Mego Corp has graciously given us another look at the shape of the things to come in upcoming waves. This time it’s that “frenemy” to Jean Luc Picard, the all-powerful Q. Q is wearing his iconic judge’s robes from “Encounter at Farpoint” and well that red really pops! You can Pre-Order Q…
Your parents told you to never talk to strangers, but did they ever say not to collect them? Hopefully not, because then you’d be missing out on the latest DC Comics character to enter Figures Toy Company’s retro figure universe! FTC’s list of offerings continues to grow larger by the week, and in this #MMFTCNEWS…
Back in a previous edition of #MMFTCNEWS, Figures Toy Company gave collectors the chance to lock eyes on the retro figure of the metahuman known as Jericho! As a member of the Teen Titans and the son of the ruthless mercenary known as Deathstroke, Jericho played a pivotal role in some of DC Comics’…
The popular Super Friends toy line by Figures Toy Company has a new set of bad guys! This wave of Superfriends is all members of the Legion of Doom and includes some highly anticipated fan favourites including Grodd, Solomon Grundy and Black Manta. So, as with all of our “Mego Museum Up Close” features,…
We got a splendid surprise this month courtesy of Museum founder Robyn Adams, a set of original Mego proof cards that originally came from former Mego director of creative services Tom Lavely. Some of the other items that Tom managed to save included this original proof card for the Pocket Superheroes and cards…
We were elated last year when NECA announced the National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation license, one of our favourite holiday films and last year’s Santa Clark made it into our Christmas decorations. So it’s exciting to hear that the initial figure sold well enough to spawn a second, even if it is another Clark and not…
We love a good mystery at the MegoMuseum and our new friend Rainman reached out to us via our sister site PlaidStallions.com with this handsome fellow. He writes: “Hi I have had this strange vinyl Hulk figure for years and haven’t had any luck in identifying the manufacturer. The person I got from in the…
This first appearance of The Hitchhiker from Texas Chainsaw Massacre in our clothed action figure line celebrates the character’s circle of “life”! The Hitchhiker (aka Leatherface’s brother Nubbins) first appears in the 1974 film, where he meets a gory end. However, his mortal remains return in the second movie as a puppet-like pal carried around…
One of the biggest supporters of Mego’s Action Jackson line was Morris Kotzer, founder of Parkdale Novelty, one of Canada’s leading toy suppliers. In the MegoMuseum Pod Cast interview with Kotzer’s son Lorne, he recounted the amusing circumstances behind Parkdale placing such a big order. Action Jackson‘s sales fell well below expectations in Canada and…
One of the nicer surprises at this past weekend’s Toy Fair was the sighting of NECA’s new “A Christmas Story” retro clothed action figures of Ralphie and his “Old Man” (aka Carl Kolchak himself, Darren McGavin) these will fit in nicely with previously release yule time NECA figures like Clarke Griswold and the Home Alone…
