Toy-Ventures: Bigfoot Sighting at Vintage Toy Show! Nothing starts a year better than a Vintage Toy Hunt! Toy-Ventures returns with a recap of Ontario Collector Con, including Action Force, Star Wars, McDonald’s, GoDaikin and Kenner Six Million Dollar Man. As usual, I did something irresponsible. Come toy hunt with me and the boy! Join…
Toy-Ventures visits the Toronto Toy and Nostalgia Show and scores big time with Canadian Mego Black Hole and Buck Rogers action figures! If that wasn’t enough, we also hit an antique mall! #toyventures #mego #buckrogers #blackhole Toy-Ventures is our magazine; we’re an independent publisher trying to bring back print toy magazines; if you would like…
The MegoMuseum was fortunate enough to be invited to Parkdale Novelty’s 75th birthday celebration this month. Parkdale Novelty is of special historical significance to not only Canadian Mego fans but Mego collectors all over the world have been affected by this company and may not even know it. Founded in 1944 by Toronto resident…
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…
The Chapterhouse Comics Summer Special 2016 has a variant cover by our Sam Noir and features a slew of his licensed ReMego creations of the Chapterhouse comics roster such as Captain Canuck, Northguard, Fleurs Des Lys and the Pitiful Human Lizard. This awesome book is available RIGHT NOW, so ask your LCS (Local Comic Shop)…
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…
This very rare leaflet from Canadian Mego distributor Parkdale Novelty just recently surfaced, showcasing the wonderful different 1975 assortments of World’s Greatest Superheroes. The true beauty of this ad is the multitude of different stock art that was used, as many of these images were not used on any form of Mego packaging.
