Mego Price Stickers: Target!
It’s kinda the same as Wal-Mart, except Wal-Mart isn’t cool.
Target is cool.
Target is so hip and cool that some call it “Tar-zhay,” affecting an irritating French accent.
Based in Minneapolis, MN, Target is a retail giant. Originally a relatively small, regional chain, Target has grown to become one of the largest chains in the world; it is so large, in fact, the parent company (which also owns “Mervyn’s California”) recently changed its corporate name to “Target, Inc.”
And back in the day, Target sold Mego toys. Suh-weet.
Can you imagine walking into a Target — today — and finding a freakin’ Mego figure?!
Back in 1976, some kid did just that, scoring a sweet MIB Human Torch. Sadly, it took a while to sell the figure, as evidenced by the “Clearance” price sticker affixed to this specimen:
The original sticker reads:
TARGET
861 652
013
$2.99
The second (Clearance) sticker reads:
TARGET
861
013
CLEARANCE
.75
Pretty cool. At $2.99, I probably wouldn’t buy that MIB Mego Human Torch figure, either.
But for $0.75? I’ll take ‘em all.