Category: Batman

UP Close: Mary Marvel and Harley Quinn

mEGO mARY mARVEL AND HARLEY QUINN MEGO MUSEUM FIGURES TOY COMPANY

  Fans have been asking for a while to bring on the ladies and Figures Toy Company delivered this past month in the form of fan favourites Mary Marvel (sister to Captain Marvel now known as Shazam!) and Harley Quinn, known accomplish to “Mr. J” who has been a fan favourite since her debut in…

Up Close: Scarecrow from Figures Toy Company

Mego Batman Scarecrow

While reproductions are fine and all, we here at the Mego Museum are always more excited when a new ReMego character is produced. Especially when it’s a character like the Scarecrow, this bat villain has been long overdue for the Mego treatment and Figures Toy Company has made it happen in 2016. Released as the…

Heritage Auctions offers incredible Mego Prototype items this February

Mego Captain America Prototype

Heritage Auctions is hosting some incredible pieces of Mego history today and answered questions Mego fans have wondered for decades who sculpted classic Mego characters like Scotty, Dr McCoy and Captain America? Sculptor Gene Salamacha is auctioning off his collection of Mego prototypes including original paperwork and reference materials from the World’s Greatest Toy Company.…

NEW CONTEST! FIVE WEEKS OF BATMAN 1966

Starting this Friday. each week we’ll be giving away one character from the Entertainment Earth Exclusive 1966 Batman set. All you have to do to win is be a subscriber. Many Thanks to our partners at Entertainment Earth for this generous donation, follow them on Twitter (@EntEarth) and be sure to use hashtag #ICollectatEE. Every subscriber…

Team up your Heroes with Santa at Figures Toy Company

In what can only be described as a “Brave and the Bold Christmas Edition“, Figures Toy Company is allowing you to team up the World’s Greatest Toymaker with the World’s Greatest Superheroes! The DC Comics Limited Edition Action Figure Two-Pack With Santa Claus allows you to choose which caped crime fighter stands next to Saint…

Batman’s Wayne Foundation

Mego Wayne Foundation

We were lucky enough to unearth this Mego ad to the toy trade announcing their latest (at least for 1977) addition to the World’s Greatest Superhero line The Wayne Foundation play set. Interesting to note that Wonder Woman isn’t in this piece, she had been cut from the World’s Greatest Superheroes assortment (along with Tarzan)…

1977 Parkdale Novelty Catalog

This rare and wonderful piece from Canada recently surfaced and it’s a neat look into how Mego distribution worked in the great white North. Growing up just outside of Toronto, this catalog, which is hobbled together from a variety of sources, solved more than one “why didn’t I get that” mysteries for me. For more…

New Batman 1966 Two Packs from Figures Toy Company

  Figures Toy Company just unveiled three new 1966 Batman action figure two pack sets, limited to 300 units and for the first time now come with bat accessories. They are available to order right now but once they’re gone, they’re gone! www.figurestoycompany.com