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.

Up Close: Jefferson Twilight by Bif Bang Pow!

The final waves of Bif Bang Pow Venture Brother figures have been a long time coming and the partial shipment reached Entertainment Earth seems to tell us they’ll be worth the wait. Jefferson Twilight is one of the more anticipated figures, a member of the Triad and killer of “Blaculas” he is our latest photo…

Aw Yeah Mego Meet 2015 less than two months away

Aw Yeah Mego Meet is two months away! The 11th Annual Mego Toy Convention “Aw Yeah Mego Meet” is June 6th 2015 in our NEW LOCATION, SKOKIE ILL.! Expanded Dealers Room Customs Contest Customs Auction Expert Panels Celebrity Guests Door Prizes Mego and other vintage toys Visit for more information: https://www.facebook.com/MegoMeet https://www.megomuseum.com/megomeetmain/megomeetmain.shtml

Figures Toy Company Introduces More Retro Play Sets

It’s a flashback Friday thanks to today’s #MMFTCNEWS! Figures Toy Company is expanding their DC Comics World’s Greatest Heroes license by reproducing two of the most popular Mego sets of the 70’s: Aquaman vs. The Great White Shark, and The Batcave! A reproduction of its 70’s counterpart, The Batcave is the perfect compliment to the…

Micronauts in France

We travel back to 1980 and hop across the Atlantic to this terrific Mcironauts ad from Mego’s distributor in France, Pin Pin Toys. Most people know them for those grey faced Human Torch figures that mysteriously popped up in American Toys R Us stores in the 1980s but they were so much more than that……

Here they come…walkin’ down the street…

OK, so they’re not walking, but they are coming, in retro action figure form for the very first time! Figures Toy Company is proud to announce their latest license, arriving this year as both 8 and 12 inch size figures…THE MONKEES! Since debuting on television in the 60’s, the music and misadventures of Peter Tork,…

Up Close: NECA Solider Ape

NECA’s foray into the Planet of the Apes license has quickly become a fan favourite on the Mego Museum forums. Their latest release is the Soldier Ape, the favourite of Mego army builders for years. How does he stack up, judge for yourself with this up close look. If you like what you see, he…

MegoMuseum @ Toronto ComiCon

We took some shots of the ReMego goodness to be found at this weekend’s annual Toronto ComiCon, the Mego love was strong this weekend. The table of Museum resident Sam Noir featuring Captain Canuck! Treasury editions go with Mego like Milk and Cookies. Vintage Representing! You could go with original Spider-Man or ReMego version! The…

Big Selling Action Jackson

After a week filled with an exhaustive list of “What’s New” in Mego style figures, I can think of no better way to end it than to go back to the beginning. Thanks to a generous donation by Cat G. we have this cool toy trade item from Australia proving that Action Jackson was truly…