I accidentally buried my Mego Superman in the garden when I was 8 or 9, I was about 20 when I found it again while gardening with my dad. The clothes had completely perished, all that was left were his bright red boots, the figure was in superb condition, even the paint on the head and face was still mostly there. The metal joints had well rusted though.
Bro, tragic true story... some of my Mego Batmans ended up in a tree, too high to safely retrieve, and another Superman [whilst attempting to make him fly with a long shoelace], and up on the roof of a passing car, going past at about 60kph. We lived on a main road; not my proudest moment.
Yeah Early Mego Action Figures we're quite Fragile and the joints easy to break . My mom brought me a Action Jackson action Figure he's parachutes set and last ,but not least... He's scamble motorcycle ( Three wheeler model that ran on c batteries) . I was never particularly rough with my toys ( I still have my hot wheels and matchbox cars from point in time . Like alot of kids ,I attempted to use my Action Jackson and place him in my parachute accessory( like the TV commercials) and toss him down a second story balcony with disastrous results. The parachute did not deploy, and my action Jackson just , helplessly fell to the ground and met his maker 🤤🤤. The springs to his joints popped off and I could not put his leggings back together again. Due to my callousness (and reckless.stunt) of the situation my Mother refuse to replace him and I just have the scamble motorcycle to this very day 50 years later in it's original box with its original price of $5 from toys r us. ; Which like Mego the toy manufacturer is now defunct.
I had the whole set as a child! I played with them so much that they got broken. The transporter I accidentally broke right away by tossing the figures in while it was spinning (I was 4 years old!) I found a mint on card Uhura at a toy shop that was closed down for over 10 years back in the 1980's, for the original price! I bought all of their 60's-70's toys that were still sealed, and stored them all away. Sadly, they were all destroyed by a flooded basement in the late 90's. It makes me want to cry as there is no way of recovering that HUGE collection without spending thousands of dollars.
Back in 1972 (I was 8) my mom bought me a behind the scenes Star Trek book I used as reference. (No CD's, Internet etc.) I then constructed my own TV version bridge, sick bay, transporter room, captains quarters, corridors & shuttle craft for my 8" Star Trek figures. It took up half my bedroom! 😄 Oh! & the Mego Bridge became a space station/briefing room/engineering room! 😎👍
I think perhaps only Playmates in the 1990s from 1992-1998 was the big Trek Force in toys. I love the Mego Star Trek transporter, it was a device that was used again in the Palitoy TARDIS Play Set.
'Astrotank' - sold! _"And the Klingon... the enemy of the Star Trek crew!"_ - Subtle! I love how toylines used to called the bad guys 'enemy'! _"Star Treeeeek!"_ - Now why didn't that little ditty catch on?!
Never had these but always wished for them. My friend next door did but rarely brought them outside to share and play. Don't blame him though for being very careful with them. Loved the transporter.
I'm so glad MEGO is making the 8" Star Trek figures again! Looking forward to the upcoming Kirk & Spock with Tribbles and Glow-In-The-Dark Gorn! The original Mego Star Trek toyline was before my time and I didn't even learn of their existence until I was an adult. But I can't deny how fun and collectible they are.
K J I didn’t know they’re making more! I have the replica figures, but recently I learned they’re making a Spock and Kirk in dress uniform. I wish they’d make the Mirror universe figures!
These were MY MEGO faves... I absolutely LOVED the bright colors of the uniforms and the shiny insignia and rank pips on the sleeves. And the communicator and phasers too. As well as the blister packs artwork. I had the Enterprise (my mom used to tell me I had two! I played with the first one so much it fell apart and she had gotten me a new one for 5$ lol)
This is my 2nd time watching this video. Thank you! I’m American, so your accent makes me feel like I’m watching something more sophisticated, until my wife asks if I’m watching another toy video 🤷🏻♂️ 👍🏽
Oh yeah, McCoy has to be my favorite of all of those toys, I’m very surprised by the lack of phasers, blasters and other weapons that companies didn’t cashed in 🤨...it’s not like now where you barely see toy guns 🤔 back then you didn’t had so many restrictions against toy guns. Great video Tony ✌🏽👍🏽
I had Kirk and Spock from this line. I can't remember if I had just the transporter, or the entire playset, but I clearly remember putting them in the transporter, and spinning it. I was very young when I had these toys. I would have been 4 for 5 when I got them. We moved when I was 6, and I don't remember them making their way with us to our new home. I wish I still had them today. I still have all my Kenner Star Ways figures, and have some on display in my living room.
