World’s Greatest Toys!

There is an auction on eBay right now, for an unidentified “Mego Mailer Box,” which ends on April 2, 2008.

While the seller is unfamiliar with its origins, you might like to know that Mego produced this box for Canadian (note the “C” before the Mego Item Number 51500/6) distributors to sell Wizard of Oz Wicked Witch figures.

It’s not rare, but it is cool, especially if you collect Mego Wizard of Oz items.
Benjamin

Link: eBay Auction

Here’s our Daily Mego Adoration for Thursday, March 27, 2008:

Poster Fun: 2nd Issue ©1976 DC Cards!

Here’s a new addition to my Poster Fun series, wherein I create large, composite photos of different groupings of Mego Super-Heroes and packages. Today, we marvel (ahem!) at every 2nd Issue ©1976 DC card, in chronological order of release. There are 13 such cards. Enjoy!

Want to learn more? Buy Mego 8″ Super-Heroes: World’s Greatest Toys! Just $32.97

Benjamin

Blog Credits and legal stuff: Images published by Benjamin Holcomb and TwoMorrows Publications. All rights reserved. Images may not be reprinted or published without prior written consent from the publishers.

Mego Museum contributor Mego73 recently posted a link to this amazing blog on Hunter Goatley’s POTA site, which features scans of the circa-1974 “Go Ape!” promotional press book.

Among the promotional pages are references to Mego’s own promotional efforts supporting their line of Planet of the Apes action figures.
I love how the generic graphics (clearly pre-dating the digital age) implore readers to “Visit your local [MEGO] for details…”

Wow.

Benjamin