Mego Batman Wayne Foundation (Vintage Mego)

[@NickBartolo]

I had literally every Mego Batman related toy, except this one.

[@nosferatu-369]

I never got the Wayne Foundation but remember the Christmas when my Grandmother had gotten me the Batcave. I thought the Bat Signal was the coolest thing.

[@jeffdeiderich2901]

Christmas of '76, I got Batman and Robin, Joker and the Batmobile. I got the Batcave as well. I took my Batmobile with Batman and Robin to school for show and tell. It nearly started a riot. My teacher told me to take it home at lunch and never bring it back.

[@raypiff1]

My fave toy, best Christmas gift ever, and I still have it. It’s come with me from east coast to west and back again. If I’m not careful, I’ll be buried with it, lol.

[@BrickMantooth]

that's awesome.

[@EdsterIII]

I WISH, OH DO I WISH I would have kept my old toys. Many were given away. My biggest and worst loss was my complete 1978 Star Wars figure set. The Sears Cantina playset, the variant figures I had. The Jawa with the plastic cape. The Snaggletooth figure with the Blue suit, the taller and shorter versions of Snaggletooth. The Han Solo with the big head. The Luke Skywalker with the "roto-scope" lightsaber. Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi. So many of them. I literally had those figures cases that held your figures and you could flip over and use as a stand. Pegs were on the back of the figure holder. I had at least 6 or 7 maybe 8 of those full. And they were given away. A relative who got some decided that she and her dog could bite off the heads of some of them. Ugh! My Death Star playset, no idea where that ended up. This hurts!

[@matthewpayne6122]

I had this . The accessories were great the two computers and the bookcase.

[@michaelbest1215]

Highly welcomed topic: ★Thank You★ ever so much for creating this WONDERFUL video about the classic Mego Wayne Foundation playset. ❤️💜💙💜💛💜💚

[@stevenmacias3605]

This is one of the reasons why I feel the toys of the 70s ruled. Wayne Foundation, along with the batcave, the fortress from the Planet of the Apes among other playsets, allowed us to use our imagination. Basically hands on toys were King, in my opinion. Thank you for another great trip through memory lane.

[@monitorearthprime74]

I had one as a kid, but over time & usage of play it became the DC Comics version of the leaning tower. Years later I redid a bookcase and used the backdrops in that.

[@megofan5734]

It's odd that I never even saw a Wayne Foundation back then, considering that I received Mego toys for almost every Christmas of the 1970's. In Christmas 1974 I received mostly Mego Batman toys. In an old home movie I can see my brother, my sister, and myself playing with all the Batman figures and the Batmobile, and paying little attention to the other things we got. Today I have every item Mego made for the 8 inch Batman line- except for the Wayne Foundation. But I do have the computer console, and it displays nicely with the Jokermobile and Batlab.

[@JosephProductions]

One of the coolest 1970s playsets ever, a classic piece from Mego. Would be so cool to see it reproduced someday. Great video!

[@stevenmacias3605]

Couldn't agree more. I'd definitely be one of the first in line to get this if it was ever reproduced. One can only dream I guess.

[@bosnose]

I wish they were still in business. My favorite toy company as well.

[@BrickMantooth]

They came back in 2018, not as big but the Superheroes are back.

[@jeddysne]

​Really cool for the time. As a modern convert, I wish that it had artwork on the flipside showing the building so that Batman could walk up the wall. However, I'm sure 'imagination' took care of that :)

[@BrickMantooth]

yeah that would have been extra but for the time, not that important.

[@hamletstragedy8988]

This vid felt like a late Christmas present! I’ve never heard the Wayne Foundation play set! (You mention later it was only available in the states).

[@steelbrigadekory]

Would love to have had this!!!!

[@KardboardKenny]

i wonder if some of the missing parts could be 3d printed out? great vid, by the way.

[@Junk_World_Templar]

That is one awesome play set. I missed the Mego age, being born in 1980. When I got into toys MOTU, Transformers and Starwars were the thing. Often ponder picking up a few, especially love the Thing Mego figure.

[@Floyds_Toys]

I would of killed for a Mego Batmite back then. The Wayne Foundation looks like a lot of cardboard so it would of been off-limits to me as a kid (can't remember if I was even aware of it). My parents were against toys with a lot of cardboard. Instead of the Mego Batcave I had a wooden homemade one my father built. The anti-cardboard stance in my house almost cost me the Death Star, the Batcave was slated for a remodel into the Death Star but they recanted.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

In retrospect knowing how plastics are destroying our planet, do you think your parent's ever realized how silly their anit-cardboard stance was? If only everything that we use plastic for was substituted with cardboard we would have a much more sustainable planet right now.

