Friday, March 05, 2010

The Top Five Retro Action Heroes We'd Like To See

It's been entirely too long since a Mego Museum Top Five List.While the information about the 3rd wave of Mattel's Retro Action Heroes hasn't been released at the time of this writing, we at the Megomuseum cobbled together a wishlist of sorts based on characters that we felt we missing back in 1978, so without further adieau, here are our top five



Number 5- Apache Chief

Ok, granted he's one of those multi culture pals created for the Superfriends but Apache Chief was head and shoulders above Wendy and Marvin in terms of character quality. His later work on Harvey Birdman and utterly cool catchphrase put him on our want lists.



Read More of the "Top Five Retro Action Heroes We Want To See" After The Jump


Agree or disagree with this article? Want to make your own personal top five of Retro Heroes you want to see? Visit the MegoMuseum Forums and have your say. Just remember this list was for fun and should honestly has no real bearing on your hopefully rich, full life.



Previous Mego Museum Top Five Lists

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Venture News plus DC Retro Action

The upcoming Mego styled 8" Venture Brothers action figures are now available for Pre Order at Entertainment Earth.



Plus if you preorder through this link it helps the Mego Museum!

Virtually all of the new Bifbang pow lines are available for preorder at EE including Flash Gordon, Lost, Twilight Zone and we've created special galleries for all of them at our Remego Section.


Click Here to Visit the BifBangPow! Galleries


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Also, we've also updated our Retro Action Heroes Galleries with new photos of finished Wave 1 figures, come check them out here and then swap area reports at the Mego Forum.


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Monday, February 22, 2010

Retro Action Heroes Hit the Shelves



Steve V wrote in today to tell us of the first sighting of the Mattel Retro Action Heroes wave 1 hitting Toys R Us stores in Southern California. Keep your eyes on your local TRU and if you can share your photos at the Mego Forum.

Mego Museum Retro Action Heroes Gallery



DC Universe Retro-Action Wave 1 Figures Set



You can also Order DC Universe Retro-Action Wave 1 Figures Set from Entertainment Earth! Each purchase made through this link helps out the Mego Museum!

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Monday, February 15, 2010

The Man in Black from Lost


Our pals at BifBangPow have sent another close up shot of their upcoming 8" product, this time it's the man in black from Lost. More on Lost later on today.
All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

To Serve Mego


DIG THOSE KISS BOOTS! A shot of the upcoming Kanamit figure from the BifBangPow action figure based on the classic Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in collaboration with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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Go Dean Venture!


A shot of the upcoming Dean Venture figure from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the Television series The Venture Brothers . For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in colleberation with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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The Masks


A shot of the upcoming Gremlin figure from the BifBangPow action figure based on the classic Twilight Zone episode "The Masks". For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in collaboration with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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There's a Mego on the wing!


A shot of the upcoming Gremlin figure from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the classic Television series The Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 24,000 feet". For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in collaboration with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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Rusty Venture!


A shot of the upcoming Doctor "Rusty" Venture figure from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the Television series The Venture Brothers . For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in colleberation with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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The Dude Abides


A shot of the upcoming The Dude figure from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the movie "The Big Lebowski". For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in collaboration with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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The one that talks like Ray Romano


A shot of the upcoming Henchman 24 figure from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the Television series The Venture Brothers . For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in colleberation with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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After the twist, you'll feel a snap and the body goes ragdoll on you


A shot of the upcoming figure of OSI killing machine and the last champion of the "short long", Brock Samson from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the Television series The Venture Brothers . For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in colleberation with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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BifBangPow Releases Satan himself


A shot of the upcoming Satan figure from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the classic Television series The Twilight Zone. For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in collaboration with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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Henchman 21


A shot of the upcoming Henchman 21 figure from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the Television series The Venture Brothers . For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in collaboration with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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Hail Ming!


A shot of the upcoming Ming the merciless figure from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the 1980 classic film "Flash Gordon" . For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in collaboration with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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The Mighty Monarch!


A shot of the upcoming Monarch figure from the BifBangPow series of action figures based on the Television series The Venture Brothers . For more shots of this figure please check out the Mego Museum Gallery Page. These 8" figures were produced in collaboration with EMCE Toys.