Loved that at 12min30 sec you put the TV Commercial for the Motion Picture Smaller ship toys by Mego. My boxed Klingon Ship is one of my pride and joy Mego toys. From Marc in Cape Town, South Africa
The Enterprise Bridge play set looks cool! I never got into Star Trek until I was an adult, and only then it was Voyager. I have a decent collection of Playmates Voyager figures.
I had a Mego Incredible Hulk figure (the boxed version with the white shirt). One of the kids I went to school with had a set of the Star Trek figures and the bridge playset too. I always wanted a set of those...
I got the bridge for Christmas one year, along with all five figures. Looking back, I think it was the exclusive store version since it all came together and was (to the best of my recollection)unopened before me. GREAT memories. My only real cheat for the line was throwing Spock's shirt on a Kirk so I could also have a Captain Pike. I remember pininng away for the Romulan (my best friend had one) and also the Mission to Gamma IV playset in the local toy store's window. I still think that set is CRAZY better than any other in terms of playability!
Decades later (had the original toys), I was watching a commercial that verged on subliminal advertising. If you watch them, you will hear faintly in the background, some guy droning "Star Trek... Star Trek... Star Trek...". Imagine how that guy cashed his checks "What did you do?", "I dunno, I said 'Star Trek', then they kicked me out the door."
Thanks for another great video, Tony. I really appreciate these retrospectives you do on older toy lines. There are a million channels covering Transformers, Star Wars and Marvel, but not so many who give the love and respect to these amazing older toys and figures. Companies like Mego and shows like Star Trek really helped pave the way for all that was to come and nobody does a better job of giving them their proper due than Analog Toys. Your video on the Lone Ranger line was another great example of this. Thanks for all your amazing work. Live long and prosper, my friend!
I really enjoyed this video, I've still got a few of these figures. I'm not a huge fan of the Mego figures, but to me they nicely represent the Star Trek era of the 60-70's. I was a bit sad that the Diamond Select figures weren't mentioned. Where they finally made Sulu, Checkov, Captain Pike and a proper Gorn.
I just purchased the new figures, that Marty Abrams is producing, of Kirk and Spock. Got them at Target. They represent the Trouble With Tribbles episode.Kirk is in his green informal shirt. Both have a phaser and communicator in correct color scheme, black with silver trimmings. Spock has his tricorder also in black. The delta is now silkscreened onto the shirt instead of a sticker. Also small little tribbles came in both packs. I have too many tribbles to be honest, but I have the little buggers posing with Kirk and Spock. I’m thrilled with these figures.
A new Analog Toys vid right before I close out my day and go to bed....hell yeah. Mego Kirk and Spock were two of my most cherished toys as a kid. This channel gets better with every upload Tony!
I actually just purchased a Mego Dr. McCoy off eBay. He's not only my first Star Trek figure, but also my first Mego figure ever! I'm so excited for him to arrive, although my wallet is very afraid of my inevitable addiction to Mego collecting.
Lovely video as always, Tony. I do love original Trek and TNG; never had any of the Mego figures however. This does entice me to try the line out. The Galoob line came out when I was 4 or 5 and I fell in love with it as a child - I was always disappointed they cut the line so short. I always felt Galoob had better sculpting and proportions than the Playmates line. But back to the Mego figures - they just look so cool! And you're right about those head sculpts - genuinely impressive for any era, especially the 70s.
I love the Mego Star Trek figures. We've had the 1974 Kirk and Spock when I was a child and I recetnly was able to get a casefresh MoC Spock for a great price. Hopefully I can add some more to my collection. As always, wonderful video!
I still have the Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scottie and Uhura figures and they are still in perfect, pristine condition (minus boxes) and when i was a kid, i used to have the Enterprise Bridge set, and man that was fun! I played with that thing for hours, contriving my own episodes of Trek and playing them out. Don't remember whatever happened to it, wether it fell apart or i got bored with it or what, but at least i still have all the figures!!
Once again Tony, a great video. It defiantly shows all the hard work and effort you put into your professional looking video. Awesome job. I will be sharing on my facebook.
Hey Tony really loving you channel. I never really was into Star Trek but, and this is a no shit Bobby Clark the Gorn Captain is my dad. I did pick up the recent rerelease copy of the Mego Gorn Captain and had my dad sign it for me. Pretty cool.
