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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.

Bane and Posion Ivy team up from Figures Toy Company

A terrible twosome is coming to terrorize Figures Toy Company’s World’s Greatest Heroes! They’ve tangled in the pages of Batman comics, and even teamed up on the big screen. Now it’s time to make way for FTC’s first ever Bane figure, and not one but two new versions of Poison Ivy! Having been released before…

Mark Your Calendars! Mego Meet 2019 is June 14-15!

The annual Mego Toy Collector’s Convention! Mego Meet is a chance for the Mego toy collector community to get together in person to trade and buy parts and action figures, attend sessions designed to educate and answer questions about the Mego Corporation and the toys they made, but more than anything a chance to connect…

Update: Firefly is not coming in this initial Mego launch

UPDATE: It seems that SyFy jumped the gun with the Firefly launch. They have redacted this information and well, I guess so should we. Sorry for the misinformation.   As if we didn’t get enough good news yesterday with the announcement that Mego was returning to Target stores in two weeks, now SyFy channel has let…

Classic MEGO Figures Return Via Target Stores

Ready for a blast from the past? Toymaker Mego and industry legend Marty Abrams, co-founder and CEO of Mego Corporation, are recreating the company’s famous action figure line, and Targetwill be the exclusive retailer. The new line of collectibles hits stores and Target.com July 29, but fans will get a first look next week during a panel at…

Mego Joe Namath 14 inch Exclusive figure at SDCC

Seeing as Joe Namath was Mego’s first licensed action figure, it makes perfect sense that the newly relaunched Mego Corp begins with him. The new Joe Namath figure will be exclusive to San Diego Comic Con and attendess will be able to get it signed by Broadway Joe as he’s the special guest at the Mego…

Marty Abrams Invites you to the Mego SDCC panel with Joe Namath

This Special note from Marty Abrams:   I also wanted to send all of our ambassadors a special invitation and let them know about our involvement in the San Diego Comic-Con! Joe Namath and I will be appearing at the San Diego Comic-Con panel to announce the relaunch of Mego. After the panel, we will be doing…

New Video: Talking Batman Speaks

    We’re back making Mego movies all Summer long, look for some new video shorts and a brand new series of unboxing videos this month. Subscribe to our channel here to drink it all in people. We kick it off with a fun one, we open up a boxed Mego Super Softies Batman figure from…

Exclusive: Figures Toy Company Announces Swamp Thing Line

They brought you Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and all of your favorites from DC Comics. Now, there’s someone (or better yet, some thing) rising from the dark depths over at Figures Toy Company. Get set for their latest retro series, featuring the monstrous Swamp Thing! A cult favorite character that had numerous comic book series,…

Video: Mego Meet Panel Discussion with Marty Abrams

President of Mego Corporation alongside Paul “Dr. Mego” Clarke sat down at this years 2018 Mego Meet to announce the news of Mego’s triumphant return to toy shelves in 2018. After the epic announcement and the launch of the Mego Ambassadors program, Abrams took questions from the audience on Mego, it’s future and of course,…