Brain

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.

Exclusive: Mego Corp. Announces 14″ Star Trek line

The Megomuseum has received an exclusive news story from Mego Corporation! One of the many new mego items making its debut at Toyfair 2019 will be a 14″ line of Star Trek figures. Mego launched the 14″ format with the very popular DC Superheroes brand this past year and are now expanding that universe with the crew (and…

Harlequin coming soon from Figures Toy Company!

Another Teen Titans team member is the focus of #MMFTCNEWS this week. Don’t let her familiar features fool you, because she’ll be joining the fight for justice alongside Figures Toy Company’s other DC Comics retro figures. She’s been called Joker’s Daughter and Duela Dent, but the one heading for FTC soon wants to be called…

Vintage Mego 2: Germany Comic Action Heroes and MC Toy

Welcome to Vintage Mego, a bi-weekly discussion of Mego toys produced during their “Golden Age” also known as our childhood. This week we talk about this interesting Comic Action Heroes 3 Pack that was sold in Germany and we delve into the mystery surrounding “MC Toy” the German version of Mego with some new insights.…

Nightmare on Elm Street Wes Cravens New Nightmare Freddy 8-Inch Cloth Action Figure

This time, staying awake won’t save you! Here comes Freddy Krueger cloth action figure from Wes Craven’s New Nightmare! The seventh film in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise took the iconic character in a more menacing direction – closer to Craven’s original intentions for Freddy. The Nightmare on Elm Street Wes Cravens New Nightmare Freddy 8-Inch Cloth Action…

Exclusive First Look at Giganta from Figures Toy Company

It’s a giant sized edition of #MMFTCNEWS this week, as Figures Toy Company is prepared to show off the biggest addition yet to their Super Friends series!  We know collectors couldn’t wait for news this huge to drop, and it involves a girl who poses a giant threat to our heroes.  Today’s news is the unveiling of FTC’s upcoming…

Mego Andre the Giant: MegoMuseum Mint off Card Review

One more episode of “Mego Museum Mint off Card”, where we de-card a new Retro Figure and let you explore what’s inside. I know last week I said it MOC was going on hiatus but then I managed to get myself an Andre the Giant from wave four Target Exclusive series and thought we’d end…

Vintage Mego 1: Introduction and Gateway Mego Discussion

Welcome to Vintage Mego, a bi-weekly discussion of Mego toys produced during their “Golden Age” also known as our childhood. This week’s installment serves as an introduction to the series and also, a discussion of your “Gateway mego” the action figure that saw you become a collector. Tell us us what your “Gateway Mego” was…

Palitoy Fist Fighting Heroes Ad

Thanks to our friend Eddy B, we have a wonderful trade ad for the UK version of the Fist Fighting Superheroes by Palitoy. Palitoy went all out with their campaign for these figures including an awesome TV commercial we luckily have: Mego Meet 2019 is this June with special guest Marty Abrams! Save the date!…