woman' ... but, in Australia, it hadn't aired until 76-77 so, Mego just sent all the remaining old dolls to Australia. Come 2000's the original doll was/is very much in demand and one came up for sale/auction from Australia in almost pristine condition.
I used to have a Mego Joker but I traded it for a rubber tarantula. Not one of my better trades.
This was an awesome video
I wish I took better care of my toys, both hero’s and my Star Wars toys. I have the rare “small head” Han Solo. Still pretty good condition but if still in the package....money! Also I could have Batman and Spider-Man work with Ironman and Superman! I also loved action Jackson! And micronauts........ absolute favorite!
Superb review. People not of this era really have a difficult time appreciating why this was such a big moment. I was born a little before the mid-60's so I did the bulk of my growing up in the late 60's to early/mid-70's, thus I knew what play time looked like before Megos. In the 60's all we had were GI Joes and that was a soldier figure at that point.
Sure, Captain Action came onto the scene briefly, but regardless of what people try to say today, he was never a big hit. I had the Cap and a Batman outfit, but the masks were often two pieces that fell off during playtime. Plus with him being so big for a little kid it was not ideal (no pun intended). So there wasn't really ANY kind of variety for action figures back then. The very notion of a widespread market for action figures was still just a myth.
In fact, when I use to watch the Spider-man '67 show, my mother would draw me a picture of Spider-man so she could cut him out which gave me something to play with. On thinking back about it, the cut out had to be close to the height of a Mego so I understand first hand why scale was so relevant to that chosen height. It would fit perfectly in a young person's hand.
Also people of today have to remember, we were still operating under old school ideas about kids and toys. You weren't going to come across too many teenagers holding a GI Joe or other figure in the 60's or 70's. Toys were for kids and teenagers chased skirts, listen to the Beatles and Zepplin and drove fast cars. The days of cross- pollinating age groups for toys was still decades away.
So when I came across Action Jackson that was a neat moment. But in some respects he was a shrunken GI Joe. I needed a new identity besides more rescue operators. So when I came upon a spin rack of superheroes hanging out of their solid boxes with masks coming off the likes of Batman and Robin it was like tripping across heaven.
They spoke to EVERY dream I EVER conceived of when I had nothing but my imagination to conjure up an adventure. So Megos were revolutionary in so many ways. We finally had a REAL tool to assist us with our imaginations. Bruce Wayne could LITERALLY become Batman and that was such a freaking high. The following year when they put out Spider-man I just about cried holding him in my hands. It was like a old time cowboy riding a horse and suddenly someone pulls up in a 65 Cobra and says, " Let me show you a real Mustang". It was completely off the chain.
People today have NO CLUE, because they live in an age where every indulgence is satisfied instantly and new markets are created almost daily for just about anything. We didn't have anything like that back before Mego's. People often get asked, "Where were you when..." and then you fill in the blank. Well Megos had that kind of impact for me. I knew where I was at and how they made me feel. If you could package that feeling, you could retire today. Another great review my friend.
Thanks so much for your kind words and your truly touching story. The way you describe the impact that Mego toys had on your childhood reminds me of exactly how Action Man effected my youth. One of the reasons I called my channel Analog Toys is because that's the difference between my generation and my sons generation. He has no interest in action figures or anything where a little imagination is required.
He is from the Digital Toys generation, which makes me wonder, when he's older, will he be collecting vintage iPads?
What a great story about your name. Thank you for sharing that and I completely agree with your sentiment. Kids today will have very little to look back on in terms of antiques because everything is on a hard drive. The generation you and I grew up in was about the imagination and how well we could execute that imagination with what we had in hand. The challenge was accessibility.
