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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.

Aw Yeah Mego Meet 2017 Show Guide and FAQ

With this year’s Mego event being next week, we thought it might be prudent to provide this handy show guides to newbies (welcome by the way, glad to have you) and as a refresher for our ” Mego Meet Veterans”. So here is some information and “Frequently Asked Questions” Where is it? DoubleTree by Hilton…

New Early Bird Superman figure from FTC

Figures Toy Company has a nice surprise for a Wednesday, this early bird Superman (limited to 200 pieces) is now available. Superman features a never before seen head sculpt (which if we may add, is pretty spiffy), so get him before he’s gone!   Don’t miss the Mego Event of the year, Mego Meet 2017!…

More Legion of Doom Exclusive Reveals!

    Say hello to the bad guys!  Last week, you were introduced to two of the Legion of Doom members that will be included in Super Friends Series 5.  Lex Luthor and Brainiac might be fearsome foes, but they’ve got a few friends of their own.  Sinestro and Scarecrow join the fight against the…

Look out Super Fools!

Sorry Super Fools, your job just got a lot harder with this exclusive first look at the leader of the Legion of Doom Lex Luthor and his android partner in crime Brainiac! These two will soon join their Legion of Doom counterparts to give the Super Friends a challenging time! Look for Lex, Brainiac and…

#MMFTCNEWS: The Purrfect Reveal!

Two legendary actresses, one classic character.  This week, Figures Toy Company is letting the cats out of the bag, as they are pleased to proved a sneak preview of the upcoming Catwoman figures from the Batman Classic TV Series 6! As fans of the ’66 Batman show know, the Catwoman character was portrayed by several…

NECA brings us an early Christmas

Some wonderful new pre-orders are now available from NECA for this holiday season including Chainsaw Clarke Griswold from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. This is the second figure from the series and hopefully more are in store.   If that weren’t enough, NECA also has figures from A Christmas Story in the pipeline. Ralphie is ready…

Will the Batmobile/Batcycle wheels roll?

Back when we posted the poll in 2014 there were conditions on Figures Toy’s license that prevented them from producing a Batmobile with rolling wheels. Since the announcement of the Batmobile and Batcycle replicas from Figures Toy Company, many collectors have wondered if they going to have functional wheels. We’re happy to announce that has…