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In the 70's and early 80's Mego was one of the most successful toy companies, making action figures of popular television and pop culture favorites including Spiderman, Batman, Star Trek, Happy Days, The Wizard of Oz, and Planet of the Apes figures. In its heyday, Mego was lead by Martin B. Abrams, the son of its founder D. David Abrams. Unfortunately, Mego filed for bankruptcy and stopped manufacturing toys in 1982. Although, Mego ultimately failed as a company, the toys that it manufactured continue to be popular among collectors today. The Mego toys are top sellers on eBay and their values are soaring. Recently, there have even been some attempts at reviving the style of action figures that were popularized by Mego.
With the Mego company no longer around, fans of their products are hungry for information about these toys. The Mego Museum is a site dedicated to the Mego action figures and related accessories from the 70's. The site was created in 1996 by Mego collector Scott C. Adams. Scott guided the site until 2000 when he handed the reigns over to fellow collector Brian Heiler who continues to oversee the site today. Brian, who works professionally as a product developer for a toy company, has an interest in Mego products from around the world. Over time, the site had become a large and unruly website, Scott returned in 2005 to completely redesign the site to its present look. Joe Derouen hosts the site and and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the site, as its webmaster.
If your a Mego collector or fan, the Mego Museum is definitely a site worth checking out. You can easily kill a few evenings just browsing through their archives. The site's main sections are described below:
The Galleries is an impressive collection of images of every Mego figure there was. Even if you were never a big Mego collector, most toy collectors in their 30's and above will remember having a few of these, and the images are fun to look at and remember these old toys of ours.
The library is a collection of documents and images related to the Mego corporation. The library includes interviews, Mego dealer catalogs, art images, advertising and press archives, a nice history of Mego, and more.
The forums section is a great place for Mego collectors to discuss all things Mego related. A particular fun forum is the Mego Playhouse forum. This forum showcases Photoshop created images that include Mego figures.
The CustoMego section focuses on customized Mego figures. This section showcases the work of many Mego customizers and includes galleries of their customized Megos. There is also a Resources and Links section for those who want to find more about making their own customized Megos. An interesting article that I found on the CustoMego pages is about how to convert a ToyBiz Famous Covers figure into a Mego replica.
Users can post their own Mego images at the Mego Museum User Gallery. If your a Mego collector, share your Mego images at Mego Museum, and here with us at Toy-Scene in our galleries.
Here are some other great sites for Mego collectors:
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