Category: Video Shorts

Vintage Mego: 12″ Robin

Vintage Mego takes a look at one of my favourite figures from my childhood, the Mego 12″ Robin. A figure that had many iterations worldwide, we talk about all the worldwide variations and chart its history.   Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine Here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ Our Facebook Group MegoMania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/ MegoMuseum Forums: https://megomuseum.com/community/forum.php

Vintage Mego: 1977 Mego Catalog Part 1

      Vintage Mego cracks open the pages of the 1977 Mego catalog and also, share some rare footage from a 1977 Mego Showroom. Part 1 subjects include Sonny and Cher Farrah Fawcett CB McHaul Star Trek World’s Greatest Superheroes Wonder Woman Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here: www.toyventuresmagazine.com Join us at MegoMania https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania Subscribe to…

Vintage Mego: Captain Americar (Worlds Greatest Superheroes)

Vintage Mego this week looks at the Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes Captain Americar, which was released in 1976 and only sold for one brief year. Why did Spider-Man and Captain America even get cars? We discuss that and more in the week’s installment. Join us at MegoMania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYta3nz_7FAzPvP8FPSgpg?view_as=subscriber  …

Vintage Mego: Moonraker

    Vintage Mego looks at Mego’s brief James Bond toy line, based on the 1979 film “Moonraker”. It is a toy line that had an incredibly short life and we explore the many items that never made it to market as well. Get Toy-Ventures Issue 2 here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ MegoMania FB Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania  

Mint Off Card: SWAMP THING by Figures Toy Company

Mint off Card takes a look at the new 8″ Retro Figure from Figures Toy Company, SWAMP THING! One of my favourite characters from DC Comics. Get Swamp Thing here: www.figurestoycompany.com Mego Mania Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania Mego Museum Forums: www.megomuseum.com/community Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine issue 1 here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/plaidstallions-toy-ventures-issue-one-september-2020/ Limited Edition Gift Sets Available Now! Rather than…

Vintage Mego: Japanese Planet of the Apes

Vintage Mego this week talks about how Toy Maker Bullmark marketed the 1974 Mego Planet of the Apes line in Japan. They did a very unique and quite wonderful job of marketing this iconic toy range. Check out Hunter’s Planet of the Apes archive: https://pota.goatley.com/ MegoMania on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine issue 1 here:…

Vintage Mego: Planet of the Apes Bend ‘N Flex

This week’s installment of Vintage Mego is all about the Planet of the Apes Bend N Flex line, a short-lived but highly underrated line of Get Toy-Ventures Magazine here: https://www.megomuseum.com/odeon/store/products/ Facebook Group Mego Mania: https://www.facebook.com/groups/megomania/

Vintage Mego: CB McHaul

10-4 Good Buddy! Vintage Mego discusses the CB McHaul toy line from 1977, a series of action figures not based on Superheroes or Science Fiction but on Burt Reynolds movies and your dad’s hobby. It even taught you a secret language known as trucker talk! We talk about the 70s CB radio craze, the line’s…

Vintage Mego: Terraphant from the Micronauts

  This week Vintage Mego takes a look at Terraphant, the terrifying Mammoth from the remote world of Visceros! Half elephant, half tank we talk about this vehicle’s development including prototype shots  and the fun things that were left out of the final product. Special Thanks to Ray “AcroRay” Miller for the amazing photos and…

Vintage Mego Comic Action Heroes Exploding Bridge with Batmobile

Vintage Mego opens up another Mego item from back in the day and plays with it. This week we’re looking at the classic Mego Comic Action Heroes Exploding Bridge playset with Batman and the Batmobile. We talk about the rare gift set, the foreign versions, and how well this toy works. Did you have this…