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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.

Pre-Order is Live on K.C’s Galloping Gals

New 8 inch male and female action figures are coming soon! Check out K.C’s galloping gals, based on the tooling of the Zica Yvonne doll. Check out the facebook group here. You can now pre-order, we take you to the announcement from Jason Schiermeyer (who many of you will remember from Cast-A-Way toys). “Pre-Order is…

Monday is amazing at Figures Toy Company!

Monday. If you were to ask 100 people what their least favorite day of the week is, most would probably make Monday their answer. Well, Figures Toy Company wants to change the way you feel about Monday, because this Monday an assortment of new figures from several of their licenses arrives at FTC! Read along…

The Big Announcement: Mego is Back!

We begin “Mego Meet Recap Week” with the big one first. Mego President Marty Abrams along with Paul “Dr. Mego” Clarke spoke to a jam-packed hall at this Saturday’s Mego Meet 2018 for a panel about Mego’s past and it’s future. We’ll have a video up of this session soon, it was a fun experience…

Coming Soon: Mego Museum Action Jackson Trading Cards

Debuting at MegoMeet this weekend, the Mego Museum Action Jackson Trading Card Sneak peek!   MegoMuseum in conjunction with Castawaytoys.com plans to release a set of all 18 Action Jackson outfit cards in 2018. More details will follow but the sneak peek card will be available to all visitors of Mego Meet 2018 free of…

Batman and the Outsiders coming from Figures Toy Company!

When the Justice League wouldn’t help, Batman rallied more of the World’s Greatest Heroes into an all new super squad to fight the forces of evil. Now, those same heroes that stood by the Caped Crusader are coming to Figures Toy Company in an all new retro figure series inspired by classic DC Comics characters.…

More Mego Outfits on Cheap Fashion Doll discoveries

Our pal David tracked down yet another in the growing number of “Mego Outfits on Low cost Fashion Dolls” series. This time it’s the jumpsuit worn by Dr. Kate Macrae in “the Black Hole” outfit. Good eye David. Also, he discovered yet another Star Trek doll, this time she’s a blonde. I’m going to call her Janice. So…

Marty Abrams is coming to Mego Meet!

This just in Mego Meet 2018 is excited to announce special guest Mego CEO Martin Abrams. Marty will be holding court on Saturday June 2nd, telling stories of MEGO past and giving a sneak peek of MEGO future. This will be a Mego Meet you won’t want to miss! Mego Meet 2018 is June 1st…

Mego was going to make Superhero Vitamins, seriously.

When we published our list of the “Top Ten Mego Superhero items that never got made” recently, we forget to mention one of the more interesting rumors that swirl around the World’s Greatest Toy Company. The concept that Mego was developing “World’s Greatest Superhero” vitamins was confirmed by the late Neal Kublan when interviewed by…

KISS DYNASTY FROM FIGURES TOY COMPANY

All right you rockin’ retro figure fanatics, it’s time for the hottest band in the world to take the stage once again! Figures Toy Company has used their “Magic Touch” to bring forth the collection that KISS fans have been clamoring for. Available now at Figures Toy Company is a new figure series that takes…