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.

Mego Green Arrow Car Video

  Mego Video Shorts are now a monthly feature here at the Mego Museum and well, this month we felt like playing with our Green Arrow car. Other than being hard to find in the collector market, it’s actually a well thought out and fun toy as this short will attest to. Look for more…

New Custom Heads available @ Classic TV Toys

If this week wasn’t full of enough ReMego surprises, Classic TV Toys just rolled out a new series of vintage inspired rotational molded heads for your custom pleasure. The Jack series of (somewhat vaguely familiar) heads includes bearded, clean shaven and curly haired variations in a variety of colour combinations. Best of all, they’re shipping right…

Make your own Super Friends of Legion of Doom 2 Pack!

Hey collectors! Got a few favorite Super Friends that you’d choose to battle the Legion of Doom? Or would you rather create a dastardly duo to try and take over the world? Now’s your chance to get creative, because Figures Toy Company is offering you the chance to create your own Super Friends 2 pack!…

New Mego Museum Video: The Denys Fisher Doctor Who line

Our Christmas gift to you is another Mego Museum Video Short! This month’s topic is the Mego Doctor Who line by Denys Fisher UK. Like all of our video shorts, this piece is narrated by Jason Lenzi (@bbplenzi) and written by Palitoy (@plaidstallions). This video showcases the known history of the line, dispelling some myths…

Up Close: Super Friends Wave 4

  Both the recent waves of Super Friends figures came at the same time, which is fine by us. Wave four of Superfriends is 75%  Legion of Doom members and includes some highly anticipated characters including Bizarro, Cheetah, Toy Man and the Green Lantern. So, as with all of our “Mego Museum Up Close” features, we let the…

Up Close : Santa Clark by NECA

  If we woke up tomorrow with our head sewn to the carpet, we wouldn’t be more surprised than we when NECA announced this action figure of Chevy Chase from the Christmas classic comedy “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”. In what we hope is a continuing series (the world is a dark place without Eddie, Ellen, Todd and Margot) this…

Exclusive Batman Series 5 Reveal!

Gotham City is overrunning with rogues, but fortunately Batman has backup on the way!  Figures Toy Company has revealed the lineup for Batman Retro Series 5, which features 3 of the Caped Crusader’s most recognizable rivals, as well as one of his greatest allies! The latest series of Batman figures features an all star lineup…

Up Close: Super Friends Wave 3

The popular Super Friends toy line by Figures Toy Company has rolled out it’s third wave of figures and well, we’re kind of suckers here at the Museum for the Super Friends! Wave three of Superfriends is the first to include members of the Legion of Doom and includes some highly anticipated characters including Riddler, Batman, Captain…

EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT THE BLUE FALCON AND MISTER HYDE

Enjoy this sneak peek at Blue Falcon from the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon.  You won’t need to go all the way to Big City to solve the mystery of how to get Radley Crown and his foil Willie the Weasel – aka Mr Hyde. Make sure to check back each and every Friday for all the…