palitoy

AKA Brian. Curator/helper monkey on the Mego Museum. Webmaster/Creator of Plaidstallions.com . President (and sole employee) of Odeon Toys. Freelance pop culture writer, toy historian and author of the book "Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings" which is now available. Shoe size is 15 wide.

DISCOVERED! THE COMIC ACTIVATOR

It’s not every day you see a new vintage Mego item, let alone a Mego Superhero item that you thought didn’t exist but today, we’ve got that going on. In 1977, Mego’s second year of the Comic Action Heroes, they began to solicit the Comic Activator, the catalyst item used in all the playsets save…

Vintage Mego: Diecast Superheroes

Vintage Mego looks at the underrated Mego Diecast Superhero collection from 1979, one of the first toy lines looking to appeal to the adult collector. Get Toy-Ventures Magazine here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ Mego Museum Forums: https://megomuseum.com/community/activity.php   GET Issue 3 of Toy-Ventures here!   Subscribe to the MegoMuseum Newsletter here MegoMuseum Links: MegoMuseum Forums       …

Vintage Mego: Planet of the Apes Village

Vintage Mego looks at another classic Mego Play Set, this time it’s the Planet of the Apes Village from 1974. This episode is filmed in glorious BackYard-O-Vision! Get Toy-Ventures Magazine here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ Mego Museum Forums: https://megomuseum.com/community/activity.php   GET Issue 3 of Toy-Ventures here!   Subscribe to the MegoMuseum Newsletter here MegoMuseum Links: MegoMuseum Forums   …

Mego Rocketeer: Mint Off Card Review

    Mint Off Card decards the latest from Mego, this time it’s the Rocketeer, a figure that gives us hope for more obscure 80s and 90s superheroes, like Condorman. Order the Rocketeer at Entertainment Earth! https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116 Get Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 3 today! https://ebay.us/lUGYDp        Get Toy-Ventures Issue 2 now! Subscribe to the…

Mint Off Card: Mego Riddler

Mint Off Card takes a look at the latest figure from Mego, the Riddler from their DC Comic Line. How does he stack up to the classic World’s Greatest Superheroes figure? Order the Riddler at Entertainment Earth! https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116 Get Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 3 today! https://ebay.us/lUGYDp        Get Toy-Ventures Issue 2 now! Subscribe to…

Vintage Mego: 1980 Mego Spring Catalog

  Vintage Mego this week looks at one of the rarer catalogs to come from Mego, the 1980 Spring supplement which features toylines they thought would be the highlights of 1980 including the Micronauts, BGlack Hole, Star Trek the Motion Picture, Fashion Candy, Web Spinning Spider-Man and Elastic Plastic Man among others.   GET Issue…

And the next wave of Mego figures is…..

Solicitations have begun for the next wave of Mego action figures and it’s a wonderful mix of something for everyone and a triumphant return of the 14″ figures. According to sources, the following figures will launch this June:   You can Pre-Order  Mego characters from Entertainment Earth, proud sponsor of the MegoMuseum!     8″…

Vintage Mego: 12″ Robin

Vintage Mego takes a look at one of my favourite figures from my childhood, the Mego 12″ Robin. A figure that had many iterations worldwide, we talk about all the worldwide variations and chart its history.   Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine Here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ Our Facebook Group MegoMania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/ MegoMuseum Forums: https://megomuseum.com/community/forum.php

Mego Universal Frankenstein : Mint Off Card- MegoMuseum

  Mint Off Card looks at the latest from Mego Corp in the form of the Universal Monsters Franakenstein figure, the very first 8″ Karloff based Frankenstein since the mid 1970s! It is the best Frankenstein figure of all time? YOU TELL US! I bought this at Entertainment Earth and they sponsor this channel https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116…

Mego UltraSeven :Mint Off Card Review

Mint off Card takes a long look at the next Ultra-Man figure from Mego Corp, the amazing Ultra-7. Which Ultra character would you like to see next? Pre-Order Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 3 here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ I bought this at Entertainment Earth and they sponsor this channel https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116     Pre-Order Issue 3 of Toy-Ventures here!