Excellent review. You always do a great job of covering the finer details about these lines and giving historical context. I think what really made Mego vulnerable to Star Wars was the fact they had become too reliant on the eight and 12 inch lines for revenue. If you look at the life span of those figure lines, there was a fad quality to their popularity. Action Jackson was introduced in '72 and was a hit for only a year, then nose dived. Mego jumped onto superheroes in '73 and those were offered in assortments until '76. From there they played with scales, but ceased offering new heroes, choosing instead to align with movies or TV to push their 12 inch assortments. Trek was one of the few lines where they seemed more committed. On a side note, allot of hay is always been made over the fact Mego was the last(but not the first) company to utilize Marvel and DC licensing simultaneously. Anyone forget Ideal's Captain Action line which had both? The irony is in the bronze age of comics, Mego walked away from allot of characters in their prime, like DC's Green Lantern and Flash, or Marvel's X-Men, Swamp-thing, and countless rogue of villains that were barely touched. So as much as collectors talk about what was made, there's equal conversation about the painful omissions, because the company seemed easily distracted to jump onto other licensing. Marty Abrams had taken his parents company that had run mostly as a disciplined and conservative rack toy company to becoming more of a high roller in licensing. And while the hero and movie licensing gave them a brief glow of success, his knack for trend chasing spiraled the company into debt. This is why no other toy company besides Mego, talks about the Star Wars license with such a dark cloud, because other toy companies were more diversified in their product development. Trek is one of those few licenses that Mego actually explored with some detail. It's a shame they had a less informed opinion on the hero licensing.
Finally got to see this! Busy day! 😁 THANK YOU for this, Mr. Tony! Really Appreciate it! 👍 Never knew of the Remco 'Star Trek' line. Thanks again. The Mego Star Trek line was arguably its most successful sci fi property. Its said that those released via Sears (in cardboard boxes) command higher prices than the blister cards. Still, there were Star Trek characters that should've had figures: IE :Mr. Sulu (the helmsman), Yeoman Janice Rand. The Klingon & Romulan figures were generic, in that they never were the known characters, like John Colicos' Klingon Cmdr. Kor, from Errand of Mercy, or the Romulan Commander from Balance of Terror. Other Trek figures could've been Commodore Matt Decker from The Doomsday Machine, and Ambassador Sarek, Spock's dad. And, Yes, I am a Trek fan. Classic Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, & Enterprise are my faves. 😁
Years ago I was passing through a local Woolworth's shop as the chain was going out of business. Everything, piled everywhere, was on a super-low 'everything must go' sale price. I saw a set of Star Trek outfitted Barbie and Ken dolls with, what I believe was an Enterprise bridge set. Sadly I was in a hurry and didn't think much of it at the time. And so I missed out on scooping up this collectible back then!.
I had Bones Mckoy and, Spock and Klingon that my parents had grabbed from yard sales, since the original release was a bit before my time. I don't think outside of the figures dedicated to the collector market, they could afford to make figures with real cloth outfits today.
Great vid, Tony! (Love the Peter Gunn-esque 'Double Agent' theme music!) One note, though…the Mego era is hardly the "dawn of action figures." I think you'd have to go back almost a decade earlier, to Hasbro's 12" G.I. Joe, in 1964, and the Marx 'Best of the West' western line 1965 for that, with Major Matt Mason's bendy figures in '66 (and Marx 'Rat Patrol' & 'Johnny Apollo', in '67-'68) heralding the 8-inch sized figures to come.
Have been steadily replacing my childhood Star Trek Megos. Have 3/5ths of the bridge crew, with new additions on the way. Great video, very in-depth and compelling.
deadbeatdynamo I have too, managed to get the replica of the bridge recently, and I hear that another company has made Dress uniform Spock and Kirk figures along with a new Uhura.
I remember when I was in the third grade some boys from a different class had the Enterprise playset with figures and they were having a hell of a time with that during recess more than myself watched what they were doing as we all emotionally drooled wishing we had that at home awaiting us. They had a set of 2 packs that had all the aliens I have to assume that they were very limited sales because I can't find them on eBay so obviously if they're not there for sale they must have been very rare and thus as expensive as looking for the original aliens group that was created.
Oh Tony I was sooooo looking forward to this video since you announced it! Great job!😁 I have never owned any of these Mego Star Trek figures but have thought about Spock and the aliens line before. To be honest being 43 I really like the 3 and 3/4 inch line of action figures. Do you have by chance and The Black Hole figures? I would love to see a history of video on that line. I own several figures from that movie. Thanks again👍😁 Bill
Just sold my Mego Star Trek collection. I assumed the badges were repros. Didn't know they were remnants of the original badges. Had the Talos, Neptunian, and Keeper along with the crew and Klingon.
