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.

Sincerely, General Urko

This rare bit of Mego history was submitted to us by Mike who is auctioning off some incredible classic Ape toys on Ebay right now.   These were created by Mego as promotional materials given out at store appearances where an actor in Planet of the Apes regalia would visit. General Urko, despite his hatred…

MegoMuseum Podcast: Interview with Ray Demato, warehouse manager

It’s a great mix of new vs vintage on today’s episode. We not only discuss the new Bifbangpow announcements and World’s Greatest Toys author Benjamin Holcomb climbs aboard to discuss Figures KISS line  with us.  Ben then shares with us an interview with former Mego warehouse manager Ray Demato and wow, does this guy have a…

Tardis Playset with K-9 by BifBangPow!

While we haven’t seen what lays ahead for the BifBangPow Doctor Who figure lines in 2012, it’s pretty inspiring to see this Vinyl Tardis Playset complete with K-9 is now available for preorder at Entertainment Earth. Let me at that Tardis Console, woot!

BifBangPow! announces Six Million Dollar Man Line Up

With weeks until toyfair BifBangPow! has put the first two waves of Six Million Dollar Man figures up for pre order at Entertainment Earth. While Steve and Bigfoot aren`t a surprise, wave two is a kind of fun to see.     Oscar and Fembot are the next two figures in the series and is…

BifBangPow! unveils Battlestar Galactica Assortment

Bif Bang Pow! gave us a taste of what Toyfair will offer today when they offered the first two assortments of their highly anticipated Battlestar Galactica line at Entertainment Earth. Starbuck will come with one of the Android Sisters and can already be preordered here.   Captain Apollo will come with the already shown Cyclon…

Figures Toy Company Announces 8″ and 12″ KISS

  Figures Toy Company to Release Retro 8 and 12 inch KISS Action Figures Tampa, Fl- January 27, 2012 – Finally!! “You Want It You Got It”  “The Hottest Band in the World”  “KISS”   KISS Collectors, Rock Fans get ready. Figures Toy Company is about to introduce KISS action figures, reminiscent of the action figures first released in…

Mego of the Week: Eagle Force

Time to take out the magnifying glass and look at one of Mego’s last action figure lines, the Eagle Force.  The concept of having 2 inch tall diecast soldiers similiar to ones sold by Britains had Mego contract illustrator/writer Paul Kirchner (you can read our interview with Paul here)   “to come up with a cast…

Meet Ampzilla

Mego Ampzilla (In our endless quest to preserve Mego history, we’ve decided to create a series of blog photo posts that showcase a rare and before now, little discussed toy on the Mego forums. ) We at the MegoMuseum don’t spend enough time talking about the Micronauts, especially considering their incredible success in the late…

2011 Mego Museum Kubby Awards!

The Mego Museum is proud to present the 2011 Kubby Awards! Named for the late Neil Kublan, beloved Mego Executive and dear friend of the Museum, these awards honor the best in Remego Toys for 2011. Listen to Scott and Brian’s Mego Museum Podcast for the exciting, cheesey Sound FX heavy Results Show, which includes…