[@seereadnhear]

Wow Brian what a way to start off the channel this year great episode

[@jamievaughn1485]

I really wish a company would come along and make these types of playsets again for modern lines. There are so many possible iterations that could be done for different lines. I'd kill for a sewer set for TMNT or an Avengers Tower maybe.

[@ajclements4627]

A company did remake the Mego ST USS Enterprise bridge, so it’s possible others might be remade, I missed several play sets growing up, and would also love another chance to get possibly more affordable remakes of the originals.

[@EdsterIII]

@@ajclements4627 Affordable? Not a chance. Hasbro is doing new Star Wars ships, sets, diorama pieces, but they are easily $99.00 to $500.00➕ so, they are out there but they won't be cheap!

[@Dave4infinite]

Mego bring backs great childhood memories happy to find your channel!

[@BrickMantooth]

glad you us too!

[@g.i.joethelostchronicles6807]

Awesome video Brutha!!! I grew up with Mego & G.I.Joe Adventure Team. Love it!!

[@BrickMantooth]

The best!

[@LudditesRUs]

"The Wayne Foundation: Because the most fun part of playing Batman is giving grants to deserving 501c3 organizations."

[@ItsAllForYouDemon]

Great video. Absolutely warmed my heart with childhood nostalgia. Perfect Saturday morning fun. Take care.

[@schristy3637]

Superman and the Avengers ???? That would be SWEET!!! How would Superman deal with a Black Widow or a Drunk Iron-Man???

[@BanazirGalpsi1968]

I'm seeing lots of comments about cardboard. But to my eyes it looks like chipboard which is wood. Cheap wood, but wood nonetheless. Had a chess board of that and some playschool toy parts used it. It has a lot more durablity and can be wiped clean easily. Also the support pillars, elevator, clips, all plastic. As well as the chairs and simaler accessories.

[@ununun]

I've never seen this before. The things still left to discover in the classic toy world! I wonder how expensive this playset was to manufacture ... it's mostly cardstock and mostly identical plastic struts. I'd have gone half mad yearning for this. It's big enough to stand in for all kinds of structures, not just those featured on the backgrounds. I'll no doubt watch this video a number of times and it's excellent quality even on a large TV screen. Thanks again for making it.

[@hbkx5]

Hey Brick, Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for making this video. I grew up in the 90's obsessed with batman and when I got a little older I found photos of the Wayne Foundation play set but had no way of obtaining one. I have searched for years trying to find one in the wild but have never seen it in person. Your video shows a lot of detail and insight into this mystical toy that I still plan on adding to my collection someday! This make me want to redouble my efforts to track one of these down for sure. Keep up the good work, Would love to see some more obscure play sets in the future!

[@stoneys.1194]

Never got the Wayne foundation, but me n my brother loved mego figures. We had the bat-cave n the uss enterprise, the spidey mobile, bat mobile, bat copter, bat cycle n some of the POTA items, it was never ending playing with these toys. So glad they making a comeback

[@scottmartin7645]

I never had the Wayne Foundation. The only time that I ever saw one was back in 1978 or 1979. I was over a friend's house and he had one. I was amazed by the grand structure. He also had Megos that I never saw before like Isis, Conan, and the second wave of Star Trek Aliens. The Wayne Foundation was truly the crown jewel of the WGSH line, if not the entire line of Mego 8" action figures.

[@GarysActionManChannel1970]

Never saw this in UK though the Batmobile and Bat Cycle were common! Great video👍

[@JC-fd9zt]

Well made video! Yes we never knew one existed as kids in the 70’s, but we own one now. You’re right, they did borrow the ‘cardboard with plastic columns’ concept from Barbie’s Dreamhouse ☺️

[@jjdigitalvideosolutionsllc5343]

I was never a fan of the mego batcopter and, even as a kid, felt the wayne foundation looked cheap. I enjoyed the Batcave much more and the other Bat vehicles. It's nice to get some of the history of the playset though and a little more appreciation of the artwork for it. BTW, is the elevator Bat-hook the same as the one for the mobile crime lab van winch?

[@michaelleary9233]

Same here. It reminded me of my sister's Barbie townhouse, I wanted the Batcave but it wasn't made anymore by then.

[@mattledbetter859]

Love you, Brain! Need led this on a Thursday night.

[@mattledbetter859]

Needed

[@eltenda]

Howdy!

[@robertroche671]

Never got one, but always wanted one as a kid. It would’ve made a terrific HQ for the Fantastic Four 🤔

[@zwick6890]

That is just awesome- thanks so much for sharing!

[@BrickMantooth]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jonacheson]

No one I knew had this, after 1977 we were all Star Wars, all the time. How sturdy is it?

[@ZomBSnatcher4671]

This is a great item. I always loved the Mego toys. I had Spock as a kid but never got any of the superheroes. I also love the Planet of the Apes line. But they terrified me as a kid. I was born in 71', so during its prime, I was a little young

[@senojor]

That looks excellent!

