Movie Dearest MySpace Friend of the Week: Mego Museum

If you were a child of the 70's, then you grew up with the wondrous works of Mego. Dominating the toy business during the disco decade, the Mego Corporation produced popular lines of 8-inch action figures based on DC and Marvel comic book characters (known as the "World's Greatest Super Heroes") as well as such movies and television shows as The Planet of the Apes, Space: 1999, Star Trek and The Wizard of Oz.

Mego found even more success when they branched out into 12 ½-inch dolls inspired by such celebrities as Sonny and Cher (complete with Bob Mackie designed wardrobe!), Farrah Fawcett, Diana Ross and even the Captain and Tennille, plus new lines based on the Wonder Woman TV show and Superman movie.

Alas, Mego's downfall came when they turned down a deal to produce the Star Wars action figures, leaving the door open for Kenner to come in and make a gazillion dollars (and counting) off that series of films. Mego tried to compete with tie-in merchandise to all the sci-fi movies that were released in the wake of Star Wars (such as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Black Hole and Star Trek: The Motion Picture) as well as their own Micronauts line, but the company ultimately folded in 1983.

However, Mego's legacy lives on at the Mego Museum, an awesomely nostalgic walk down memory lane with quite a few surprises along the way (who knew there was toys based on The Love Boat, complete with Pacific Princess play set?).

The Museum even has their own MySpace page to share the fun ... subscribe to their blog, and you'll be treated to a daily blast from the past with their "Mego of the Day". Such recent toys featured include Doctor Kromedome, the Human Torch, Ralph Malph and Grandma Walton.

For all they do to keep our fond childhood memories alive, the Mego Museum has been chosen as the latest Movie Dearest MySpace Friend of the Week! Congratulations!

And while you're over at the Mego Museum's space, stop by The Official Movie Dearest MySpace Page to check out the latest Weekly Recap, including MySpace exclusive picture for all of last week's big stories!