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.

Mego Of the Week: Robin #1

By Scott A. Today’s Mego of the Week is Robin, from the World’s Greatest Super Heroes line. Having been introduced in the initial wave there are now quite a few variations in the suit for the character. These include ribbed sleeves, plastic snaps, paper emblems, and opaque belts. One question that remains: Did he ever…

Mego Superheroes in Spain!

Courtesy of ForeignMego.com, we have this awesome Spanish advertisement for the Poch assortment of World’s Greatest Superheroes. Click on it for a better look at the type 1 glory. No love for Aquaman? A more detailed look at the assortment shows that Tarzan was a bigger deal in Spain than the boy wonder.

The Save Retro Action Movement

  Not surprisingly, Mego fans have not taken the recent news about the cancellation of the Mattel Retro Action line lightly and several grass roots campaigns have sprung up to help you kindly express your disappointment to Mattel about this decision. If you’re Facebook inclined, there is a Save Mattel Retro Action group that has…

John Stewart on sale at Matty Collector right now!

Mattel Retro Action John Stewart Hey Mego Heads, it’s the 15th of the Month and that means it’s time for our third Green Lantern 8″ exclusive, this time it’s John Stewart in his 70s glory. Buy two and make a sweet Black Lightning with the other one. Click here before they all vanish back to…