Mego Star Trek Action Figures

In 1974, Mego began releasing a series of action figures devoted to the original Star Trek TV series, then in syndication. An animated version of the show was also on Saturday morning television.

The initial release was of five characters: Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scottie, and a Klingon. These figures were 8" in height, and used the same basic body configuration as did Mego's then-new World's Greatest Superheroes line of figures. The dolls wore cloth shirts and pants (with different colors for the different disciplines the characters practiced - i.e., command orange for Kirk, blue for science officer Spock, etc.); and Mego took a different tack with these figures in that their boots were part of their leg sections, rather than having removable (and thus easily lost) boots, as many of their figures had.

This first series of figures were released on a hanging blister card, which clearly showed the figure through a clear plastic window; artwork of the faces of each of these initial five characters was shown to the left of the figure. Lt. Uhura was the sixth figure released, and the packaging was changed to accommodate an image of that character as well.

In addition to these main characters, eventually eight different alien figures were released; some of these were specific to the mythology to the show (like the Romulan and the Mugato) while some, like the Neptunian, were sort of a generic alien adversary to pit against the Enterprise crew. These figures were packaged and advertised under the general heading of Aliens (not related to the later science fiction film series). Examples of Aliens still in their packaging are difficult to locate and command a high price by collectors.

Playsets for the Mego Star Trek line included an Enterprise Playset and Enterprise Gift Set; a Transporter Room playset; the Mission to Gamma VI playset, and the smaller Telescreen Console.

These products, and other Star Trek-related toys, were advertised on the packaging of later releases of the figures.

The figures would be continued to be sold for several years, up to and including the time when Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released in 1979.