If I liked Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, I didn't get to watch it online or stick in a DVD whenever it struck my fancy. I was lucky if I got to see it once a year and that would ONLY be because we had a local TV station called WDRB (now called Fox 41) which played horror movies locally every Friday called Fright Night. Yep, I was excited to see a movie adopt that name decades later. Sorry, I digressed
But in our era, if you missed something, like a movie, it meant you might have to wait a whole other year to see it again. Toy lines were even more harsh. Do you realize that when the Mego Kidflash first came out, I only knew about him through illustrations in a merchandise comic called the Superheroes catalog which offered toys from Heroes World in New Jersey? I never saw him in stores and didn't land eyes on an actual specimen until 1991! It took me another ten years before I found one complete that was affordable to own. Had it not been for the internet and Ebay, I might still be looking.
So today's generation have opportunities we never had and in some ways that's too bad. Because people from our generation truly appreciate what we had around us...even if we couldn't always get to it.
The Transformers began through Mego with the Micronauts line.
We can now say welcome back Marty and Mego @ Target :)
These were my favorite toys growing up. Well this and Hot Wheels. Mego figures were my way of becoming a super hero. The line up of heroes was epic, BUT the villians or Rogues gallery was weak. Yeah there was Green Gobin for Spiderman. Batman had the most villians...the Joker, The Penguin🐧, Catwoman, Riddler, and Mr. Mxyzptlk for Superman. There weren't many Marvel bad guys. Doctor Doom was one I always wanted. Red Skull another. Even some heroes got left out. The Flash and Hawkman were a couple off the top of my head. I did get a Kid Flash and a Aqua Lad from a mail order place in NY. Regardless of wasn't made I loved what was made. My only issues were the Stickers they used on the heroes clothes. The R on Robin, the S on Superman, the Bat on Batman, the Star on Capt. America, and the #4 on the Fantastic 4 members. They ALWAYS came off and once tape or a sticky side came off it never ever stayed on. As a 6-10 year old those always came off. Iron Man had a sewn O on his chest but a yellow taped O inside would also pop out. This drove me crazy. A Superman without the "S" was NOT Superman. So off to get a new one. The Joker, Riddler, and Penguin didn't have a stickered logo. Spiderman didn't either. The Hulk, well all he had were purple pants. The Thing from the Fantastic 4 had a Rock jump suit....UGH. His head was cool as were his fists, but that suit...lol. Now these "gripes" never swayed me away from Mego. As I said I loved them. The Planet Of the Apes sets were amazing as well. I also remember a Knight of the Round Table group as well. All of these figures were so much fun. Then the 3.75" craze in 77-78 hit with Star Wars. By the beginning of the 3rd Star Wars movie toys were fading fast. High School was now ahead. A freshman buying a toy, not a great look back then. So that ended a wonderful journey that I never totally gave up. I collected into my late 20's. But I got serious in my late 30's. I wish ohhh how I WISH I would have kept my Mego figures. I had even saved the Boxes of the ones that early on came in boxes. To try and preserve my sticker logos. Didn't work..lol. Thanks for this BLAST FROM THE PAST. A EPIC Video. 👍👍👍 👍 👍
Mego back baby
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Imagine if mego secured the rights to Star Wars! Crazy stuff!
I recently bought back the Captain Marvel one for $30. Definitely not comic accurate, but still a beauty.
Hulk was my favorite, but I was always angry that he was shorter than the other heroes. I understood they had the same amount of plastic, but at that age the economics behind it didn't occur to me. So I was overjoyed when they came out with the 12" Hulk. He now towered over his counterparts and balance was restored 😂🤣
Haven’t you been paying attention? You supposed to always be angry.
@@kramalerav 😂
Any chance of an Eagle Force review
My uncle worked for shipping on mego I had every toy. All planet of the apes every super hero I wish I still had them
Wish I had a few Marvel characters from Mego!
Here is the list of my Mego figures.
Batman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl, Mr. Myxilpix(?), Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, Lt. Uhura, Mr. Sulu, Mr. Chekov, and Bo and Luke Duke.
Figures Toy Company has remade all of the DC Comics Mego action figures. Not as good as the originals, but a great start.
It's great to see this style of figure making a comeback! Thanks for watching...
i do remember to used to have a few of mego superhero action figure i used to have batman robin( had even the batbike and batmobile superman , hulk and spiderman
i wassurprised to ind there was othersuperhero in that collectoin
Where's your video on Mego's Kiss action figures?
