Major announcement: MEGO is coming back! - TARGET will distribute!

[Moviefreak]

I am interested to see what they look like.

"I am interested to see what they look like."

Same here. I can't wait.

Photos are all over online. No need to wonder what they look like.

 

[Kovnyn]

Glad to see they got some licenses like Marvel and DC. Didn't really expect that.

Gonna have to stalk local target stores and see what I can get. Too bad they never did Star Wars. Something about a MEGO Vader, Fett, and Chewbacca is really appealing to me.

 

[Moviefreak]

Well here is an update worthy of a 3 year bump. In celebration of Mego’s 50th birthday, they are releasing a line of superhero’s figures, just as they were released in the 70’s, with the window boxes and the original graphics.

50th Anniversary Window Boxed Mego Worlds Greatest Superheroes returning – Mego Museum

 

[Moviefreak]

Here are some photos…

 

[Moviefreak]

And here are a few side by sides of the new boxes to the original so we can see the box art.

 

[Knightmare]

Wow

 

[DaddyfromNaboo]

Shouldn´t that read "recommended for children over 53 years of age"?

 

[Funky]

OMG! This is exciting! I had the original boxed Batman and Robin with the removable masks!
When do they come out? Where can we buy these?

 

[Moviefreak]

When do they come out? Where can we buy these?

They said later this year and through authorized Mego retailers. So most likely at Target and places like Entertainment Earth.

 

[Laspector]

I had 'em all, pretty much. The two coolest ones were The Green Goblin and The Falcon.

 

[publiusr]

This is up there with the Jazwares action fleet and the second wave of LIGHTYEAR ships…

 

[DarthWilder]

Wow, I'm going to get set just to replace the missing pieces on my original Mego Batman & Robin that my parents gave me for my 6th birthday (and still my fondest childhood gift.)

 

[Treadwell]

They're also phasing in new bodies that don't use rubber bands:

 

[Moviefreak]

Looks like Mego has opened their own Amazon shop, so these should be available there when they launch.

Mego

The Mego Corporation is an American toy company that in its original iteration was first founded in 1954. In 1971 the company became famous for producing licensed figures including the long-running "World's Greatest Super Heroes" line. In 2018 Mego made its long awaited return bringing the...

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[Knightmare]

I just picked pick up the Rocketeer 10? Sold !