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Mego returns with 8" KISS Action Figures!

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2018 MEGO 8" Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley Back in the 1970s, the toy company MEGO was at the top of their game.  Toy stores were filled with their 8" World's Greatest Super Heroes, Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Starsky and Hutch, and Wizard of Oz as well as a variety of other awesome action figures.  Although by 1978, rival company Kenner was dominating shelf space with Star Wars toys, MEGO was still manufacturing some amazing toys including the 12" KISS action figures!  Despite their best efforts, the Star Wars craze was a powerful force and by the early 1980s, MEGO was hurting.  Despite success with several lines including KISS and Dukes of Hazard, it wouldn't be long before the famous MEGO logo would disappear completely from toy stores across the country. For decades, MEGO fans have wondered "what if..." about a variety of toy possibilities.  Many clever customizers created their own 8" MEGO figures of characters that were never produ...