Category: Mego

Up Close: Harry Potter Series One from Figures Toy Co.

We’ve had so much Super Hero product coming from Figures Toy Company, the Harry Potter Series feels like it got overlooked. Here’s a look at the highly detailed (working zippers!) trio of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Draco Malvoy. These are the 8 inch figures, also produced as 12 inchers. These photos were art-directed by…

New Retro Carded Superheroes at Figures Toy Company

Now available from Figures Toy Company are new Retro Carded Superheroes, meant to give the look and vibe of classic Mego World’s Greatest Superhero cards. The best part is, the majority of these characters were never released by Mego so you can fill gaps in your vintage collection. Click here to see the entire new assortment.…

Limited edition Kresge Removable Cowl Batman figure at ECC!

  If you love exclusives, then get ready for this latest retro figure release. Figures Toy Company is teaming up with Emerald City Comics once again to deliver one of the most coveted collectibles in the Batman Retro series.  Now set for release for the first time in classic Kresge style packaging, it’s a limited edition…

Aw Yeah Mego Meet 2016 ReCap

Aw Yeah Mego Meet 2016 ReCap

This year’s Aw Yeah Mego Meet event was held on June 18th in Skokie Illinois at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center.   This year’s show was filled with a particularly positive energy, kicked off by a new feature, the launch party graciously hosted by our partners at Aw Yeah Comics Skokie. Early bird attendees enjoyed…

Christmas Vacation Clark Griswold coming from NECA

  NECA gave us early today by showcasing their up coming Clark W Griswold from the film “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, the figure will be due this fall just in time for Christmas. This is exciting for us but I sure hope Santa has a cousin Eddie in the stocking for us as well, maybe an Ellen?…

AW YEAH MEGO MEET 2016 Starts this Friday!

Just a reminder that our annual Mego Event Aw Yeah Mego Meet kicks off this Friday June 17th at noon and the main show opens it’s doors to the public Saturday June 18 at 9am. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago – North Shore Conference Center 9599 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60077, United States Show Hours:…

NECA Rufus action figure coming as Exclusive

Entertainment Weekly broke the news today that NECA and Shout Factory were teaming up and releasing an exclusive 8″ Rufus (played by legendary comic George Carlin) action figure to coincide with the release of “Bill and Ted’s Most Excellent Collection“. The figure will not be available seperately. The NECA Bill and Ted Figures are due…

Mego Superhero Prototypes discovered (and for sale!)

Mego Prototype heads for the World's Greatest Superheros

Heritage Auction Strikes again with more from the collection of sculptor Gene Salamacha, who it turns out sculpted the original line of Mego’s World’s Greatest Superheroes. This latest offering may be the strongest pieces of Mego history every put up on auction as the offering contains clay and hard copies for Robin, Superman, Aquaman and…

Up Close: Super Friends Wave 2

Figures Toy Company Superfriends Wave 2 Mego

The popular Super Friends toy line by Figures Toy Company has rolled out it’s second wave of figures (although the Wonder Twins were also released in between those waves) and if you want to reviews of Wave one you can find it here and here. Wave two of Superfriends is comprised again of Good Guys…