I would argue that the Mego Trek figures were licensed because of the Animated Series more than the Original Series, especially when you consider the design of Spock and the Klingon, and that TAS had premiered on Saturday mornings in 1973. Love these. By the way, I still have my original Kirk I had as a kid!
"The Klingon" is awesome! TOS Klingons were always more _entertaining_ than TNG Klingons ... less budget, less screen time, less background, more cheese. But still better. (Not going to compare them vs those "Klingon" things shown in Kelvin Trek or Disco Trek. They might as well be Krill.)
Very Interesting and informative video. At one time I had most all the 8" figures except for the rare aliens. I sold them all on ebay! Now, I'm back into collecting the new Mego's after they were introduced in 2018 and wish I had never sold them all! Oh well! :-)
I love and still d the 6 inch and 12 inch mego figures, still collecting them, but I didn't care for the small .3 inch figures that Star Wars introduced, I wish mego got the contract for these and made them the size of the Trek figures ,that would of been superb, I find and still do the three inch hard to handle and appreciate ,their just so small you can't even see the detail of the faces, which for me was one of the benefits of a action figure,you could see their faces, and handle them, oh well gripe gripe, thanks for your posts,
And i still have the Cornelius, Zira, Dr. Zaius and Urko figures from the Planet of the Apes, and i have the 12' SuperMan the Movie figure which i just recently restored a couple of years ago, but they are all in storage and all still in excellent shape!
Mego needs to make Star Trek The Next Generation Figures.Hey Tony you do know about "Pogo" your fellow Australian's "Data" and "Picard" Masterpiece don't you?
Again a range that never came to my home town. Plus I never saw them on holidays either. I knew about them but none of the toy shops had them. The many toy shops either never ordered them or couldn't get them. Not sure whether I would have picked them up even though I loved Star Trek.
I had the Enterprise, the crew , and many aliens and villains . Unfortunately I sold them all at a Garage sale . They'd probably be worth a mint today .
Thinking seriously about investing in these forty five year old toys. I never got them when I was younger and regretted it. I had a used Spock and McCoy and ended up selling them like a dumbass. But really would like to have the whole set. It's just the time and the money invested in it.
Have you ever heard of Dr Mego? You might want to check out his site Dr Megos Repos. You may have to look around a bit since I forgot under which heading they were, but he has the Mego Star Trek aliens carded.
I remember getting my Mego Trek figures from Santa in 1975. Great Christmas!
I accidentally buried my Mego Superman in the garden when I was 8 or 9, I was about 20 when I found it again while gardening with my dad. The clothes had completely perished, all that was left were his bright red boots, the figure was in superb condition, even the paint on the head and face was still mostly there. The metal joints had well rusted though.
Bro, tragic true story... some of my Mego Batmans ended up in a tree, too high to safely retrieve, and another Superman [whilst attempting to make him fly with a long shoelace], and up on the roof of a passing car, going past at about 60kph. We lived on a main road; not my proudest moment.
Yeah Early Mego Action Figures we're quite Fragile and the joints easy to break . My mom brought me a Action Jackson action Figure he's parachutes set and last ,but not least... He's scamble motorcycle ( Three wheeler model that ran on c batteries) .
I was never particularly rough with my toys ( I still have my hot wheels and matchbox cars from point in time . Like alot of kids ,I attempted to use my Action Jackson and place him in my parachute accessory( like the TV commercials) and toss him down a second story balcony with disastrous results.
The parachute did not deploy, and my action Jackson just , helplessly fell to the ground and met his maker 🤤🤤.
The springs to his joints popped off and I could not put his leggings back together again. Due to my callousness (and reckless.stunt) of the situation my Mother refuse to replace him and I just have the scamble motorcycle to this very day 50 years later in it's original box with its original price of $5 from toys r us. ; Which like Mego the toy manufacturer is now defunct.
CRAZY!..I found an Evel Knieval I must have also buried in the same condition!
Funny I don't remember all of these star trek toys from the 70s.
I had the whole set as a child! I played with them so much that they got broken. The transporter I accidentally broke right away by tossing the figures in while it was spinning (I was 4 years old!) I found a mint on card Uhura at a toy shop that was closed down for over 10 years back in the 1980's, for the original price! I bought all of their 60's-70's toys that were still sealed, and stored them all away. Sadly, they were all destroyed by a flooded basement in the late 90's. It makes me want to cry as there is no way of recovering that HUGE collection without spending thousands of dollars.
