How an Ikea Display Case ( Detolf ) can enhance your collection
Before we start, first let me say that it was a boring rainy afternoon here on the East Coast and whenever that happens, I look to Mego. Thanks to a few of my Megocentral buddies who helped to get me off my butt and redo my displays, I took a ride to Ikea and did just that. We start out with simply trying to make heads or tails on how to put one of these things together. ::)
After I started to sweat a bit, a quick change of clothes was needed but hey, we're making progress. :P Notice the newspaper on the floor and the first coat of paint on the walls? Could this be a new room that I'm aiming to use as a second display room? How does that song by the Go-Go's go, my lips are sealed? ;D
Finally, a couple of hours later we have the finished product..for now. I'm still configuring the entire display but all and all I am quite happy with how it turned out. I just couldn't resist filling up my authentic Mego Counter Display Box just the way it would have been right next to the cash register at your neighborhood Child World toy store.
Remember to drop by the Megocentral.com community forum for more good stuff and remember, Mego Lives!!
MATTEL REVISITS WORLDS GREATEST SUPERHEROES!
Well Mego fans, 2010 looks like it's going to be another banner year. Below you will see Wave 2 from Mattels line of Worlds Greatest Superheroes. Keep checking back to Collectors Corner for more info as it breaks!
MATTEL TOY NEWS: DC WORLD'S GREATEST SUPERHEROES LIVE AGAIN!
Who said Mego figures were a thing of the past! Well true believers, thanks to a lot of hard work and effort I bring you the very lastest in the world of Mego collecting:
Paul "Dr. Mego" Clarke was at the Mattel panel at Comic Con, where it has been announced that they will be bringing back the DC World's Greatest Superheroes in partnership with Mattel. Wave One, out before easter 2010 will include:
Green Arrow
Hal Jordan GL
Superman
Lex Luthor
Sinestro
MSRP will be $89.99 per set of four and best of all, the Mego Corporations own Marty Abrams not only owns the name Mego once again ( Lego had owned it for years ) but he will play a role in bringing these figures to toy shelves all around the country. Mego Lives!
QUESTIONS ON MEGO WICKED WITCH CASTLE PLAYSET!
Question:
When I was 12 yrs old ( 1979 ) my parents got me a Wizard of Oz Wicked Witch play castle at a Sears parking lot sale ( San Diego CA )
where do I look to find out more info on this toy and if its a
collectors item and whats its worth now? ( I am now 42 yrs old )?*
How many of these were made?
What was the going price in 1975-1979?
Thank you ^Deborah"
Answer
Hey Deb;
Unfortunately your Mego Witch playset is nor worth much these days expecially if it is loose without the original packaging. I just took a look at one of my original Mego Corp price guides and suggested retail price back in 1975 was $12.95. Mego sold these playsets to retailers for $8.85.
If you do a completed auction search on eBay, a loose Witch Castle in high grade condition and not missing any parts usually sells for around $80.00-$120.00. If you have the box that it came in you can see this value increase to around $200.00 or so. As you noticed, this Castle was originally supposed to be a part of the Super Knights line but due to poor sales CEO Marty Abrams decided that he would get more bang for his buck by releasing it as a Witch Castle.
Rob/Collectors Corner
Response:
Rob..
Thank you so much for getting back to me as quickly as you did.
My Witch Castle may not be worth much in cash value but its worth so much more in just my memories :)~ I do not have the box it came in, I'm not even sure if it came in a box. I wonder how many of tadays adults who were kids back then kept their toys and boxes in high grade condition? I played my toys to death!
Thanks again.
^Deborah^
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