Action Figure Overview: Mad Monsters - The Horrible Mummy (Mego, 1973)
Mego's Mad Monster Series: The Horrible Mummy (1973) The Mego toy company dominated the shelf space in many toy stores throughout most of the 1970s! Some of their more famous action figure lines included their popular 8" World's Greatest Super Heroes, Star Trek, Wizard of Oz, and Planet of the Apes (read more about that HERE ). However, many people don't realize just how many lines of action figures Mego produced! In the early years, Mego manufactured quite a few more generic lines that didn't require licensing. They made cowboys, cavemen, knights, and action heroes, but one of the coolest lines was The Mad Monsters Series! The Horrible Mummy Creeps Up Behind An Unsuspecting Action Jackson! There were four awesome monsters in The Mad Monster Series: The Dreadful Dracula, The Monster Frankenstein, The Human Wolfman, and The Horrible Mummy. As with many of their 8" figures, the Mad Monsters were cheesy and amazing at the same time! T...