Baravelli was one of the first distributor of Mego products in Italy and definately one of the most memorable. Baravelli not only carried Action Jackson as L'Amico Jackson (which strangely enough used a Mego Bruce Wayne Head in the advertising!) but they sold the Superheroes, Mad Monsters, Planet of the Apes and more.
Baravelli Exclusives Baravlli created many exclusives to their line, one of the most notable being the Knights Jousting Horse, few have been found and usually when they do they are expensive. For more info check out this page on the Mego Museum. Tex Willer Based on the best selling Italian comic Book series, Mego created a series of four using parts from the Western Heroes and the World's Greatest Superheroes lines. Tex has become a popular chase item for modern day Mego collectors, for more info check out the comprehensive page at the Mego Tex Willer section Harbert took over Mego distribution from Baravelli around 1977, they bought heavily into the 1975 dated Mego World's Greatest Superhero cards. Often the Fantastic Four are found to be US Cards simply stickered over with a Harbert Logo (many of these are hard to find as US versions because of this) By 1979 Harbert had their own cards printed and they are sought after by completists (pics were lent to FM by MegoMuseum.com) Harbert had the Mego Pocket Superheroes, oddly enough it seems that only the red cards carried the Harbert logo, GIG picked up the line afterward giving some creedance that the red cards came first, then the blue jean editions. The Mego 12" Superheroes were another Harbert line as well as Doctor Who, although Harbert only seemed to carry the Doctor himself! Ceppi Ratti Another Distributor (very well known for diecast robots) that carried the Mego Star Trek the Motion Picture line and produced all the aliens as did Canada's Grand Toys but in today's market place Ceppi Ratti cards are the most commonly found. GIG Too many collectors, GIG (pronounced G-I-G) was one of the most important Mego distributors out there, this is especially true for collectors of the Micronauts GIG much like Grand toys was very successful with the Micronauts and even produced more figures than Mego did. Many former Mego employees have suggested that GIG actually did a better job at marketing the Micronauts than Mego. Standouts from the GIG line include the Emperor, Red Atlas, Green Baron as well as vehicles such as Lobstros and Sharkos. GIG really went to town with the Mego Black Hole line producing figures and vehicles not available in the US market, the most sought after piece being the Humanoid but the Magenetic Robots and Wind Up Vincent are pricey items as well!. GIG produced the now hard to find magnetic Mego Superheroes as found on the Megomuseum, the line was pitched for North America but Mego chose not to release it. The Eagle Force was another line that GIG made their own, mostly because Mego had gone bankrupt and GIG and Grand Toys restarted the Lion Rock factory to press on with orders. Many of the GIG Eagle Force pieces have Micronaut parts thrown in. This weird knock off of Mego Batman doll came to us via Ebay Seller Megoioni, it's a really neat piece of Mego and Superfriends cross promotion. If only Mego had have done something this cool!
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