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.

CustoMego: Mego Meet Customs

This week we’re not going to talk about making a custom but rather look at some fond memories and celebrate some creators. Fans make the coolest stuff and let me introduce you to some of my favourites like the Supermobile, Jet Jaguar and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, you’re gonna love it! MegoMuseum Forums: www.megomuseum.com/community…

Vintage Mego: Close Out Superheroes

This week we talk about the strange oddities like red-carded heroes, Franken Aquaman and these newly discovered World’s Greatest Superheroes in baggies, trust me, it’s a fun mystery! Discuss this in Mego Mania, our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/ Or at the World’s Greatest Mego Forum: https://megomuseum.com/community

Mego Meet 2020 Commercial: June 18-20 Columbus Ohio

MegoMuseum.com presents Mego Meet 2020 which will be held June 18th-20th, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio at the Courtyard by Marriott Columbus West. This will be our third year in Columbus. The hotel is located just off the I-270 outer belt and is minutes away from dining, malls, etc. https://www.megomuseum.com/megomeetmain/megomeetmain.shtml Mego Meet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MegoMeet/ Registration is…

Vintage Mego: 12″ Batman a history

  The subject this week is a history of the Mego 12″ Batman figure, we speak to its origins, variations and why one of them is considered one of the rarest Mego figures ever made.   More on Mego Batman at: www.megomuseum.com   Mego Museum Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheMegoMuseum/#

Vintage Mego: Rare Action Jackson

What are the rarest Action Jackson goodies I know about, here are three in my personal collection that have proven to be the most difficult to track down. Mego Action Jackson Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1513111032308289/ MegoMuseum Action Jackson Galleries: https://www.megomuseum.com/actionjackson/index.html Mego Mania Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/

Mego 8″ DC Comics Superheroes at Toyfair

Mego superheroes at 2020 Toyfair

We are super grateful to Mego Corporation for the opportunity to show case the upcoming line of 8″ DC Comics Superheroes coming to yet undisclosed retailers, a few disclaimers before we start: These are prototypes, the heads are pre-production and may appear large but will be proportionate upon release. Costuming is also hand made, so…

MegoMuseum Special Bif Bang Pow! Doctor Who Retrospective

Live at 8:30 PM this Evening. We’re  launching a new series today “The History of ReMego” speaking about toy lines that tried to rekindle the 8 inch format created by Mego. For our first installment we’ve got president of Bif Bang Pow! Jason Lenzi to talk about their range of Doctor Who action figures. We…

ToyFair 2020: Mego 8″ DC Superheroes Update!

Previously announced at the 2019 MegoMeet convention, a lot of fans have been wondering what’s been going on with the 8″ DC Comics line that has been promised. Toy Fair is the perfect time to give you an update from Mego, here’s everything we know:   They are set to arrive in 2020, possibly summertime.…

Bizarro is back at Figures Toy Company!

The maniacal mirror image of the Man of Steel is making #MMFTCNEWS headlines again!  Bizarro is back at Figures Toy Company, as FTC has just released a retro figure variant featuring the fiercely flawed foe of Superman in a variant purple outfit! www.figurestoycompany.com has just made this new Bizarro available, which is an update to their original…