One thing we Mego and retro figure collectors can agree on is that 2022 was indeed a high point in terms of choice and selection. Mint Off Card looks at what we think are the top 5 figures of the year. This list is totally personal, and we’d love to know what you thought was…
“I want my cake!!” Nathan Grantham from the “Father’s Day” vignette in the 1982 George Romero Creepshow movie, complete with his daughter’s severed head as his cake straight from Mego’s factory. The figure is coated with textured paint to represent the dirt that Nathan brought from his own grave. Joining Nathan is the long-awaited Alice…
Figures Toy Company sure knows how to start the New Year, because 2023 is kicking off with a double dose of Puppy Power! The first #MMFTCNEWS of the year is an announcement that many collectors have been waiting for; the arrival of Scrappy Doo at FTC! Scooby-Doo’s nephew is currently available at http://www.figurestoycompany.com in a two-pack that contains…
Mego Corp has shared it’s 50th anniversary Joker packaging with us and it’s a total call back with one difference. There was an issue with the original Mego Joker logo as WB didn’t have it in their toolkit, so they found an era appropriate substitute.
Mego 2023 Figure Line Up Revealed.A new solicitation list from Mego distributor License to Play has been released, including some figures even we at the Museum were surprised to see. While these lists have been incorrect in the past and should likely be taken with a grain of salt, some of these figures have been…
In their last live stream Video, Mego Corp shared a glimpse of the upcoming 8″ Alice Cooper Action figure. Announced in 2019, we haven’t had many updates on the license, but the good news, it’s full steam ahead for this figure. The image above shows the final Mego Alice Cooper hand-painted head sculpt before it…
The Super Joe Unlimited figure factory samples have arrived and these fun new images showcase the figures and their awesome new accessories. Details will soon come on how you can order them online from White Elephant Toyz and Cotswold Collectibles and pick them up in person at shows from My Vintage Toys and Trains. Discuss…
Hey, I don’t know if you noticed but it’s Christmas! If there is something toy collectors know and like, it’s nostalgia. So let’s time travel back to the time when photography was not super great and photo mats were a thing. Several members of our community have shared that absolutely brilliant shots of Christmas past…
Regarding the figure lines produced by Mego Corp., we all have our favourites, and it’s safe to assume that the World’s Greatest Superheroes, Planet of the Apes, Micronauts and Star Trek will always cram that top 5. But what about all the other toy lines Mego created? Indeed there are a few underappreciated entries in…
l Recently on an episode of Toy Ventures, we looked at a book containing a child’s sticker book from the mid-1970s. Among these were an oddity known to some collectors, these strange bootleg stickers of Mego Figures from Star Trek and Planet of the Apes. These full-figure stickers are about six inches tall and, like…
