In case you missed it, Mego Meet 2016 has been announced for June 17-18 in Skokie Illinois. This time I’m told there will be one large room for the event giving it a nicer vibe. Pretty exciting stuff!
Details will trickle out at the usual places:
In case you missed it, Mego Meet 2016 has been announced for June 17-18 in Skokie Illinois. This time I’m told there will be one large room for the event giving it a nicer vibe. Pretty exciting stuff!
Details will trickle out at the usual places:
Canada’s Mego Gathering is this Sunday in Burlington Ontario Canada. I don’t need to tell you how normal you’ll feel meeting with your herd, very cathartic.
Plus free trading cards and it is a vintage toy show too.
Skokie Here We Come!
Skokie, IL – December 12, 2014 – Mego Museum in conjunction with Aw Yeah Comics is pleased to announce that Mego Meet 2015 will be held June 5th and 6th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago – North Shore Conference Center. Registration information for vendors and attendees will be posted on the Mego Meet 2015 page at megomuseum.com in the coming weeks.
For the past ten years, the annual Mego Meet made its home in Wheeling, WV. It was clear after Mego Meet 10 that maximum density had been surpassed in Wheeling and that a change of venue was in order. The move to Skokie, IL. will allow for easy access for those travelling by plane, as well as provide a myriad of options for family entertainment. The facilities at DoubleTree offer award-winning guest rooms and event space for presenters, vendors, and attendees.
Perhaps the most exciting byproduct of the new location is that it makes possible a partnership with Aw Yeah Comics, located in beautiful downtown Skokie. Eisner Award-winning artist and co-owner Art Baltazar will be in attendance with the entire Aw Yeah gang. Art is a long-time Mego Meet attendee and is thrilled to host the Meet in it’s new home.
As in years past, Mego Meet 2015 will feature dealer rooms packed full of vintage toys; presentations by collectors, customizers, and toy companies dealing in the classic 8″ “Mego scale;” a customs contest; and an auction to benefit the Mego Museum. The addition of Aw Yeah Comics will add another dimension that will diversify and improve what is already a great annual event.
AW YEAH – MEGO MEET 2015!
About Aw Yeah Comics – Founded by Franco Aureliani, Art Baltazar, and Marc Hammond, Aw Yeah Comics celebrates and promotes everything that is wonderful about comics, toys, artwork, and the joy they bring to people. Located at 4933 Oakton Street in beautiful Downtown Skokie and just a short train ride from Chicago, AYC offers a family-friendly atmosphere with regularly scheduled events that provide adventures for children and adults alike.
About Mego Museum – Founded in 1996 by Scott C. Adams and curated by Brian Heiler, the Mego Museum is an online museum and forum dedicated to all things Mego Corporation. From the classic toys of the seventies, to the modern resurgence of figures being made in the classic Mego style, it all can be found at www.megomuseum.com.
Most recently under the guidance of Museum Customs Editor Steve Moore, The Mego Museum has hosted the Mego Meet convention each year in June for over a decade. Mego Meet attracts collectors and toy industry insiders from all over North America and beyond. The Museum publishes a weekly newsletter and continuously updates the Mego Museum blog, Facebook and Twitter feeds with the latest news, ranging from the latest vintage discoveries to Mego-esque figures currently in production
http://www.megomuseum.com/megomeet2015
Yeah so, as promoted here, this weekend was the annual Toronto Toy Show which at one point was THE EVENT in Canada. My how times have changed, read my thoughts and see some of the Mego sightings after the jump.
It’s a busy weekend if you’re a South Central Ontario resident (like me)
First the Annual Toronto Toy Show is Sunday
Sunday, November 23, 2014
The Toronto Collectors Show
The International Centre, 6900 Airport Rd. Mississauga, ON, Hall 2
Hours: 10 am – 4 pm
Admission: $12, Kids 6-12: $4, under 6: free
This used to be THE toy show when I was younger, in fact it was the first toy show I ever attended in 1986. It’s kind of faded from it’s former glory but I still find some deals there.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
East End ToyCon
Ajax Community Centre, 75 Centennial Rd., Ajax, Ontario
Hours: 10 am – 5 pm
Admission $5, kids 10 and under free
for more info email eastendtoycon@gmail.com
A toy show in Durham Region (about 20 minutes east of Toronto proper) this one holds hope for me, as I know of at least two dealers going who bring some really decent vintage, plus it’s so close to my house I could show up in my bathrobe.
This is an amazing bit of “Micronaut love” from 2008 on display at the annual Mego Convention Mego Meet.
Where will Mego Meet beheld this year? Like them on Facebook to find out!
Mego Meet 2014 was held this past June in Wheeling West Virginia.
Mego Meet 2015 hasn’t been announced but here is a link to their facebook page for more information.