Back in 1972 (I was 8) my mom bought me a behind the scenes Star Trek book I used as reference. (No CD's, Internet etc.) I then constructed my own TV version bridge, sick bay, transporter room, captains quarters, corridors & shuttle craft for my 8" Star Trek figures. It took up half my bedroom! 😄 Oh! & the Mego Bridge became a space station/briefing room/engineering room! 😎👍
I think perhaps only Playmates in the 1990s from 1992-1998 was the big Trek Force in toys.
I love the Mego Star Trek transporter, it was a device that was used again in the Palitoy TARDIS Play Set.
'Astrotank' - sold!
_"And the Klingon... the enemy of the Star Trek crew!"_ - Subtle! I love how toylines used to called the bad guys 'enemy'!
_"Star Treeeeek!"_ - Now why didn't that little ditty catch on?!
Never had these but always wished for them. My friend next door did but rarely brought them outside to share and play. Don't blame him though for being very careful with them. Loved the transporter.
The only Star Trek toy I ever had was the dinky die cast enterprise it had a small plastic shuttle in the hull
I had quite of few of them when I was a kid. I always loved teaming the Gorn up with my Mego's Marvel Lizard to beat the crap out of other characters.
Had em and loved em
My best Christmas ever was finding the Enterprise and it's crew under the tree
I'm so glad MEGO is making the 8" Star Trek figures again! Looking forward to the upcoming Kirk & Spock with Tribbles and Glow-In-The-Dark Gorn!
The original Mego Star Trek toyline was before my time and I didn't even learn of their existence until I was an adult. But I can't deny how fun and collectible they are.
K J I didn’t know they’re making more! I have the replica figures, but recently I learned they’re making a Spock and Kirk in dress uniform. I wish they’d make the Mirror universe figures!
@@AC-gb7do There's a set at Target right now with Mirror Uhura and Mirror Sulu. And Mirror Kirk and Mirror Spock have been released, too.
These were MY MEGO faves... I absolutely LOVED the bright colors of the uniforms and the shiny insignia and rank pips on the sleeves. And the communicator and phasers too. As well as the blister packs artwork. I had the Enterprise (my mom used to tell me I had two! I played with the first one so much it fell apart and she had gotten me a new one for 5$ lol)
This is my 2nd time watching this video. Thank you! I’m American, so your accent makes me feel like I’m watching something more sophisticated, until my wife asks if I’m watching another toy video 🤷🏻♂️ 👍🏽
Oh yeah, McCoy has to be my favorite of all of those toys, I’m very surprised by the lack of phasers, blasters and other weapons that companies didn’t cashed in 🤨...it’s not like now where you barely see toy guns 🤔 back then you didn’t had so many restrictions against toy guns.
Great video Tony ✌🏽👍🏽
I had Kirk and Spock from this line. I can't remember if I had just the transporter, or the entire playset, but I clearly remember putting them in the transporter, and spinning it. I was very young when I had these toys. I would have been 4 for 5 when I got them. We moved when I was 6, and I don't remember them making their way with us to our new home. I wish I still had them today. I still have all my Kenner Star Ways figures, and have some on display in my living room.
Loved that at 12min30 sec you put the TV Commercial for the Motion Picture Smaller ship toys by Mego. My boxed Klingon Ship is one of my pride and joy Mego toys. From Marc in Cape Town, South Africa
The Enterprise Bridge play set looks cool! I never got into Star Trek until I was an adult, and only then it was Voyager. I have a decent collection of Playmates Voyager figures.
I still have Mego Kirk , Spock, McCoy and Uhura. some where in my closet in a box.
I had a Mego Incredible Hulk figure (the boxed version with the white shirt). One of the kids I went to school with had a set of the Star Trek figures and the bridge playset too. I always wanted a set of those...
Very good, as usual!
I got the bridge for Christmas one year, along with all five figures. Looking back, I think it was the exclusive store version since it all came together and was (to the best of my recollection)unopened before me. GREAT memories. My only real cheat for the line was throwing Spock's shirt on a Kirk so I could also have a Captain Pike.
I remember pininng away for the Romulan (my best friend had one) and also the Mission to Gamma IV playset in the local toy store's window. I still think that set is CRAZY better than any other in terms of playability!
Great video and series
Decades later (had the original toys), I was watching a commercial that verged on subliminal advertising. If you watch them, you will hear faintly in the background, some guy droning "Star Trek... Star Trek... Star Trek...".
Imagine how that guy cashed his checks "What did you do?", "I dunno, I said 'Star Trek', then they kicked me out the door."
