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.

Vintage Mego: 12″ Spider-Man

Vintage Mego returns with a look at one of Mego’s favourite subjects, the Amazing Spider-Man. This time we look at the exciting development of the 12″ figure and its many iterations and variants. New to the channel? Subscribe! ►https://bit.ly/3D3zxJK #mego #megomuseum #spiderman Issue 7 of Toy-Ventures Magazine is now available: http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop For more on the…

Mego Grails at Hake’s

If you haven’t noticed, some incredible Mego World’s Greatest Superhero items are ending today on auction at Hake’s Americana. The jewel of this collection is the carded Green Goblin and infamously short-packed and short-lived packaging version of Spider-Man’s main baddy. We’re lucky to have the seller of these items in the MegoMuseum community and he…

Mego’s Next Wave Details

Mego reveals

We’ve already seen some of the new reveals from Mego from San Diego Comic Con but this list that recently surfaced shows a few new surprises. Mego Worlds Greatest Superheroes 50th Anniversary figures: Batman Shazam Aquaman Robin Superman Scream Ghostface White Variant Ghostfaces Ghostface Skull variant The Batman 2022 Figure Animal House Bluto The Dude…

Mego Reveals at SDCC2022

San Diego- Mego Corp has shared some neat sneak peeks via a live stream in the Mego Ambassadors FaceBook group. Several new figures revealed (likely Diamond Exclusives), including Red Son Superman, Flash Point Batman and The Red Hood. The belle of the ball however would be the reveal of the first five Mego World’s Greatest…

Toy-Room Spotlight: Bill McFarland

Toy Room Spotlight- Mego Museum

A few weeks back, we mentioned in the Mego Museum Newsletter that we wanted to start a new feature showcasing people’s “personal Mego Museums,” if you will, and well, the response was fabulous. The first person to volunteer was Bill McFarland, a long-time pillar to the MegoMuseum community, known to many as “Wee67”, Bill has…

Mego Head of the Month: Clem So

We’re bringing back one of our favourite features here on the Mego Museum, talking with collectors about their passion of Mego’s past and future. Our second spotlight has been a regular and frequent contributor to the halls of knowledge around here, Mr. Clem So. Name: Clem So Do you have a website or a blog? …

Mego is thrilled to present Medusa in all her gruesome glory!  

Mego is thrilled to present Medusa in all her gruesome glory!  Medusa will be slithering her way into the Megoverse for the first time ever! One of the three Gorgons, Medusa was the exception in the family being born with astonishing beauty, until she incurred the wrath of Athena, because of an ill-fated love affair with Poseidon, and was transformed…

Super Joe Unlimited brings back an iconic 70s toy line

Super Joe Unlimited

Super Joe Unlimited is a partnership between White Elephant Toys and Steve Stovall. June 17, 2022 — The Super Joe toy line is getting a second chance to wow Gen-X kids in this wonderful updating of the characters and concepts. This exciting new partnership brings all-new and overdue Super Joe products to the Military and…