Comments on: Daily Mego Adoration: Counter Display Boxes! http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/2008/03/19/daily-mego-adoration-counter-display-boxes/ The Definitive Guide to Mego 8" Super-Heroes by Benjamin Holcomb Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: benjamin http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/2008/03/19/daily-mego-adoration-counter-display-boxes/#comment-60395 benjamin Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:06:54 +0000 http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/?p=133#comment-60395 Derek, I love the term "display dump," just never heard it before. Do you REALLY take the book with you to shows as a reference for dealers?! Man, now that is cool, and a very good idea. I could see it being very handy, for example, when I go to the Glendale Toy Show. There's this old lady that sells toys there... she drives Rob and me crazy, because she always has Mego stuff, and she CLAIMS to have RC Batman and RM Robin mint on Kresge cards, but she's NOT SURE if those are the packages. Nor does she remember 'where she put them.' Sheesh! I'll bring the book to the next show now. Thanks. Derek, I love the term “display dump,” just never heard it before. Do you REALLY take the book with you to shows as a reference for dealers?! Man, now that is cool, and a very good idea. I could see it being very handy, for example, when I go to the Glendale Toy Show. There’s this old lady that sells toys there… she drives Rob and me crazy, because she always has Mego stuff, and she CLAIMS to have RC Batman and RM Robin mint on Kresge cards, but she’s NOT SURE if those are the packages. Nor does she remember ‘where she put them.’ Sheesh! I’ll bring the book to the next show now. Thanks.

]]> By: Flynne http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/2008/03/19/daily-mego-adoration-counter-display-boxes/#comment-60379 Flynne Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:16:05 +0000 http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/?p=133#comment-60379 You've got it, Ben! No offense was inteded with "display dump", mind you. I worked in bookstore retail through college, so I still retain a bit of that profession's lingo. A display dump is slang for any point of purchase waterfall display of product. My "Man Cave" is graced with more than on display dump - at one time I even used them as a low cost alternative to bookshelves! :) I'd get one of those and place laminated posters on each side and line up my boxed Megos in the middle. Ooh, how I want one of these! As to why these posters have never surfaced - no idea. If they are like some of the other POP bonuses I saw in retail it's possible they were printed on cheap and thin paper, which is prone to tearing if you so much as sneeze on it, but that is just wild speculation. I still search for them high and low, and intend to frame them when I find them. They have to be out there somewhere. I now take your book with me when I go to shows so I can point out to them exactly what I am looking for, but nada has turned up as yet. P.S. "Eye teeth" are the canines, or as my sister calls them "Your Vampire fangs". That's right - I'd rather have difficulty tearing meat from the bone than miss having one of these :) You’ve got it, Ben! No offense was inteded with “display dump”, mind you. I worked in bookstore retail through college, so I still retain a bit of that profession’s lingo. A display dump is slang for any point of purchase waterfall display of product. My “Man Cave” is graced with more than on display dump - at one time I even used them as a low cost alternative to bookshelves! :) I’d get one of those and place laminated posters on each side and line up my boxed Megos in the middle. Ooh, how I want one of these!

As to why these posters have never surfaced - no idea. If they are like some of the other POP bonuses I saw in retail it’s possible they were printed on cheap and thin paper, which is prone to tearing if you so much as sneeze on it, but that is just wild speculation. I still search for them high and low, and intend to frame them when I find them. They have to be out there somewhere. I now take your book with me when I go to shows so I can point out to them exactly what I am looking for, but nada has turned up as yet.

P.S. “Eye teeth” are the canines, or as my sister calls them “Your Vampire fangs”. That’s right - I’d rather have difficulty tearing meat from the bone than miss having one of these :)

]]> By: benjamin http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/2008/03/19/daily-mego-adoration-counter-display-boxes/#comment-60194 benjamin Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:01:53 +0000 http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/?p=133#comment-60194 p.s. to Derek: What are "eye teeth?" -b p.s. to Derek: What are “eye teeth?”

-b

]]> By: benjamin http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/2008/03/19/daily-mego-adoration-counter-display-boxes/#comment-60193 benjamin Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:01:20 +0000 http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/?p=133#comment-60193 Derek, right on! You're talking about the 1980 "Poster/Sweepstakes" promotion Mego did, right? I cannot figure out why no collectors have ever seen either the DC or the Marvel poster, let alone the POP "display dump" (nice, Derek. Nice!). Surely SOME kids got the posters, right? If so, why haven't any any survived? Do you think they're out there and no one realizes what they are? Benjamin Derek, right on! You’re talking about the 1980 “Poster/Sweepstakes” promotion Mego did, right? I cannot figure out why no collectors have ever seen either the DC or the Marvel poster, let alone the POP “display dump” (nice, Derek. Nice!).

Surely SOME kids got the posters, right? If so, why haven’t any any survived? Do you think they’re out there and no one realizes what they are?

Benjamin

]]> By: Flynne http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/2008/03/19/daily-mego-adoration-counter-display-boxes/#comment-60080 Flynne Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:30:47 +0000 http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/?p=133#comment-60080 I love the displays - I'd give my eye teeth for one of "Free Poster" display dumps in Ben's book. I love the displays - I’d give my eye teeth for one of “Free Poster” display dumps in Ben’s book.

]]> By: benjamin http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/2008/03/19/daily-mego-adoration-counter-display-boxes/#comment-59027 benjamin Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:39:06 +0000 http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/?p=133#comment-59027 It certainly isn't weird to me! Seriously, I just love the promotional materials. I think the fact that such things were not intended as "collectibles" makes them particularly desirable. I agree with you 100%. Benjamin It certainly isn’t weird to me! Seriously, I just love the promotional materials. I think the fact that such things were not intended as “collectibles” makes them particularly desirable. I agree with you 100%.

Benjamin

]]> By: namtab29 http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/2008/03/19/daily-mego-adoration-counter-display-boxes/#comment-59023 namtab29 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:21:05 +0000 http://www.worldsgreatesttoys.com/wgtBlog/?p=133#comment-59023 why do i find myself more excited about displays and ads for toys than the toys themselves? is that weird? why do i find myself more excited about displays and ads for toys than the toys themselves? is that weird?

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