Thanks for another great video, Tony. I really appreciate these retrospectives you do on older toy lines. There are a million channels covering Transformers, Star Wars and Marvel, but not so many who give the love and respect to these amazing older toys and figures. Companies like Mego and shows like Star Trek really helped pave the way for all that was to come and nobody does a better job of giving them their proper due than Analog Toys. Your video on the Lone Ranger line was another great example of this. Thanks for all your amazing work. Live long and prosper, my friend!
Thanks Tony! I LOVE the MEGO line. So many memories playing with them (and coveting the bridge playset)
I really enjoyed this video, I've still got a few of these figures. I'm not a huge fan of the Mego figures, but to me they nicely represent the Star Trek era of the 60-70's. I was a bit sad that the Diamond Select figures weren't mentioned. Where they finally made Sulu, Checkov, Captain Pike and a proper Gorn.
rebelsatcloudnine ....i wish diamond select had made Voyager figures...they even forgot Quark from ds9..go figure
I just purchased the new figures, that Marty Abrams is producing, of Kirk and Spock. Got them at Target. They represent the Trouble With Tribbles episode.Kirk is in his green informal shirt. Both have a phaser and communicator in correct color scheme, black with silver trimmings. Spock has his tricorder also in black. The delta is now silkscreened onto the shirt instead of a sticker. Also small little tribbles came in both packs. I have too many tribbles to be honest, but I have the little buggers posing with Kirk and Spock. I’m thrilled with these figures.
Super documentary.
A new Analog Toys vid right before I close out my day and go to bed....hell yeah. Mego Kirk and Spock were two of my most cherished toys as a kid. This channel gets better with every upload Tony!
Thanks Dusty!
Once again, I had all these figures AND the bridge play set!
Man I should’ve kept those!
I actually just purchased a Mego Dr. McCoy off eBay. He's not only my first Star Trek figure, but also my first Mego figure ever! I'm so excited for him to arrive, although my wallet is very afraid of my inevitable addiction to Mego collecting.
i had so much fun with them as a kid and i had a blast with that transporter
Lovely video as always, Tony. I do love original Trek and TNG; never had any of the Mego figures however. This does entice me to try the line out. The Galoob line came out when I was 4 or 5 and I fell in love with it as a child - I was always disappointed they cut the line so short. I always felt Galoob had better sculpting and proportions than the Playmates line. But back to the Mego figures - they just look so cool! And you're right about those head sculpts - genuinely impressive for any era, especially the 70s.
By far this channel is the only toy channel I like. Very good job, I've watched 5 of these now..👍
I love the Mego Star Trek figures.
We've had the 1974 Kirk and Spock when I was a child and I recetnly was able to get a casefresh MoC Spock for a great price. Hopefully I can add some more to my collection.
As always, wonderful video!
I still have the Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scottie and Uhura figures and they are still in perfect, pristine condition (minus boxes) and when i was a kid, i used to have the Enterprise Bridge set, and man that was fun! I played with that thing for hours, contriving my own episodes of Trek and playing them out. Don't remember whatever happened to it, wether it fell apart or i got bored with it or what, but at least i still have all the figures!!
I didn't grow up with these toys but did see the show in syndication and wished I had them. Very "toyetic." Nice history in this video.
The head sculptures for these figures are awesome for a 1970’s toy line.
This was Mego Star Trek 101 for me. Fascinating. 🖖🏻
Once again Tony, a great video. It defiantly shows all the hard work and effort you put into your professional looking video. Awesome job. I will be sharing on my facebook.
great video as always Tony keep up the amazing work
I love that mego is making new ones I got a couple Star Trek figures they look just like the originals
Another excellent video Tony - the very best Mego Star Trek figure was the 12 inch Klingon from late seventies 👍👍👍
I half expected you to teleport out at the end of the video!
I had most of the figures also. I even had a Mr. Spock with the *open* communicator, a rarity even back then.
Hey Tony really loving you channel. I never really was into Star Trek but, and this is a no shit Bobby Clark the Gorn Captain is my dad. I did pick up the recent rerelease copy of the Mego Gorn Captain and had my dad sign it for me. Pretty cool.
Excellent review. You always do a great job of covering the finer details about these lines and giving historical context. I think what really made Mego vulnerable to Star Wars was the fact they had become too reliant on the eight and 12 inch lines for revenue. If you look at the life span of those figure lines, there was a fad quality to their popularity. Action Jackson was introduced in '72 and was a hit for only a year, then nose dived. Mego jumped onto superheroes in '73 and those were offered in assortments until '76. From there they played with scales, but ceased offering new heroes, choosing instead to align with movies or TV to push their 12 inch assortments. Trek was one of the few lines where they seemed more committed.
