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.

The Slumber Party Massacre 8″ Figure from Scream Factory and NECA

“The original Slumber Party has aged well, proving to be one of the smarter slashers of its time and a highly underrated effort from the genre’s Golden Era. It’s a fun mix of comedy and carnage” – DVD Talk When Trish (Michele Michaels) decides to invite her high school basketball teammates over for a slumber…

NECA unveils Pharoah Eddie from Iron Maiden’s Iconic Powerslave Album

Celebrate Iron Maiden’s metal masterpiece with this clothed action figure of Pharaoh Eddie, inspired by the themes of “Powerslave” and the historic World Slavery Tour! The band’s legendary mascot stands 8-inches tall and is dressed in fabric bandages and pharaoh’s regalia, complete with detailed headpiece, to replicate the look of the art. Pharaoh Eddie is…

Mint Off Card: Mego Black Manta

This week we look at the elusive Mego 14″ DC Comics Black Manta action figure from Wave 6! You can order this wave of figures at Entertainment Earth: https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116 See all of Mego Wave 6 at: https://www.megomuseum.com/megocorp/ Follow us on Twitter: @Megomuseum Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/

Vintage Mego: Marvel Shuttles

This week we talk about the strange Mego Pocket Superheroes vehicles that began appearing in Toys R Us Stores in the early 1980s. Check out the Mego Pocket Superhero Galleries here. https://www.megomuseum.com/galleries/pocket-heroes/ This video was created by Brain Heiler (@plaidstallions) Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg?view_as=subscriber Our facebook group is MegoMania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/

Mint Off Card: Birdman from Figures Toy Company

  Time to de-card another modern figure, our subject this week is Birdman from Figures Toy Company, based on the popular Hanna Barbera cartoon. This video was created by Brain Heiler (@plaidstallions) Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg?view_as=subscriber Our facebook group is MegoMania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/

Jericho is coming to the Teen Titans!

  Figures Toy Company continues to bring the Teen Titans together, and in today’s #MMFTCNEWS you’ll see the next Titans member that they’ve turned into a retro figure!  This superhero has been at the core of some of the greatest Teen Titans stories to take place in the pages of DC Comics, and now he’ll have his own FTC action figure. …

Mego Micronauts in the 1978 JC Penny Catalog

Let’s take a loving look back to 1978 when Mego’s Micronauts got a spiffy two-page spread in the JC Penny Catalog. Mego hit gold in 1977 with their take on Japan’s “Microman” toy line as children everywhere had a newfound love for space toys thanks to the popularity of Star Wars. In 1978, Mego would…

Vintage Mego: Zorro by Palitoy Bradgate

  Vintage Mego this week explores a figure that is on a lot of collector’s want lists, from 1978 we present the Zorro figure made for the UK market by Palitoy Bradgate. We have a lot more questions than answers but that is part of the fun of collecting Mego! Check out the Mego Zorro…

Mego Pennywise: Mint Off Card

Mint Off Card tears Pennywise from IT off the card and well, we’re kinda scared of him! I apologize for not including the ballon. Mego’s Wave 7 is shipping this week to online etailers everywhere. You can order this wave of figures at Entertainment Earth: https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116 Special thanks to Mego Corp for this wonderful opportunity,…