Mego 8-inch action figures

Ivanhoe: The World’s Greatest Super Knights by Mego

November 5, 2012

Whilst legendary toy makers Mego are probably most famous for their 1970s 8-inch line of comic book characters the World’s Greatest Super Heroes, some of their most highly collectible figures today are a very different range of swashbuckling literary and historic heroes – The World’s Greatest Super Knights! Ivanhoe here, was released alongside the Black [...]

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The Human Torch meets Robin in a mega Mego mashup!

February 20, 2012

Collecting vintage 8 inch Mego action figures from the World’s Greatest Super Heroes line can sometimes bring some fun surprises as we saw a while back with my Superman figure with Spider-man’s red torso. Whilst many anomalies may well have left the factory that way during the long production life of these hugely popular figures, [...]

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Mego Superman: Putting the Super into the World’s Greatest Super Heroes!

March 10, 2011

We can rebuild him, we have the technology is a phrase we know and love from old The Six Million Dollar Man episodes, but if you’re a collector of vintage Mego 8-inch action figures the expression could easily apply to any toy you are hoping to restore – it is by no means uncommon to [...]

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Thumbs up for Fonzie, the star of Mego’s Happy Days line!

December 28, 2010

Earlier this year I posted a series of articles taking a close and covetous look at my sister’s childhood collection of vintage Mego 8-inch action figures that we had recently uncovered in our parents’ loft in pristine condition. What a wonderful surprise, therefore, to unwrap my Christmas gift from my sister this year and discover [...]

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Robin: Mego and the World’s Greatest Super Heroes…and Sidekicks!

October 2, 2010

As promised in an earlier post, here’s another vintage Mego 8-inch action figure that was found in a recent loft exploration at my parents’ home. Like Batman, the Lizard and Cornelius, this was another of my sister’s childhood toys, but of all of them, this Fist Fighting Robin probably made me smile the most when [...]

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The Lizard: Mego and the World’s Greatest Super Heroes…and Villains!

September 19, 2010

The Lizard by Mego and the World's Greatest Super Heroes

The World’s Greatest Super Heroes was the line that made Mego’s name, kicking off with the most famous characters from DC Comics and then moving into the Marvel Universe with a plethora of new heroes appearing from 1975 onwards such as Captain America, the Hulk and Spider-Man. A line of good guys only would have [...]

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Cornelius from Planet of the Apes, a Mego classic!

September 8, 2010

As promised in last week’s post, here’s another of the Mego action figure treasures from the loft that were excavated on my last trip back home to visit family in the UK. Like the Fist Fighting Batman we looked at last time, this is another highly collectible action figure that my sister played with as [...]

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Holy Fist Fighting Super Heroes, Batman!

September 2, 2010

Batman by Mego in the Fist Fighting Super Heroes series

I recently returned home to Rome from my summer holidays in the UK visiting friends and family. I managed to pick up a few action figure bargains in flea markets, but also made some exciting discoveries in my parents’ loft! As a kid back in the 1970s my younger sister had some pretty cool action [...]

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