Vintage Mego 1978 Catalog - Micronauts- Superheroes - KISS 

STRAIGHT OUT OF THE 70S!!! WOOT!!!

Always and forever Micronauts are my jam.

Whoa...😮...that Barbi Benton doll's face sculp looked amazing for the time period...🤯💯✔️

Anything MICRONAUTS 🙌 To hell with the rest of that stuff 😄😂

I had Karza, my little bro had the Commander and we shared the battle cruiser. Very nice memories-you're right those figures were highly durable but losing the plastic rockets down a heat vent was inevitable. The handguns with the heavy rubber-tipped darts that made up the wings of the cruiser were awesome to the 9 year-old me. I really miss those toys-not enough to buy them now but still, Micronauts will always be dear to me-well done Brick.

Hits right to the heart of my childhood. Have many of the micronauts and remember most of the rest. Some of the super heros were really never available in my local Kmart or toy store. I know because I checked every week. My mom would buy me whatever ones I wanted but the stores would always have just the top sellers. Human torch? Forget it. Green Arrow? I remember seeing him once and regret not asking for him. Never saw him on shelves again.

I was born in 1980, but as a kid my neighbors older brother had ALOT of Micronauts and I was so jealous. I did have a Mego Spidey, Hulk and a strechy Hulk though. Of course my childhood was Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Transformers, MotU, Thundercats, etc...But I love looking at the toys just before my time and when I was too little to recognize the greatness that preceded me. Thank you for the video!!!

KISS!!! :) For a KISS collector, it is one of the holy grail items.

Loved my Micronauts as a kid. I got a bunch of them for Christmas in 78. Always liked how you could change chest plates out

mego definitely got a lot of my allowance, and my mom certainly contributed to their coffers when it was my birthday or xmas. one of the best toys i had was force commander.

I had the 2XL robot, he was really cute and funny!

I love it all, great trip back in time.

I had SO MANY Micronauts figures/vehicles/robots from this period, and they're the only toys that didn't survive in any meaningful way to the present day. I took good care of my toys, I just don't remember what happened to my Micronauts.

Thanks for sharing this awesome Mego catalogue from 1978, Brick Mantooth. I did own many of the toys featured in this catalogue and (while I no longer have my childhood toys) I am slowly reaquiring them. My current toy collection includes a Baron Karza and Andromeda, in lovely condition. :)

Mego having Marvel and DC was a game changer. How many kids had the Enterprise crew beam down to help Batman and Robin capture a Klingon stealing things in the past. The idea of figures being the same size was brilliant. At 12", 8", or even 3¾", it allowed so many adventures to cross pollinate. I have to wonder why modern Mego doesn't bring back cardboard playsets. A friend's dad had all of superheroes, DC and Marvel, in a room in his basement, each one in a plastic bag with all accessories. I was so jealous as a preteen.

Will never understand how the Micronauts didn't become huge. It's a property that could be a tv series or film series. I remember the comic book well. Arcturus Rand and Marionette were faves from the comic.

For one brief shining moment, Micronauts eclipsed my Star Wars figure collecting.

Thanks again for showing another Mego catalog that many of us probably couldn't afford on Ebay. I'm happy to say that I own most of what is in that catalog. They're my prized possessions. Although 1978 was the first of my three Star Wars Christmases, I still received plenty of Mego items, many of which I still have.

The science fiction toys of the late 70's helped define my childhood. I never cared much for Evel Knievel or Big Jim or Adventure Team GI Joe, or Mego's POTA, Superheroes, Star Trek, etc. (tho- I liked the Pocket Superheroes and 3.75" ST). To me, it was all about MIcronauts, Star Wars (including the Falcon & Death Star play set, etc.), Super Joe, 1999 Eagle play set, Black Hole, Buck Rogers, Battlestar Galactica, Shogun Warriors, MB's Starbird, Metal Man, Arco's Spacewar, and Tomland's Star Raiders. And everything else in between, including FP's Adventure People. I could never imagine playing with Welcome Back Kotter, Happy Days, & the Love Boat figures. Fuck it- I wanted robots, conflict, cool villains, & aliens that didn't have to rely on pointy ears to be alien!

Thank you Brian, absolutely spot-on here with how popular Micronauts were in 1978. Back then, my first Micronauts toy was a Hydra vehicle, maybe with a white or yellow Time Traveller I think. Micronauts were, and still are, such a collectable for myself. Absolutely loved the concept of the Pharoid with Time Chamber figure at the time, having all of the coloured variations available here in the UK. Just such a cool figure, and great nearly 40 or so years later I was able to at last obtain some of the rarer Microman Command originals that weren't available here. I'm so glad I reacquired a lot of Micronauts stuff a decade ago online, as today anything Micronauts seems very pricey to buy, which is a shame, and why the toy has not been re-launched for the 21st Century is a complete mystery, although there does seem to be a lot of legal matters or rights involved...

It's so interesting to hear about Abrams' pride in MagnaDoodle. That thing was indeed epic!