On a side note, allot of hay is always been made over the fact Mego was the last(but not the first) company to utilize Marvel and DC licensing simultaneously. Anyone forget Ideal's Captain Action line which had both? The irony is in the bronze age of comics, Mego walked away from allot of characters in their prime, like DC's Green Lantern and Flash, or Marvel's X-Men, Swamp-thing, and countless rogue of villains that were barely touched. So as much as collectors talk about what was made, there's equal conversation about the painful omissions, because the company seemed easily distracted to jump onto other licensing.
Marty Abrams had taken his parents company that had run mostly as a disciplined and conservative rack toy company to becoming more of a high roller in licensing. And while the hero and movie licensing gave them a brief glow of success, his knack for trend chasing spiraled the company into debt. This is why no other toy company besides Mego, talks about the Star Wars license with such a dark cloud, because other toy companies were more diversified in their product development. Trek is one of those few licenses that Mego actually explored with some detail. It's a shame they had a less informed opinion on the hero licensing.
Finally got to see this! Busy day! 😁
THANK YOU for this, Mr. Tony! Really Appreciate it! 👍
Never knew of the Remco 'Star Trek' line. Thanks again.
The Mego Star Trek line was arguably its most successful sci fi property. Its said that those released via Sears (in cardboard boxes) command higher prices than the blister cards.
Still, there were Star Trek characters that should've had figures: IE :Mr. Sulu (the helmsman), Yeoman Janice Rand. The Klingon & Romulan figures were generic, in that they never were the known characters, like John Colicos' Klingon Cmdr. Kor, from Errand of Mercy, or the Romulan Commander from Balance of Terror.
Other Trek figures could've been Commodore Matt Decker from The Doomsday Machine, and Ambassador Sarek, Spock's dad.
And, Yes, I am a Trek fan. Classic Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, & Enterprise are my faves. 😁
Great star trek line love that playset
I know I had Kirk and Spock, think I had the Enterprise bridge also. Great video.
Great video! Enjoyed that!
Years ago I was passing through a local Woolworth's shop as the chain was going out of business. Everything, piled everywhere, was on a super-low 'everything must go' sale price. I saw a set of Star Trek outfitted Barbie and Ken dolls with, what I believe was an Enterprise bridge set. Sadly I was in a hurry and didn't think much of it at the time. And so I missed out on scooping up this collectible back then!.
I had Bones Mckoy and, Spock and Klingon that my parents had grabbed from yard sales, since the original release was a bit before my time. I don't think outside of the figures dedicated to the collector market, they could afford to make figures with real cloth outfits today.
The modern rerelease is a pretty good. They're still pretty nice
Great vid, Tony! (Love the Peter Gunn-esque 'Double Agent' theme music!)
One note, though…the Mego era is hardly the "dawn of action figures." I think you'd have to go back almost a decade earlier, to Hasbro's 12" G.I. Joe, in 1964, and the Marx 'Best of the West' western line 1965 for that, with Major Matt Mason's bendy figures in '66 (and Marx 'Rat Patrol' & 'Johnny Apollo', in '67-'68) heralding the 8-inch sized figures to come.
Thanks Tony, I don't if you remember, but I kind of requested this video awhile ago.
As a kid I often wondered why the Klingon is NOT a TV Character, like Kor or Kang.
Have been steadily replacing my childhood Star Trek Megos. Have 3/5ths of the bridge crew, with new additions on the way. Great video, very in-depth and compelling.
deadbeatdynamo I have too, managed to get the replica of the bridge recently, and I hear that another company has made Dress uniform Spock and Kirk figures along with a new Uhura.
I remember when I was in the third grade some boys from a different class had the Enterprise playset with figures and they were having a hell of a time with that during recess more than myself watched what they were doing as we all emotionally drooled wishing we had that at home awaiting us. They had a set of 2 packs that had all the aliens I have to assume that they were very limited sales because I can't find them on eBay so obviously if they're not there for sale they must have been very rare and thus as expensive as looking for the original aliens group that was created.
Oh Tony I was sooooo looking forward to this video since you announced it! Great job!😁
I have never owned any of these Mego Star Trek figures but have thought about Spock and the aliens line before. To be honest being 43 I really like the 3 and 3/4 inch line of action figures.
Do you have by chance and The Black Hole figures? I would love to see a history of video on that line. I own several figures from that movie.
