Category: Mego

Captain Canuck first look

What better day than Thanksgiving to release news about Canada’s Superhero action figure. Shown above are finished factory samples of the upcoming Odeon Toys  (which was co-produced under the watchful eye of  Dr. Mego naturally) 8″ Captain Canuck figure. Headsculpt by Andrew Covalt. This figure will be available this Christmas. Above is the yet to be approved artwork for…

Up Close: Boris Karloff as Dr. Fu Manchu

Time for another up close feature. This time it’s the second in a series of officially licensed 8″ Boris Karloff figures produced by Distinctive Dummies. These are produced in limited quantities and are only available here. TIme to let the pictures do the talking with the fiendish Doctor…..

Mego Museum Newsletter #4–EMCE/DST Unveils Wolverine!

The latest edition of the Mego Museum newsletter has been published. Check it our here and be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already. We are still developing the newsletter and are excited to see it evolve into a regular and useful addition to the Mego life. Let us know what features you’d like to…

NECA Reveals Soldier Ape for March 2015

The hits keep coming in the ReMego revolution, NECA this week unveiled their second figure in their highly anticipated Planet of the Apes line, the Soldier Ape. This will make a great addition next to their already announced Taylor which is hitting stores this January.   The Soldier Ape is available for PreOrder at Entertainment Earth.

Italian Mego Black Hole Advertising

These cool retro comic book ads from Italy showed up this week created by then distributor GIG. If only Mego had done stuff like this in the US, the toyline may have sold better. Note the appearance of the sadly not produced Old B.O.B magnetic figure which was removed from later adverts. For more Black…

Up Close: Big Bang Theory

Recently these two gentlemen showed up at the front door of the Mego Museum. The Mego treatment seems incredibly fitting seeing as the characters themselves collect Mego toys on the show. It’s only fitting we take a more up close look at the TV sensation that is “Big Bang Theory”, more photos below! You can…

Announcing the Mego Museum Mailing List and Newsletter

The Mego Museum has been the center of the online Mego community since 1996 (18 years! Holy cow!), connecting hundreds and thousands of collectors, customizers, and even manufacturers. Today there is even more Mego chatter than ever but we have noticed that there are many people on Facebook who are not members of our Mego…

More FTC reveals from the Farrow

    Danny “The Farrow” Anniello  gave us an awesome shout out and made some more fun announcements on the Electric Ballroom Radio Show tonight including confirmations: Superfriends will Include: Samurai, apache chief, new versions of Superman, Batman and Robin Batman 1966 will include Shame and Bookworm (which he mentioned is finished). DC Characters will include Jimmy Olsen, TeenTitans…

FTC shows us their Gleek

One week after we learned of FTC’s Superfriends line of 8″ figures, they’ve teased us with an image of their Gleek prototype on their facebook page. It’s a good day to be a 70’s kid. Discuss this on our Figures Toy Forum!