All BifBangPow! figures shown today should be available for preorder this weekend at
Entertainment Earth and other fine retailers.

The BifBang Pow Figures lines will be on display during this week's 2010 Toyfair at
the EMCE toys booth (number 4944).

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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Bif Bang Pow! to Produce '70s Style Action Figures Based on Some of the World's Most Popular Properties


LOS ANGELES, CA (February 2, 2010) – Announcing one of the widest ranges of highly articulated 8-inch retro-style action figures in years. In cooperation with EMCE Toys, Bif Bang Pow!™ is proud to bring the original "’70s style" of play to a brand-new line of articulated action figures based on some of the world's most popular properties.


Reproductions reminiscent of the best-selling action figures of the 1970s and early 1980s, these
highly articulated figures will feature body designs by EMCE Toys. Each 8-inch scale figure will
include real cloth clothing and plastic accessories where appropriate.

Over 40 licensed action figures are planned for 2010. The first are targeted for an early summer arrival and Comic-Con International: San Diego 2010, with others to follow later in the year. Included are much-demanded characters from:
The Venture Bros.™ (Cartoon Network)


Dexter™ (Showtime Networks)


Lost™ (ABC Disney)


The Big Lebowski™ (NBC Universal)


The Twilight Zone™ (CBS)


Flash Gordon™ (King Features)


Scott Ian (Anthrax)



The Venture Bros.™ creator Jackson Publick, who has been working closely with Bif Bang Pow! to bring these to market, noted that the upcoming figures are “very impressive and extremely faithful to the characters, while also finding a very comfortable middle ground between 2-D and 3-D design. Bif Bang Pow! has deftly solved a number of design problems I thought anyone attempting a 3-D interpretation would get thrown off by. Brock, especially, is going to make the fanboys crap themselves. Let's show these to the world already!”


"We're very excited about launching this new range of action figures. For the first time in Bif Bang Pow! history, all of our licenses will be living in the same universe. So if you've always wanted Dr. Girlfriend to seduce Dexter Morgan, or for Ming™ the Merciless to fight The Dude, now's your chance!", said Jason Lenzi, CEO of Bif Bang Pow! "And the exceptional articulation makes the posing possibilities virtually limitless, which comes in handy for animated characters!"


"The 8-inch format hasn't seen this breadth of licenses since its peak during the Mego days," said Joe Sena, President of SphereWerx, corporate parent of the EMCE Toys brand. EMCE partner Paul "Dr. Mego" Clarke added, "It is exactly this intention to mix a variety of characters into imaginative play that started my journey to bring this format back ten years ago. We're honored that Jason and his team sought us out to 'Mego-ize' the licenses he holds."


Retailers and press can see the first prototypes at New York Toy Fair, February 14-17, 2010, at the EMCE Toys booth #4944. For sales and to schedule an appointment while attending New York Toy Fair, please contact your EE Distribution account representative or Jenna Banks, Sales Manager, at 818-255-0090 x128 / [email protected] in advance.


About Bif Bang Pow!
Bif Bang Pow!™ (bifbangpow.com) produces first-rate collectibles for such popular properties as Dexter™, Lost™, Californication™, The Venture Bros.™, The Twilight Zone™, The Big Lebowski™, and Flash Gordon™. Founder Jason Lenzi is a seasoned television producer and the ultimate fan of cultish pop culture. So when he created his company in 2005, he took the fan's perspective. His idea was to bring items to the marketplace that he himself would want to own. Cultivated from TV, movies, books, comics, music, and more, Bif Bang Pow!’s mission is to provide high-quality action figures, toys, and collectibles to the massive cult audience (and kids of all ages) that wishes these toys were already in their collection. Bif Bang Pow! is a unit of JLA Direct, LLC.