[@scottstalcup6980]

The older brother had this. I think it was assembled ONCE. Don't think I'd want one, even if it wasn't ludicrously out of my league dosh-wise. It's too massive and doesn't have the Filmation/Hanna-Barbera Saturday Morning reference the Batcave and Hall of Justice do.

[@craigplumlee]

That would be a great display stand for any era of Batman figures. A replica of each floor (sold separately) assembled together for a complete tower

[@ivane5110]

That would have made an incredible Ghostbuster's firehouse! I think my only exposure to this was that comic add. So awesome to see the details. Much appreciated. And the great thing about this and this playset (and a lot of them), the cardboard panels meant it was doable to draw or clip out alternate backgrounds if wanted.

[@dwaynec7542]

Never even knew this existed until a couple of years ago. Cool item!

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Cool play set. I wonder if Kenner borrowed some ideas from the set for the Death Star.

[@samjimenez]

I had this when I was kid. I have a old film reel of me opening it on Christmas day. Wish I still had it. Nice memories. 🙂

[@BrickMantooth]

What a great memory to still have!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Is the reel watchable? That's so cool.

[@samjimenez]

@@camcordernonsense5264 yes! 🙌🏼 I had it transferred to VHS a long time ago. 😁

[@noahhenson1669]

My friend had this, but tragically I never did. I remember being in complete awe (and deep envy) at its size and detail!

[@macorourke2222]

Totally awesomeness Brother. Thanks for sharing Your passion for Vintage Collecting😀👍🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🌎❤🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯

[@pmikeymike]

Really awesome video, thanks so much for posting! I remember getting mine for Christmas. And I still have it today with it's original box and assembly instructions! LOL What is one of these, slightly played with, go for these days?

[@markshulusky6680]

"Yes!" for an upcoming TEEN TITANS episode. Didn't Speedy come in a carded version which featured a ton of accessories, the most MEGO ever did?

[@HonkyTonkBuffalo]

My cousin had one. :) We'd always play with it when I'd go over and spend the weekend with him. :)

[@EdsterIII]

While I didn't have this set I had a bunch of Mego sets. Planet of the Apes playsets, some kind of Justice League set, and a Spider-Man car with with web, the Enterprise. Oh if I had half of the toys I had then, now, oh man that hurts! Mego Superheroes were my top toys in the early to mid 70's. So many epic figures to have. Even S.W.A.T. had a run.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

I remember circling this in the Montgomery Ward catalog at least two years running up to Christmas. I loved the looks of it (and love it even more after your detailed video!). Unfortunately for me I found out a couple of years ago that mom bought most of my toys for Christmas in the summer at sidewalk sales and clearance sales. So what I ended up getting was often what I had wanted the previous Christmas! To make matters worse, she shared my Christmas wish list with her sister and so my cousin would get exactly what I had wished for the current year while I got last year's stuff. Suffice it to say, I was not happy after our annual family Christmas visit to his house. Lucky for me he didn't get Batman Wayne Foundation either!

[@richardwatts4660]

Absolutely brilliant video history of this fantastic playset, very informative indeed, thank you. Unfortunately I never had any Mego Batman figures as a kid, but watching these videos sure makes me wish I had been fortunate enough to own this playset. What a work of toy art, such brilliant attention to details, with loads of little nods to the Batlore as well to look out for. This perfectly sums up why I loved 70's / 80's toy lines; Such attention to details, and toy adverts that really drew the viewer in well (yes, I loved the Batman toy adverts included here too - just fabulous. Each Autumn / Winter / Fall Season back then was always worth it just to see the various new toy adverts each year in the run up to Christmas - wonderful times, great memories!). One of your best videos yet, thanks again.

[@Skaramine]

I thought you misspoke when you said Superman and the Avengers, BUT THERE HE IS WITH CAP'S KOOKY QUARTET! That blows my mind!

[@Merylstreep1949]

Lol my Wayne Foundation was a huge ass cardboard box from the grocery store lol so was my planet of the apes

[@Scottyx0x]

This was a great piece I had it as a kid it was actually somehow mail ordered and sent to my moms place of work I carried it home on my back riding a bicycle. It was very heavy. Kind of just like Mego I was coming to the end of my run being able to play with action figures I Had not outgrown them but my tiny neighborhood moved away and my other friends were now getting into sports, Boy Scouts and motorcycles. My expectations however were over the top, I anticipated setting this up and having some of the greatest adventures there ever were Batman being my favorite hero and I was following along with the new adventures of Batman so this to me was Perfect. So here comes the reality… Maybe it had something to do with I didn't have anyone to really share The adventure at that time having said that I found it to be lacking except for the elevator which was fun but there's only so much you can do and Batman's house with his own elevator now too much can go down because nobodys supposed to know that it exists. Maybe I could pretend it was a hotel or a building somewhere beyond that would've been one thing. Also as a kid I found the hideaway bookcase survey goofy for lack of a better term first of all if the top floor that little single spot was supposed to represent the penthouse and all of this was supposed to be underground or whatever it was what's the point of having a hideaway bookcase if nobody is supposed to be there to begin with… Anyway lol "those were the days… And you know who you are then..."