Iron Man always had a great smile
Why did the Mego 5-inch Spider-man not have the spider symbol on his chest?
I think its good that Mego did not get the Star Wars licence because if they did they would eventually of been brought out by Hasbro and now they can get on with there own thing
I Don't Know Who Made It, But There Was One That You Bought Just The Outfits. The Figure Was Sold Separately.
Didn't Mego bring out some classic horror figures like Frankinstiens Monster and Dracula and Werewolf I seem to remember them and there some classic Western figures from Zorro to a few B Movie classics?
James Rosoman they sure did!
@@brianhays1797 Thanks for comeback
EN 1975 VIVIA EN CANADÁ Y TUBE A CAPITÁN AMÉRICA LUEGO A ÉL HOMBRE ARAÑA Y ALGUNOS PERSONAJES DE STAR TRECK TODOS DE "MEGO" SOY DE MÉXICO Y TAN SOLO TENÍA 12 AÑOS... 🙂 👍 ✌️
1970s most popular toys
Kenner - Six million dollar man line
Kenner - star wars first wave 1978-1979
Mego- DC/Marvel/pop culture/ Star Trek
Mattel - Big Jim / Hot Wheels
Music peaked in the 70's and toy's peaked in the 80's lol
The Star Trek line was resurrected in a way by EMCE who replicated the Mego style and figure height and reissued the original Enterprise bridge playset as well, I had the originals, they all were lost in a fire, but I was glad to get the EMCE ones. megomuseum.com/remego/emcetrek.shtml
Maybe someone will replicate the Kenner 6MDM line in time.
This explains why my Superman figure had brown hands goddamit
I had the riddler, the joker and the penguin.. always thought the heroes were boring. Saw Star Wars on my 10 th birthday... liked Darth Vader the best. More dynamic, dramatic i suppose
4:49 my god
Yeah political correctness was different back then!
Star Wars toys sucked. It wasn't until the 1980's GI Joe figures that we had quality action figures again!
One of the reasons Mego heroes was so great was they had both Marvel and DC. Nowadays, Disney won't let Mego make any Marvel figures, I only see DC and Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Monsters, etc.
Is Disney the reason why we don't have modern-day Mego Star Wars figures too?
There was another vid I seen on here last week n I said the same thing about Disney n they probably wanted to much of the profit? Anyways this guy point blank said Marvel is coming!! I can only hope n keep fingers crossed!! They will fly off the shelves
Had Mego secured the rights to SW the figures and ships would have arguably been better. Mego Planet of the Apes and Batman were the first toys I remember. My Bat bike with side car was my favourite toy. Then SW happened and as you say the action figure dynamic changed. I don't recall the Buck Rogers stuff being hete in the UK. Lookingbst it in your film it looks better than the Kenner SW equivalents. RIP Mego of the 70s. The retro relaunch lines look good.
Very cool stuff I dig it from ya boy Blaise McCoy. Just joined the channel. See ya in the streams. JOIN the Legion of Dork! ;)
those gloves on the dc toy they look liked dishwashing gloves lol
what about the Teen Titans 1977 run Kid Flash, Speedy, Wonder Girl, Aqualad
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4:49 I'm sorry, what did he just say?
My mother and father could not afford Star Wars and Mego both so i chose MEGO 8 inch action figures
How do you not mention Planet of the Apes, an extremely successful line?
Easily
@@AnalogToys Sarcasm's a great way to lose subs.
Being honest is the best way to lose subs.
@@AnalogToys That was sarcasm. I've been a sub for years and now I'm not. If you were being honest you would have taken the time to explain that you made an error. Instead you chose to be a wise ass. See ya.
@@Forest_Giant Being snide is a great way to get banned
Although The POTA tv series was lame the Apes figure line was amazing. The Star Trek were my favorites and the resurgence of MEGO seems more of a "Hey, I'm back to take your money for lesser quality than you expect from us.." from Marty Abrams.
Micronauts was a far superior action figure to StarWars luckily they fit nicely into Starwars vehicles