About EMCE Toys
The EMCE Toys brand (pronounced "em-see") was founded to bring playability back to toys.
Inspired by the original action figure company, Mego Corp., we strive to craft quality, durable action figures, playsets, and collectibles that recreate the sense of fun that toys were originally made for. Our launch lines are either licensed reproductions of original Mego toys and packaging, or original creations modeled after the classic lines of the 1970s and early 1980s.
EMCE is proud to have the active input and cooperation of Marty Abrams, founder of Mego and father of the modern action figure. We hope to continue to honor his legacy with our work. We have also been honored to incorporate the talents of veteran artist Harold Shull, original illustrator of Mego's classic and distinctive packaging from the 1970s. As we continue to extend this kind of inclusion of the original Mego teams, we get closer to our goal of bringing Mego back as a viable toy company in all but name. EMCE was created by veteran pop culture entrepreneur Joe Sena, President of SphereWerx, LLC, and craftsman Paul "Dr. Mego" Clarke.

(Many, many heartfelt thanks to our friends at Bif Bang Pow! for giving the Mego Museum the opportunity to break this news to the world!)


Discuss this on the Mego Museum Forums

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Retro-Action Superman: Up Close


Thanks again to the good people at Mattel and EMCE we have another early look at the Mattel Retro Action DC Super Heroes line, this time it's 8" Superman head sculpt again in the rather fitting "Mugshot" style.

Again I have to applaud the "Challenge of the Superfriends" vibe going on here, this the Superman we grew up with, if he could talk, he'd have Danny Dark's voice.


Superman will be in "Wave One" of the Retro-Action Superheroes this Spring along with Lex Luthor, Green Lantern and Sinestro.

Bring on the Spring!


Discuss at the Mego Museum Forums!

Retro-Action Superman Gallery at the MegoMuseum

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Today is Green Arrow Day!


Just a friendly reminder that today is the first day that you can order the initial figure from the Mattel "Retro-Action: DC Super Heroes" line (fomerly known as World's Greatest Superheroes). Eight inch Superheroes with real cloth costumes, it's a good day but stop and smell the roses, get your order in at mattycollector.com now, before they sell out!

Discuss the Retro-Action Line at the Mego Museum Forum

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Retro-Action Green Arrow: Up Close


Another up close shot of the upcoming Retro Action line, this time it's Oliver Queen himself! The Green Arrow!

The original Mego Sculpt has been altered here, it's not a reproduction but a nice alteration of the original. Amazing how the eye paint changes the whole aesthetic.


Green Arrow will be availble December 23rd (that's tomorrow people!) at MattyCollector.com

Many thanks to EMCE and Mattel for this early peek at this line, it was a wonderful present!


Discuss at the Mego Museum Forums!

Retro-Action Green Arrow Gallery at the MegoMuseum

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Retro-Action Sinestro: Up Close


Thanks to good people at Mattel and EMCE we have another early look at the Mattel Retro Action DC Super Heroes line, this time it's 8" Sinestro head sculpt again in the rather fitting "Mugshot" style.

As with Lex there is a "Challenge of the Superfriends" vibe going on here and it's just one thing about this figure that makes me happy, the other is that the appearance of Sinestro also clears up one of Mego's bigger omissions, an 8" Green Lantern.


Sinestro will also be in "Wave One" of the Retro-Action Superheroes this Spring.

Looking at this thing, it still feels a little surreal at the moment. 2010 will truly be the year of the Mego Scale.


Discuss at the Mego Museum Forums!

Retro-Action Sinestro Gallery at the MegoMuseum

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Retro-Action Lex Luthor: Up Close


Thanks to good people at Mattel and EMCE we have an early look at the Mattel Retro Action DC Super Heroes 8" Lex Luthor head sculpt in a sort of fitting "Mugshot" style.

I get a little bit of a "Challenge of the Superfriends" vibe from Lex here.


Lex will be in "Wave One" of the Retro-Action Superheroes, the concept that there will be wave 2 and 3 next year makes me giddy. I hope Mattel includes that obscure "Bat-Man" character that I'm fond of.

I didn't know he could do that.

Spring can't come any quicker, stay tuned for more up close and personal shots from this much anticipated toy line.


Discuss at the Mego Museum Forums!

