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.

Up Close: Shore Leave by Bif Bang Pow!

  The final waves of Bif Bang Pow Venture Brother figures are heavily populated with fan favorites. The ever popular Shore Leave comes in a two pack with the Alchemist, who also in turn completes the Triad (nicely done) . How does he stack up? Judge for yourself with this up close look. Like what you…

Up Close: Captain America by DST/EMCE

The Diamond Select/ EMCE Toys Marvel sets are certainly one of the most talked about ReMego lines at the Mego Museum Forums. This month we saw the release of Captain America. Seeing as it’s one of the more iconic characters in the Marvel & Mego pantheon, we thought it deserving an indepth photo review.  …

Figures Toy Company Brings You KISS Destroyer & Dynasty!

You wanted the Best, you got the Best!  That’s right, the long awaited official announcement is here!  Figures Toy Company is proud to announce that later this year, two all new waves of KISS retro action figures will arrive! The upcoming sets will be based on two of KISS’ most popular albums, Destroyer and Dynasty! …

Up Close: Jefferson Twilight by Bif Bang Pow!

The final waves of Bif Bang Pow Venture Brother figures have been a long time coming and the partial shipment reached Entertainment Earth seems to tell us they’ll be worth the wait. Jefferson Twilight is one of the more anticipated figures, a member of the Triad and killer of “Blaculas” he is our latest photo…

Aw Yeah Mego Meet 2015 less than two months away

Aw Yeah Mego Meet is two months away! The 11th Annual Mego Toy Convention “Aw Yeah Mego Meet” is June 6th 2015 in our NEW LOCATION, SKOKIE ILL.! Expanded Dealers Room Customs Contest Customs Auction Expert Panels Celebrity Guests Door Prizes Mego and other vintage toys Visit for more information: https://www.facebook.com/MegoMeet https://www.megomuseum.com/megomeetmain/megomeetmain.shtml

Figures Toy Company Introduces More Retro Play Sets

It’s a flashback Friday thanks to today’s #MMFTCNEWS! Figures Toy Company is expanding their DC Comics World’s Greatest Heroes license by reproducing two of the most popular Mego sets of the 70’s: Aquaman vs. The Great White Shark, and The Batcave! A reproduction of its 70’s counterpart, The Batcave is the perfect compliment to the…

Micronauts in France

We travel back to 1980 and hop across the Atlantic to this terrific Mcironauts ad from Mego’s distributor in France, Pin Pin Toys. Most people know them for those grey faced Human Torch figures that mysteriously popped up in American Toys R Us stores in the 1980s but they were so much more than that……

Here they come…walkin’ down the street…

OK, so they’re not walking, but they are coming, in retro action figure form for the very first time! Figures Toy Company is proud to announce their latest license, arriving this year as both 8 and 12 inch size figures…THE MONKEES! Since debuting on television in the 60’s, the music and misadventures of Peter Tork,…