A slideshow of my youth; awesome! And not just the toys, but the shows too. I'm not sure which one I wikk have playing in my noggin longer, CHiPs theme song, (thanks to C.B. McCall) CW McCall's "Convoy" or the Happy Days song ; whichever way, I'm happy. Micronauts landed different in my area, especially with me. We all seemed to know the comic book first, so the line was actually infuriating on a certain level. Only half the main characters and not even all at the same size. But the ships were cool and at the perfect scale. I wish toy lines had just worked in the 8' and 3 3/4' scale so more couod be intergrated. But the highlight was Flash Gordon. What a great time it was as a fan of his. His cartoon on Saturdays, his Gold Key/Whitman comics, his action figures of 2 sizes, newpaper strip, his Buster Crabbe serial a perpetual part of either the Late, Late Show (or whatever the old moviee rerun at 11pm-ish was called) and even coloring books (I think). Even him teaming up with Popeye and so many others in the Man Who Hated Laughter cartoon movie (though onky saw that after the fact). And then capped off with the wild live action movie. (oh wait, now that'sthe song that'll be with me all day )A fan of his even to this day.

Great music, especially the 2nd track!👍

8:04 Magnanimals I had the Ape as a Kid . I don't know where i got it from , thank you for bringing back memories.

Thank you for sharing this. Mego Toys were paradise for me as a child. I had many of the superhero figures. Micronauts was absolutely awesome. There was nothing quite like it. I also had Aquaman vs the Great White Shark, which made bath time great fun. Aquaman and the shark, that I named Bob, were buddies in my imagination.

I never had the Astro Station as a kid (we just didn't have space in the house for vehicles/playsets), but it's the one thing I would've loved. All Micronauts are really pricey now, so it will probably get filed in the "not gonna happen" column.

I'd have to say my fave item in the catalog is the Micronauts Biotron. I wanted that thing like crazy back then but ended up with the Hydro-Copter instead (still a cool toy) I've never gotten Biotron over the years and he has kind of taken on an almost mythic kind of status with me. One of these days I'll get one but I know he can't live up to the 45 years of hype that I've built up.

The synchronicity of this is amazing. I just broke out a bunch of my old Micronauts and I am introducing them to my grandson. Such a shame these toys are not around anymore. They inspired so much in my head. I don't understand why Hasbro hasn't done anything with them. If I was a billionaire...

I looked at these catalogs for hours are in days on end weeks on in until the damn thing would fall apart. LOL loving your work Brian as always

It was the Micronauts that signalled the end for them . They invested in them and passed on the Star Wars license .

I got Force Commander and Baron Karza for my eighth birthday my parents took me to TGIF and then to Childerns Palace best birthday ever

We both have similar taste in toys.Thank you for the great videoes.

Heard someone say the oil embargo in the Carter years hit Mego hard because their biggest success was the right inch superhero line.

I vividly remember seeing tons of Time Travelers on pegs at Sears. I picked up some graded Micronauts a few years ago.

Great job! Some very cool throwbacks to the good old days.

Cool video. I didn't have much of this, but i was only 5 at the time. I did have one Micronaut figure that I lost in the yard at my grandmother's. The toys that stand out to me from this however, are the CHiP's figures. Ponch and John were the only 8" Mego's I owned as a kid.The show was a favorite of mine and I loved those figures. Fond memories brought back seeing those guys.

That Barbi Benton would definitely be on my list as well as the Farrah and Flash Gordon

Yup! I had a Maganadoodle. Thanks for reminding me.

Wow I once had 2XL but by the time I got him it was 1985.wish I still did had him but I have a cassette playing R2-D2 Still.

I had micronauts. I remember having a black horse.

I think the really weedy Hulk at 3:20 would have to be my favorite!

Whew! I had the original Magna Doodle, several Micronauts, Biotron and Hydrocopter (must've been a different year), a bunch of the superheroes, CB McHaul (I forgot about him), and 2XL. I remember begging for 2XL. Once I got him I thought he was a ripoff.

Great video . the micronauts comics made them popular .👍👍

I had the candi styling head doll with the hair dye and accessories when I was 11 back in 1979

As a kid graduated from Worlds greatest superhero’s to Micronauts a far superior action figure than the stiff StarWars figures . But great to be able to use the vehicles when they came out

i had the Suzanne Sommers doll, but in a pink dress. Got it in 5th grade, around 1980

Micronauts!!!!

This was awesome, thank you for this

Barbie Benton was also a four season cast member of the variety show Hee-Haw as well as being a moderately successful country singer.

I was searching for the magnetic Spiderman and now after watching your video found out that it never came out. This would have been the most appropriate character for the 12 inch magnetic line.🤨

I remember this just barely. I was 4 going on 5 . I don't think I had any mego catalogs but the sears wishbook I do. First time I had seen cb McCall, starsky and hutch etc. I mean 1978 was a big year ya had star wars coming out in action figure form which obviously was a contender for Mego. Great video as always.😉

I loved this trip into the Mego catalog Bian! Great music choices as well. Its funny I can walk through most toy aisles today and except for a Lego set here or there I am not interested. But show me these old toys from 44 years ago and I want the whole lot!! I would say any of the MicroNauts and especially the big city structure and the battle cruiser would be my favorites. Sadly never owned them as a child but I did have Biotron and several Time Travelers and two or three other cool vehicles. I bought a few odd Micronauts on Ebay a few years ago and sold them to mostly fund a few fun nights at a strip club. I am still debating with myself if the experience was worth parting with those pieces of plastic!🤔

love these!!!!!