Retro-Action Lex Luthor Gallery at the MegoMuseum

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Mattel Delays Green Arrow


But only for a week, this just in from the Matty Collector Facebook Page:

SALE UPDATE! Green Arrow isn't going to arrive at the warehouse in time for the sale tomorrow so he's going to move to our 12/23 sale with Wave 11. All other products are arriving as we speak and will go on sale tomorrow. There might be a day or two delay in shipping as they still need to be sorted out once we receive ...them, but don't worry -- they're coming!
Rats, I made this shiny graphic for tomorrow and everything ... *kicks dirt*

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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

WGSH Becomes Retro-Action!



Great Update on Matty Collector.com today, unveiling the revised card art for the Green Arrow Figure. The big change here is the line's name is no longer "World's Greatest SuperHeroes" but "Retro-Action: DC Super Heroes".



This begs the question, what other things does Mattel have planned under this "Retro-Action" banner? It sounds like 2010 will be truly be the year of the Megohead.


Retro-Action Green Arrow will be available Tuesday December 15th 2009 only at MattyCollector.com


Discuss the Retro-Action Line at the EMCE Toys Forum


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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Re-Mego of the Day: Khaaaaaannnn!


Another highpoint of the year had to be this awesome addition to the Mego Star Trek line made possible again by the good people at EMCE.



For more about modern age 8" action figures, visit our growing ReMego Galleries today.

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Friday, October 09, 2009

Re-Mego of the Day: Graveyard Zombie

It's October after all and the spotlight should go on a few of the more ghoulish things produced in the last few years, like the graveyard Zombie from EMCE's "Night of the Living Dead" line of figures. Not a license Mego would have jumped on back in the day but one that makes sense now.

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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Spotlight on the EMCE/Mattel Green Lantern

mattel mego superman from the upcoming worlds greatest superheroes line
Here is another in our new gallery pages for the upcoming EMCE/Mattel "World's Greatest Superheroes" line. This time we focus on the first official 8" Green Lantern figure. Click here to see large photos of the prototype. Images courtesy of Mark Huckabone.
Watch for new Gallery pages all this week.

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Monday, August 03, 2009

Spotlight on the EMCE/Mattel Green Arrow

mattel mego superman from the upcoming worlds greatest superheroes line
We've created the first of many gallery pages for the EMCE/Mattel "World's Greatest Superheroes" line. It seemed fitting to start with the first figure that will be available Green Arrow. Click here to see large photos of the prototype. Images courtesy of Mark Huckabone.
Watch for new Gallery pages all this week.

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Upcoming WGSH Spotlight: Lex Luthor

mattel mego superman from the upcoming worlds greatest superheroes line


Courtesy of World's Greatest Toys author Benjamin Holcomb is the Lex Luthor prototype, our first of the new figures from this Mattel/EMCE collaberation.

With all due respect to fans of Mr. Mxyzptlk, this figure is helping to erase one of the original WGSH lines biggest errors, the addition of Superman's true arch enemy, the leader of the Legion of Doom himself, Lex Luthor.


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Again, we have a look that 70s kids will immediately identify as being from Challenge of the Superfriends, Bravo EMCE and Mattel!

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Upcoming WGSH Spotlight: Superman

mattel mego superman from the upcoming worlds greatest superheroes line
Now that the dust has settled from the SDCC, we thought it might be fun to take a look individually of wave one of Mattel's World's Greatest Superheroes line (which is, still trippy to say) and hey, it'll pass the time until Spring right? So, courtesy of World's Greatest Toys author Benjamin Holcomb is the Superman prototype, a very fitting choice for wave one as he is part of the "original four".

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Eventhough his look has been altered, there is something very familiar about Supes, you can almost hear Danny Dark's voice coming out of this figure, Bravo EMCE and Mattel!

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Friday, July 24, 2009

The Mego World's Greatest Superheroes are Back!

mattel brings back the mego superheroes
At the "Mattel and DC Comics: A Heroic Partnership" Panel at this year's San Diego Comic Con the big announcement was the return of the 8" Superhero format!

It's the one Mego fans have been waiting for and something Dr.Mego (AKA Paul Clarke) and Joe Sena of EMCE toys have toiled on for ages.


It's a bright and sunny day in Megoland, for soon the heroes will return to toy store shelves before Easter 2010.

Wave One Includes:
Green Arrow
Hal Jordan GL
Superman
Lex Luthor
Sinestro
John Stewart GL


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