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.

14″ Aquaman from Mego

Official Edition Action Figure with Original Detail and Quality! 14-inch figure, 14 point articulation. King of Atlantis and a pivotal member of the Justice League, Aquaman with his super-human abilities is often challenged with conquests by enemies and underwater Atlanteans alike. Charged with his gold trident, he can take on anything, so be sure to…

Mego Corp : Bruce Lee

Official Edition Action Figure with Original Detail and Quality! 8-inch figure, 14 point articulation. With incredible grace, speed and power Bruce Lee demonstrated what it meant to be a martial arts expert, with his words he told the world what his martial arts ideology could mean to everyone. “Adapt what is useful, reject what is…

Freddy Kruger, Nosferatu and more Horror from Mego

Mego’s lineup includes more monsters it seems as they roll out a series of horror characters for 2019 including Freddy Kruger, Nosferatu, the Invisible Man, Glow in the Dark Frankenstein, the Wolfman and a revised Bela Lugosi. Mego Meet 2019 is this June with special guest Marty Abrams! Save the date! This eBay Affiliate Link…

Star Trek Wave Four Sighted

With Mego free to sell to other retailers, some interesting items are popping up, take these three new Trek characters that are popping up on toy sites.   Captain Kirk in his formal dress, Lt. Uhura and a new Romulan Commander are beaming our way in 2019.       Mego Meet 2019 is this…

Mego Magnetic Super Heroes Prototypes Discovered

Pretty awesome discovery thanks to our pal Eddy, the original Marx toys catalog featuring the Mego Magnetic Superheroes. Even though these toys were actually produced and sold in Italy by GIG, we’d never seen these early versions of the figures with a shocking surprise. The figures were originally intended to have shooting fists, just like…

Mego Wave Four Reveal: Farrah is returning to Mego!

Mego Corp has been busy bringing back some of their biggest names of the 1970s with the announcement of Muhammad Ali, Joe Namath and now in a MegoMuseum exclusive reveal, Farrah Fawcett is set to return to the World’s Greatest Toy Company. Farrah was originally a 12″ doll when she debuted in 1977 but now…

Solovar added to the Super Friend Line Up!

Figures Toy Company has brought us so many Super Friends retro figures, it’s only fitting that they’re now cranking out figures of the friends of the Super Friends! In today’s #MMFTCNEWS, FTC has provided another first look at an upcoming retro figure. Collectors can now prepare to play with the ape ally of the legendary…

14″ Black Manta is Coming from Mego Corp.

Mego Corp. gave fans a taste of what 2018 has to offer in the form of this awesome 14″ Black Manta figure. Can Aquaman be in the same wave (pun intended)? I think we know that answer. This eBay Affiliate Link is Sponsored, clicking it will give a small donation to the Mego Museum. Shop…

Target reveals new 8″ Joe Namath figure

An interesting glimpse of what Mego Corp. will have to offer in 2019 popped up on the Target website yesterday with this 8″ Joe Namath figure. The description is below: The New York Jets, led by quarterback Joe Namath, rocked the sports world and the country in 1969, by becoming the first American Football League…

Mint Off Card: Svengoolie by Figures Toy Company

A new episode of “Mego Museum Mint off Card”, where we de-card a new Retro Figure and let you explore what’s inside. Our subject this week is the new Svengoolie variant by Figures Toy Company and MeTV. Would you support a line of horror host figures? Let us know at the forums at www.megomuseum.com Hit…