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.

We’re off to see the Wizard! Another Wave 2 reveal

  Another exciting surprise in the Mego Museum mailbox today, some very familiar ruby slippers! We’ve created a new wing to the Museum, the 2018 Mego Corp section, it contains everything we know about wave 1 and wave 2. Check it out here.   Shop for Mego on Ebay and each click supports us a…

Mint Off Card: Bela Lugosi as Dracula

  Time for another Mego Museum Mint off Card episode where we de-card a new Retro Figure and let you explore what’s inside. Our subject this week is the new Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula figure by Mego Corp. Count Dracula is easily the most “In demand” figure produced by Mego Corp and we point…

World’s Greatest Presidents line expands!

Not long ago, Figures Toy Company announced their plans for a Presidential series of retro figures, featuring many of the historical names that have sat in the Oval Offices.  In today’s #MMFTCNEWS, FTC salutes the good ole’ USA by revealing even more US Presidents who are set to become fully poseable retro figures!  Here’s the…

Mint Off Card: General Zod by Mego Corp.

Time for another Mego Museum Mint off Card episode where we de-card (or in this case we unbox) a new Retro Figure and let you explore what’s inside. Our subject this week is the new DC Comics General Zod figure by mego Corp. Some folks are perplexed by the 14″ scale and hey, it’s new,…

Mego Announces 14″ Green Lantern

  Mego Ambassadors got a sneak peak of what’s to come with a tease involving a certain coloured lantern, we’re not certain if GL will be in wave two or a subsequent one but we live in exciting times. Check out our new Mego 2018 wing of the Museum to keep updated    Shop for…

Mint Off Card: Dr. West from Re-Animator

  Time for another “Mego Museum Mint Off Card” where we take the latest retro figures off the card and let you see whether it’s for you. This week’s subject is the latest from NECA, Dr. Herbert West from the cult classic film “Re-Animator”, a true favourite of yours truly. You can buy Herbert West…

EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: BANE

Prepare your Batman figures for battle against the most back-breaking bad guy to ever set foot in Gotham City.  Though we’ve known for a while about Figures Toy Company’s plans for a Bane figure in their Batman Retro Series, today is your first full look at the masked madman in retro form! Batman fans are very familiar…

Exclusive First Look at a Mego Wave 2 action figure

While the details for Mego’s second wave at Target stores have not been officially disclosed, we do have something of an unofficial sneak peek of what’ we can expect in the form of this wonderful image. It looks like Jimi Hendrix will have someone to jam with this fall in the surprising form of the…

KISS Dynasty in Retro 1978 Packaging is now available!

Members of the KISS Army will definitely appreciate this edition of #MMFTCNEWS, as Figures Toy Company is prepared to pull the trigger on new figures for their favorite band!  America’s #1 Rock Group returns to FTC in the Love Gun series, now available again in the 12 inch retro figure format just as they were…