Category: WGSH

Superfriends Blister Card Concepts from Figures Toy Company

The good folks at Figures Toy Company shared these Superfriends Card concepts with us today, which not only give us a look at what to expect at retail but what figures we will likely see in the future. Take a look and tell us what you think on the Mego Museum forums!  Mego Meet: The World’s Biggest…

Figures Toy Company Reveals Kresge Style Carded Super Heroes

  It’s been a heck of a week for Surprises from Figures Toy Company this week, we’ve gotten Justice League, Dukes of Hazzard and now the Kresge Style World’s Greatest Heroes collection. A few characters we’ve seen before plus Dr Sivana, a revised Mr Myx, Scarecrow, Harley Quinn and Mary Marvel. This is shaping up to…

Up Close: DST Spider-Man

The highly anticipated launch of the first of Diamond Select Toys/ EMCE Marvel comics ReMegos has certainly been a topic of great interest among Mego collectors. The unique structure and higher price point (both enforced in the terms of it’s license) have given many collector pause before they purchase. What we hope to do is showcase…

Mego Museum Interview with Sculptor Andrew Covalt

Sam Noir interviewed profilic ReMego sculptor Andrew Covalt for the latest Mego Museum news letter. Andrew Covalt is extremely skilled at evoking the classic look and feel of seventies Mego Action Figures with his sculpts. In recent years he’s worked on ReMego toylines such as Mattel’s DC Retro Action, Diamond/EMCE’s Star Trek, Bluntman and Chronic,…

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…

New Contest: Win an Athena from Battlestar Galactica!

  We’re pleased to have another contest to run in conjunction with our friends at Entertainment Earth! This MOC recently released Athena from the Battlestar Galactica collection will go to one lucky subscriber of the Mego Museum mailing list. To enter merely visit issue 7 and hit subscribe, you’re in! If you’re a current subscriber,…

Great Scott! Superman wave 1 from FTC

Mego fans have been speculating about what characters would be in FTC’s first wave of Superman characters and now the mystery is solved thanks to this post on Figures Website. Wave one: Superman, Bizarro, Supergirl and a properly impish Mr Mxy! More here: http://figurestoycompany.com/supermanretro8inchactionfiguresseries1.aspx

Mego Superheroes featured in SFX Magazine Ultimate Guide to Superheroes

SFX‘s latest 164-page, super-glossy, super-colourful bookazine is on sale now. The jam packed publication features articles on Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days Of Future Past and Guardians Of The Galaxy. They talk to all the big names – stars and directors – including Tom Hiddleston,…

Hake’s Auction # 205 : Mego Superhero Gold

The good folks at Hake’s Americana, the premier auction house for pop culture,  have really outdone themselves with their current slate of auctions which includes more rare carded Mego Superheroes from the Benjamin Holcolmb collection . Auction 205  begins closing on 03/20/2012 for items 1-1426. For items 1427-3167 closing begins 03/22/2012.   For more information visit Hakes.com