It’s no secret that numerous episode of the Super Friends cartoon series have inspired Figures Toy Company to produce retro figures that fans thought they’d never see. From their fast-selling Universe of Evil variants to the upcoming “Death of Superman” figure, FTC has pulled out all the stops by revisiting Hanna Barbera’s take on the…
A bit of a departure this week, instead of talking about a vintage Mego toy, we thought we’d talk about some myths and rumours that plague Mego collecting to this day. We even believed some of these and spread them ourselves, so it’s time to put these to bed. So for this installment, we’ll tackle…
We’ve got an exclusive look at the flocked WereWolf from the upcoming Wave six horror assortment. This wave is being called an “Interim Wave” by Mego, so that foreign distributors can catch up (Just like the previously announced “Trouble with Tribbles” wave of Star Trek). It Includes 5 figures: 1x New Werewolf – Full Body…
Darkseid is sending in the shock troops in anticipation of his arrival at Figures Toy Company! This week’s #MMFTCNEWS is cause for concern for the Super Friends, because the Parademon retro figures are en route to FTC! Also known as the Paradrones (because “demon” was too dark for Saturday morning cartoons), the Parademons are best…
Vintage Mego takes a look at an empty box but WHAT an empty box, this is the only surviving sample of the Action Jackson Adventure set, a lost item from 1974. How did this sample survive Toyfair 1974? Well, that’s an interesting story and we discuss this amazing find. Subscribe and like for a bi-weekly…
An interesting Pre-Order just popped up on the License-2-Play website this afternoon and reveals the details of the next Star Trek assortment from Mego: Pre-order Mego Scifi Assortment Wave 6! 8-inch licensed Star Trek characters – this assortment is based on the Original Series episode “The Trouble with Tribbles”. Includes: Stark Trek Captain Kirk in…
This week is all about one of my favourite Mego Playsets, the amazing Forbidden Zone Trap from the Planet of the Apes line. We give a history of the set, it’s many fun features and also talk about whether the gift set may or may not exist. For more information on the Planet of the…
Exciting times here at the MegoMuseum as we’re privileged to share another awesome foreign Mego discovery. We recently spoke to a collector who was generous enough to share his epic collection of the “Los Famosos Super Heroes (en Accion)”. The MegoMuseum originally reported on these in 2017 with the discovery of a boxed Superman. Instead…
This week we look at the amazing Flying Batcopter made in 1977 for the Mego Comic Action Heroes line, it really works and you run the risk of losing your Batman on a roof or in a tree. However, did you know that this began life as a different toy line in a different…
There’s a new Teen Titan coming to Figures Toy Company, one that’s going to make everyone around her watch their back. The traitorous Terra is the latest name to be added to FTC’s long list of DC Comics retro figure releases! Those who know their DC history will remember the pivotal role Terra took…