Kiss figures were great as enemies for 12 “ inch Hulk as well as the Bionic man Big Foot and Maskatron . The one in the catalogue looks like he lost some muscle mass lol ..the one that came out was a great toy much better than the small hulk who seemed to be the shortest hero in the line

same! I have my Karza and FC...and many of my Micros. The Battle Cruiser didn't survive. PARTS of the Star Explorer survived.

Nice montage, funky music and nice transition effects. I think everybody asks that question "What if, Mego had the Star Wars license?", the multiverse beckons lol. Definitely would like to see a resurgence of magnet based toys again, great simple gimmick that worked so well for so many lines. You can kind of see the writing on the wall for 12" playset cancellation given so many lines shrinking after the Kenner SW line. Yeah the timing is mostly off for some TV dolls and things like Flash Gordon, I think some of those would sell better later(FG movie in the 80s) and others definitely wouldn't sell past 1979. 2-XL is a tremendously sophisticated toy for the era, the designer of it is a real genius since mechanical AI is so much harder than the machine intelligence we would come to have with the boon of the microchip. Oh yeah Magna-Doodle is great design that still works today, Marty should be proud of it. :D

Took me back to 1978 when I was 7 years old.. I denounced Micronaughts, first mistake of my like. Doh🤬

I was still about the Super-heroes at this point, but was about to outgrow them (and toys in general). I honestly don't remember Micronauts being a thing, which is probably indicative of the age I was. I also don't remember seeing the Flash Gordon figs, but that is a really good looking line.

wow, what were they thinking with Barbi Benton. The Sweet Innocence is a copy of the Mattel Sweetheart dolls (a boy and a girl, with very articulated dolls)

Great video Better with sound 🤙

One of the things I remeber about the KISS action figures - there were two versions. There was a noticable difference in the quality of plastic than the other. But I have no idea if this diversity was among each of them from the start (e.g. Gene and Paul were better figures than Ace and Peter) or if all four were downgraded for subsequent runs.

1:39 hmm Im not sure who Barbi Benton is but that doll looks impressively accurate to her likeness for that time, as well as that Farrah Fawcett bust at 2:33

Oh also, who could deny the Micronauts?

Great timing! I was wondering just the other day what line & company that magnetic monkey & giraffe were from.

My favorite would, absolutely, have to the Gene Simmons figure at the end, such a unique take on the classic Demon

Filmation had the flash gordon cartoon series that came out in 79, toys look like it

That catalog is so cool. New subscriber.

I still have parts of the white horse.

I had that Aquaman and shark.

I bought the Tenille doll just a few years ago...did you know she has NO EARS!!! It's SO CREEPY!!

Please do a videos about 2XL and Magnadoodle.

Look how Batman had his hand lmao

That Hulk looks like he went on a diet!!!

What was the tea about mego passing on star wars? I can imagine that Lucas wanted a bigger peice of the action

Hey Amigo good channel and videers!

Life , not like… 🤣

Back in the day, Micronauts were my jam. Brilliant toy line, even the commercials looked like something from another galaxy. Lol… the forced look smile on the Farrah glamour head… yikes!

I have a Force Commander. He was my fave. I never got Karza. What is the name of the toy at 9:05?

Lol my coworkers thought I was watching 70s porn cuz they only heard the music lol.

Why did the Mego Farrah Fawcett dolls have the Mego melt problem on the shoulder and hip and thigh joints where the plastic or vinyl melted through the dolls clothes or white jumpsuit? We're they made with cheap plastic and vinyl because the Farrah doll heads stayed in great condition even 50 years later so they must have been made of a better quality vinyl. The Mego Toni Tennille doll had the same problem but it was worse with the Farrah dolls. The Toni Tennille doll also had no ears but the Farrah doll had ears so that makes no sense on the part of Mego. The dolls were nice but many people say that they were ugly especially the Farrah doll but I think they did a great job with the dolls head sculpt and hair and face paint. But her body looked to thin and long for her large head so that could have been better. The dolls were in the 1978 Mego catalog but I thought Farrah and Toni Tennille were released in late 1977.

I wanted the KISS dolls so bad, but my mom said they were devil-worshippers. so nope. couldn't have them. Jokes on her, i have superior versions now thanks to modern Mego: 8" versions of all 4, and i prefer that scale to 12"

Why do you Lavern & Shirley dolls look nothing like Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams? Most of the others have a decent likeness of the actors.

Batman and Robin...those hands are so inappropriate. I remember joking about that in middle school (i had Batman and Spider-Man)

wait...there were 8" versions of Flash Gordon?!?!?! i had the 4" figures. Also, i totally forgot they did the 4 12" Laverne and Shirley dolls...they were so ugly, IMO. I had the 12" wonder woman from Mego