Category: universal monsters

NECA Ben Cooper Costume Kids Collection – Series 1

Neca Ben Cooper figures Mego Museum Megolike

NECA Ben Cooper Costume Kids Collection – Series 1 It’s always Halloween at NECA! Introducing the Ben Cooper Costume Kids Collection, a figure series based on the popular kids’ costumes from one of the largest Halloween costume manufacturers from the 1950s through the ‘80s. Standing approximately 6 inches tall, these fully poseable figures wonderfully capture…

Mego BW Creature from the Black Lagoon Reveal

Mego Creature from the Black Lagoon

As part of the Wal-Mart “Happy New Fear” promotion Mego is releasing an exclusive 8″ Black and White Creature from the Lagoon in a window box. Photos are below. For a list of participating Happy New Fear Wal-Mart locations, click here.

Mego Invisible Man in New Window Box

Mego Invisible Man

The 8″ Universal Monsters Invisible Man will soon be appearing in a new Wal-Mart exclusive window box in the next few weeks. This follows the announcement that The Toxic Crusader and the second version of The Reptile will also arrive at Wal-Marts in a window box. Get our new book “Knock-Offs: Totally Unauthorized Action Figures”

Mego Universal Frankenstein : Mint Off Card- MegoMuseum

  Mint Off Card looks at the latest from Mego Corp in the form of the Universal Monsters Franakenstein figure, the very first 8″ Karloff based Frankenstein since the mid 1970s! It is the best Frankenstein figure of all time? YOU TELL US! I bought this at Entertainment Earth and they sponsor this channel https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116…

Mego 1978 REImagined Catalog Project (Mint Off Card)

Let’s talk about the Mego 1978 REImagined Catalog project, a fan labour of love and how it managed to predict the future and what we hope still happens like Mego Star Wars. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY HERE: PDF COPY OF 1978 REImagined   You can Pre-Order Q and dozens of other Mego characters from Entertainment…

Mint Off Card: Mego Creature from the Black Lagoon Review

The Gillman is loose! We’ve been granted early access to one of the most talked-about Mego figures of the year, the Creature from the Black Lagoon. We not only de-card the Creature but also compare him to the earlier version released back in 2010. Also coming this week: Mego Christopher Lee Dracula. you can order…

PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures Magazine NOW AVAILABLE

PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures magazine is an old school print magazine about vintage toys from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s covering topics and items that don’t get the respect they deserve.  Each issue will feature collector guides, rare photographs, interviews, and articles by some of the toy experts in the Collector Field. Issue #1 will be a…

The 2014 Mego Museum Kubby Awards

It’s awards show time again! The Kubby awards are our annual honours to excellence in ReMego as chosen by you! This year was truly an embarrassment of riches and we’re excited to announce the winners that you, the fans chose as your favourites this year. We’ll spare you the Bert Parks inspired theme song (trust me,…

Vote in the 2014 Kubby Awards now!

Another year has passed and that means the annual Kubby Awards return to salute the best in ReMego figures for the year as picked by you, the fans. The Kubby Awards looks at ReMego figures released in 2014 that are not straight reproductions of original characters (Because nostalgia is a powerful mistress) that really catch…

Up Close: Hjalmar Poelzig from Distinctive Dummies

Our newest photo review is the first from Distinctive Dummies Boris Karloff line of figures. Officially licensed through the Karloff estate, these four figures represent a different iconic character through the legendary actor’s storied career. They kick the series off with Hjalmar Poelzig(say that three times fast) from the classic Poe inspired film “The Black Cat”.…