The History of Mego Star Trek Toys

The first company to tackle Star Trek action figures was Mego Toys, innovating new design and production methods that kept their products affordable while creating enduring memories. However, in spite of their huge success with Star Trek, things behind the scenes with the company slowly fell apart.

Paul Clarke, better known to toy collectors as Dr. Mego, visits the show to discuss the origin story of Mego Toys, how its founder Marty Abrams began to pick up licensed properties before other companies, making “World’s Greatest Superheroes” figures with both Marvel and DC Comics characters, his road to Star Trek in the 1970s through “Planet of The Apes,” and the secrets behind their Trek toys, including whether the figures were based on TOS or the animated series, how the playsets were made, and the answers to unsolved Trek toy mysteries.

Plus, the controversial circumstances that caused Mego to shut down in 1982, and how they resurrected the company in 2018, the true story of why Mego didn’t make “Star Wars” action figures, how Marty helped bring Transformers to America, why Trek toys are so hard to sell in 2024 and what Playmates did wrong with their most recent attempt, and what the future holds for Mego in 2024 and beyond.

Check out Mego’s Star Trek toys at this link here - https://amzn.to/3Vtedra

Visit the official Mego website - https://megofigures.com/

Learn more Mego history at the Mego Museum - https://www.megomuseum.com/

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