Action Figures From the 70s Through the 90s
A Journey That Begins Where Everything Ends. That was the tag line for Disney’s 1979 production of The Black Hole. The movie itself wasn’t bad but it was nowhere near the success that Star Wars was. That didn’t stop Mego from jumping at the chance to license the action figures for the movie though. They’d been beaten by Kenner for the Star Wars figures and they weren’t going to let …
Cheron was the strange name given to the deviant looking Star Trek alien from the television series. Being half black and also half white must have led Mego to copy the odd looking character. They did a fairly decent job, good enough to make him a collectible until today. The 1975 eight inch Mego figures included this Cheron figure. He was copied with somewhat less detail than some other alien …
Aside from Captain Kirk, Spock was one of the most popular figures in the Star Trek series and movies. Mego was on top of things back in 1974 and created an action figure from Spock. The toy has since become a collector’s item. Read on to see more on the Mego Spock Star Trek figure here in this quick article. For those looking for a Mego Spock Star Trek action …
The Mugato was a horned alien who carried poison in its fangs. He had a humanoid shape to his body and once attacked Captain Kirk. Luckily, Bones was there to zap him with a phaser. Mego made somewhat of a copy of the Mugato Star Trek alien for the children back in 1975. Even though the differences are easy to see from the television episode, this action figure has become …
Gorn was a fearsome looking humanoid alien with a reptile head. He looked the part of the bad guy and fought Captain Kirk with a slow but convincing battle. He eventually lost, but Mego made the Gorn into one of their action figures. Now he is a collectible along with the other Mego toys in the Star Trek alien series. Captain Kirk blew the attacking Gorn alien into the dirt …
The 1975 Mego Star Trek alien series included the Andorian figure. This was a bluish humanoid with two appendages coming out of the top of his head. If you remember the fight Captain Kirk had with the top Andorian, you will remember these aliens. Mego immortalized an unnamed Andorian in their 1975 action figures. Andorians were hot tempered if Shran their commander was any indicator. Mego made a very accurate …
Everyone remembers Captain Kirk and his adventures in outer space on the spaceship Enterprise. His popularity is reflected in the Mego Captain Kirk Star Trek Action Figure. Mego produced the Star Trek series in 1974 just as a new wave of Star Trek popularity was starting up. The Mego Star Trek figures are 8″ figures and was the first Mego series to be available only on cards and not in …
Do you love the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes action figure line or know someone that does? Well, here is a book you have to have. It is from Benjamin Holcomb and includes fantastic detailed color pictures from his extensive collection of action figures. It is called Mego 8″ Super-Heroes: World’s Greatest Toys! and the 256 pages within its hardcovers are chock full of pictures detailing the World’s Greatest Superheroes line …