Thanks again👍😁
Bill
Bill Pagan That is a great line, like the Star Trek: The Motion Picture range they did.
Great review!!!!!
loved these toys growing up.
Great job
I’m glad Mego is back!
I just started watching the original series the other day
Great work!
Just sold my Mego Star Trek collection. I assumed the badges were repros. Didn't know they were remnants of the original badges.
Had the Talos, Neptunian, and Keeper along with the crew and Klingon.
13:07 Swivel-Arm Battle Grip!
10:19 That sure does look like the "holy grail" Romulan you spoke of standing next to your Cheron.
PixelPipes unfortunately it’s a Reproduction
Thanks Tony Great Vid.
I would argue that the Mego Trek figures were licensed because of the Animated Series more than the Original Series, especially when you consider the design of Spock and the Klingon, and that TAS had premiered on Saturday mornings in 1973. Love these. By the way, I still have my original Kirk I had as a kid!
"The Klingon" is awesome! TOS Klingons were always more _entertaining_ than TNG Klingons ... less budget, less screen time, less background, more cheese. But still better.
(Not going to compare them vs those "Klingon" things shown in Kelvin Trek or Disco Trek. They might as well be Krill.)
Quality video sir. thanks
Had all the Bridge crew and the Klingon, plus the Enterprise playset.
The left arm of my Bones McCoy was backwards.
I'm always amazed by toys this detailed from way back when. Cracking stuff. 😁
Later, the idea for the transporter was used inside. Doctor Who's TARDIS put the Doctor in and spin the top to make him disappear...
awesome video 🙂👍
Cool!!!
Very Interesting and informative video. At one time I had most all the 8" figures except for the rare aliens. I sold them all on ebay! Now, I'm back into collecting the new Mego's after they were introduced in 2018 and wish I had never sold them all! Oh well! :-)
How much did you sell them for, and do you know how much they are worth today? You can email me at Jac69mac @yahoo.com
I love and still d the 6 inch and 12 inch mego figures, still collecting them, but I didn't care for the small .3 inch figures that Star Wars introduced, I wish mego got the contract for these and made them the size of the Trek figures ,that would of been superb, I find and still do the three inch hard to handle and appreciate ,their just so small you can't even see the detail of the faces, which for me was one of the benefits of a action figure,you could see their faces, and handle them, oh well gripe gripe, thanks for your posts,
It's funny how popular culture took Klingons as Federation's mainstay enemy, when Romulans have more episodes.
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I had Kirk Spock and ahura in the type 2 configuration
I had the Enterprise play set and all the figures.
Im getting robot chicken vibes here. Must be the same line of toys for the show
Nice video.
And i still have the Cornelius, Zira, Dr. Zaius and Urko figures from the Planet of the Apes, and i have the 12' SuperMan the Movie figure which i just recently restored a couple of years ago, but they are all in storage and all still in excellent shape!
I never noticed that in the Mego line of Star Trek Toys, they misspelled Scotty's name as "Scottie!"
what a cool channel ! new sub :)
Thanks
I was sad as a kid, that they never made Sulu , Chekov, A Redshirt,etc.
Mego needs to make Star Trek The Next Generation Figures.Hey Tony you do know about "Pogo" your fellow Australian's "Data" and "Picard" Masterpiece don't you?
I love that song.
Live to see a segment on Crystar
My cousin Paul had the Star Trek figures.
I used to own the spock and kirk figures. idk where they r now. ;3 also I had a star trek record album from the animated series.
Again a range that never came to my home town. Plus I never saw them on holidays either. I knew about them but none of the toy shops had them. The many toy shops either never ordered them or couldn't get them. Not sure whether I would have picked them up even though I loved Star Trek.
Great video - no mention of the Diamond Select Mego re-issues from 2004 on though...
This video is about Mego and not about Diamond Select reissues
@@AnalogToys Fair enough - for newbie collectors it can be confusing though...
I had the Enterprise, the crew , and many aliens and villains .
Unfortunately I sold them all at a Garage sale .
They'd probably be worth a mint today .
my uncle had that whole collection!!!
Thinking seriously about investing in these forty five year old toys. I never got them when I was younger and regretted it. I had a used Spock and McCoy and ended up selling them like a dumbass. But really would like to have the whole set. It's just the time and the money invested in it.
Have you ever heard of Dr Mego? You might want to check out his site Dr Megos Repos. You may have to look around a bit since I forgot under which heading they were, but he has the Mego Star Trek aliens carded.