[@jimkuna8687]

Wow never seen that before that's so cool you could play with that for ever.

[@thecretanbull4784]

I absolutely loved and still love this stuff!! Takes me back to a simpler life. Thanks for posting!!

[@donaldwiller9238]

Grate video.

[@superdavid002]

I once saw a Wayne Foundation at a flea market. What luck, I thought. But it was just an empty box! I passed on it.

[@ajclements4627]

What’s stopping Mego, or someone else from recreating these playsets? I’d love to own the Batman, JL, and PotA playsets.

[@BrickMantooth]

It really wouldn't take a lot to repro these.

[@dewayneweakley4031]

Really enjoyed this video, it'll probably take a miracle for me to get one. So I'll just enjoy yours.

[@evanlindsey1100]

A possibility for a replacement for that bat piece for the elevator would be to see if someone could 3d print a replacement if the part is extremely rare.

[@johngreany9577]

5,000 dollars on EBay. Holy squirrel nuts Batman.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Dang. I want that over any Batcave.

[@sartainja]

Superb video; very interesting as ever.

[@kevingallagher188]

Really liked the video. I wanted to have a set like that.

[@gildersleevefan67]

I had this. I got it for Christmas 1977 and maybe my opinion of it has to do with the fact that I came down with very bad case of the flu within days. But this toy was one of the biggest disappointments of my childhood. This was not physically designed well. Once you built it and put in the elevator----without fail---when you used the elevator, at least one of the background cards would fall completely off. The elevator was not designed well and didn't move from floor to floor without a lot of trouble. It wouldn't slide very well, so it would get stuck and you had to yank that string to get it to move. And when you did, that's when it would literally fall apart before your eyes.

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

That's sad to hear with how gorgeous the artwork for it is.

[@lipranditoys]

Adjusted to today's prices that would have been around 70 dollars for a pile of cardboard. The same amount of plastic could have been used more creatively to give better features like a zipline starting from the roof, or windows in the back panel for the figures to climb through for an instance.

[@3dartistguy]

I understand capitalizing on the Batman culture because of the tv series, but its too bad that Mego didnt make this set for their Mego Fantastic Four line as this set could have been a wonderful headquarters for the Baxter Building seen in Marvel Comics as the four top floors served as the FF headquarters. Just think of all the wondeerful drawings that could have been done of Reed Richards scientific equiptment on the backwalls and the elevtor would have worked nicely too, plus they could have made some vehicles for the FF such as the Fantastic Car.

[@vintagetoykid9682]

@BrickMantooth what are the dimensions of the Wayne Foundation?

[@jimmynoneya2584]

A quick question as I'm sure someone knows what is the significance of the large penny and the T-Rex that you often see in the batcave

[@stevejones7079]

Had alot of Wgsh Megos figures,but no Wayne Foundation.

[@BrickMantooth]

me either.

[@FritziSchnitzel]

I always disliked the Wayne Foundation in the comics because of the giant fake/hollow tree in the middle of it.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

"Wayne Foundation" playset. Such an odd labeling. No sign with chasing lights on an arrow reading, Related to Your Arch Enemy for the baddies to see?

[@IlluminovaNibiru]

Where are the missing minutes on this video? Why did the KZbin censor you? Whoo! What did you say Brian?

[@Chapwiththewings5roundsrapid]

6:24, Avengers? Surely not

[@michaelkirk2384]

This was just not in the cards financially when I was a kid.

[@TheNightBadger]

I don't think that Batcopter looks aerodynamically sound. I could be wrong though... _"Where did he go?"_ - I'll give you three guesses...

[@rickmeehan7367]

i have it and it unopen

[@crossfirearcade8015]

Same here. Brand new in box as I got it as a handme down unopen xmas gift in the early 80s when I was 3/4.. My dad saw it and said thats to old for me to destroy. Placed in the closet it sat lol. Now its sitting im my arcade/game room lol.

[@rickmeehan7367]

@@crossfirearcade8015 Did you ever want to open it up and play with it

[@dubuyajay9964]

When did Batman return to his mansion and cave?

[@keithvukan7082]

Is the guy in a soft looking suit a Bruce Wayne doll?

[@richconroy5559]

Bruce Wayne is a multimillionaire so obviously hes always keeping his eye on gold. That's what we come here for, investment humor.