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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.

Mego brings back 2-XL to Toy Fair 2023!

Mego 2-Xl Mego Museum Toy Fair

MEGO 2 OFFERS NEW YORK TOY FAIR MEDIA A SNEAK PEEK OF THEIR NEW 2XL COBOT MEGO 2 OFFERS NEW YORK TOY FAIR MEDIA A SNEAK PEEK OF THEIR NEW 2XL COBOT:   THE FUTURE OF INTERACTIVE SMART TOYS  2XL Cobot: the Next Generation of Interactive Smart Toys – Will be Live for the First Time…

Toyfair: Mego Star Trek booth is full of surprises

Toyfair: Mego Star Trek

Thanks to our friend Frank @AbsolutelyRetro, we’ve got some shots of the Mego 2023 ToyFair booth and there are some reveals and a possible hint at the future. An interesting detail at the show are these figures on “Classic Cards” but upon closer examination, aren’t original Mego. They’ve been altered somewhat, with Mego’s 50th anniversary…

ToyFair 2023: Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes & Super Gals!

Mego Superheroes at Toyfair 2023

Thanks to our friend Frank @AbsolutelyRetro, we’ve got some shots of the Mego 2023 ToyFair booth and there is a lot to unpack starting with the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line. We see the promised upcoming wave of 50th Anniversary Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes decked out in their vintage-looking window boxes. As well, we…

Monster General Store launches Super Monsters line with Dracula Vs Frankenstein

Monster general store

The Monster General Store, the brainchild of Actor/Director Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), MarketingCreative Director /Illustrator Pete Bregman, and Toy maker Brent Sorenson (Brentz Dolz) is releasing itsfirst officially licensed Action Figures.Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr. Shocker and Igor are making their toy debut as part of the line of Monster General Store’s Super Monsters. The more famous…

Mego World’s Greatest Super-Heroes 50th Anniversary Red Tornado Box Artwork

The World’s Greatest Super-Heroes 50th Anniversary Red Tornado Box Artwork With the power of cyclone-force winds, Mego is bringing fan favorite, Red Tornado, to the 50th Anniversary World’s Greatest Super-Hero collection! The Red Tornado was created by supervillain Dr. Morrow to defeat the Justice League. Red Tornado “contemplated the nature of good and evil and…

New Type S dark green muscular body from Figures Toy Company

Figures Toy Company Type S

Get ready for some retro figure smashing and crashing with Figures Toy Company’s latest offering! Another new Type S body will be in stock this fall that will allow collectors and customizers a chance to make some powerhouse creations. Look for the new Type S dark green muscular body from FTC! Whether you want to…

Mego Meet Exclusives now available at White Elephant Toyz!

White Elephant Toyz Exclusives

Jason from White Elephant Toyz dropped us a line that the remaining exclusives from this summers Mego Meet 2023 are now up for grabs at WhiteElephantToyz.com but I’d act fast because once these are gone, they aren’t coming back. Here are some of the inspired items he’s created. Mego Meet 2023 Prom Night 2 pack-…

The World’s Greatest Super-Heroes 50th Anniversary Firestorm Box Artwork

Mego FireStorm Figure

 Mego Corp is continuing the 50th Anniversary World’s Greatest Super-Heroes celebration with 8 all-new classically styled Mego DC Comics action figures! Fan favorite Firestorm is making his Mego debut! (F.I.R.E.S.T.O.R.M.) was a project dealing with matter transmutation at Hudson University. In an unforeseen accident, student Ronnie Raymond and Physicist Martin Stein were caught in a reactor explosion. The two…

12″ Type S bodies from Figures Toy Company #MMFTCNEWS

12" Type S Bodies- MMFTCNEWS

This week’s #MMFTCNEWS is big news for collectors and customizers of Figures Toy Company’s retro style figures! Hot on the heels of their Type S 8 inch retro bodies which features updated construction and articulation, FTC is releasing the Type S bodies in the 12 inch format! Collectors of toy lines like FTC”s 12 inch…