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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.

Mint Off Card: Norm from Cheers

  Time for another “Mego Museum Mint Off Card” where we take the latest retro figures off the card and let you see whether it’s for you. This week’s subject is Norm Peterson from the iconic television series “Cheers” in all his eight inch drunken glory. Norm like all his Mego counterparts are available exclusively…

Mego American West Toys: A complete histoy

  Mego Museum Presents the American West Toy Line. A comprehensive look at the 1974 action figure line based on characters from American History. Including Davey Crockett, Wild Bill Hickock, Cochise and Wyatt Earp. We explore the line, what didn’t make it to market and how it was sold in foreign countries and the many…

Duella Dent now available at Figures Toy Company

In a surprise move, Figures Toy Company released the highly anticipated Duella Dent figure last evening. The “Joker’s Daughter” is now available and shipping right now at the Figures Toy Company website. Go get her!   Shop for Mego on Ebay and each click supports us a little bit, thanks! DOWNLOAD MEGOZINE TODAY!  

Mint Off Card: Lex Luthor by Figures Toy Company

Presenting “MegoMuseum Mint Off Card”, we’re going to “decard” the latest “ReMego” figures and let you see what’s inside. For our latest show, we’re opening up a “Challenge of the Super Friends” Lex Luthor by Figures Toy Company. “Challenge of the Super Friends” was a 1978 ABC Television series that turned a lot of 70s…

Pocket Sized DC Heroes from Figures Toy Company!

They’ve delivered many DC Comics characters in their 8 inch retro figure assortment. They supersized your favorite superheroes and villains in an 18 inch series, and the soon to be released 12 inch retro line. Figures Toy Company has been responsible for some of the biggest (literally!) additions to the retro figure market, and in…

Wanted : Tex Willer

Another amazing vintage ad donated by our friend Eddie, this time it’s the Mego/Baravelli Tex Willer figures. What a gorgeous thing to uncover! MegoMuseum Tex Willer Galleries       Shop for Mego on Ebay and each click supports us a little bit, thanks! DOWNLOAD MEGOZINE TODAY! Disc

NECA Karate Kid and Golden Girls now available for Pre-Order

NECA provided us with some happy surprised this SDCC with two new releases in the 8″ format. The first being the Karate Kid series which can be preordered at our Sponsor Entertainment Earth (which helps keep the Musuem running)   The big shocker however was this glorious 8″ series of Golden Girls figures, I never…

MegoLike: Migliorati Adventurers

Our friend Eddie brought us this amazing ad from Italy today featuring the eight inch Mego Like figures by Migliorati, many collectors for years confused these as being foreign Mego items. While collectors have found a few of these in the secondary market, it’s rumoured that Migliorati (known for baby dolls) gave up early on the…

22 12″ DC Comics Characters coming from Figures Toy Company

22 feet of fun is headed to Figures Toy Company! Their DC Retro Figure Universe is getting an upgrade, as a variety of your favorite characters will now be collectible in the 12 inch figure format! Each of these figures will be available at FTC in limited quantities, and here in this weeks #MMFTCNEWS we’re…