Spotlighting this wonderful ad from 1979, celebrating the launch of the Mego Buck Rogers toy line. The line did not fare anywhere near as good as Mego had hoped but was still considered a success, mainly due to the weekly television series being very popular with kids at the time. More Mego Buck Rogers on…
The long-awaited return of Marvel Mego Action Figures is finally here! Starting tomorrow, we can order the first assortment at Disneystore.com and, starting Friday, at the Avengers Reserve shops at Disney Parks. The World’s Greatest Superheroes Spider-Man four pack consists of Spider-Man, The Green Goblin, The Lizard, and a new addition, Electro! The Lincoln Monsters are here! Toy-Ventures…
I recently found this awesome vintage Toy Store shot from Stern’s Department stores featuring a Mego Star Trek bridge display from 1976. If you look below, you can see stacks upon stacks of Mego World’s Greatest Superhero figures, I spy the boxes for Superman and the Incredible Hulk, but I can’t make out the…
Wal-Mart has revealed the Phoenix figure from Mego’s recently announced Atlas Comics line, which is slated to drop at New York Comic Con this weekend. You can also order it online from Wal-Mart’s Collector Con Website this Friday October 18. Mego has teamed up with Wal-Mart and Atlas comics to create a series of Action…
The Scarecrow in Mego Wave 19 “Fear is primal. Raw. Blood pressure increases. Veins in your skin contract. Your immune system shuts down. Fear makes us human.” Jonathan Crane is an expert in the field of psychology, specifically the study of anxiety disorders. He is a walking textbook on the study of fear and can…
Toy-Ventures Returns from a fun day at this past weekend’s Mississauga Toy Expo. Man, it was full of surprises, including a super cool score! Toy-Ventures is our magazine; we’re an independent publisher trying to bring back print toy magazines; if you would like to support us, please check out the latest issue: https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop #mego #knockoff…
Thomas Anderson has felt his whole life that “there is something wrong with the world”. Anderson meets a man named Morpheus who offer him the choice to remain in his everyday life or to learn what the Matrix is. He takes the red pill and wakes up to find himself weak, hairless, and connected to…
Mego Newsletter – 50th Sinestro Corp Sinestro Sinestro of Korugar is the arch-enemy of Green Lantern. At one point, the greatest member of the Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro was corrupted by his power and exiled for his crimes. Employing a yellow power ring to combat the green, his prowess and ruthlessness have made him one of the most feared villains in existence, and eventually…
MM Newsletter – 50th Hawkman Scientific genius Carter Hall from another world flies into action as Hawkman, the winged avenger. Using his arsenal of amazing weapons, he battles both earthly and interplanetary foes. First appearing in 1940 in Flash Comics #1, Hawkman was a founding member of the Justice Society. When the DC superhero universe was reintroduced…
First Look: 50th anniversary The Spectre by Mego In honor of Father’s Day, here is a sneak peek at one of the new DC 50th anniversary superheroes – the Spectre – who first appeared in More Fun Comics #52 in 1940. A member of the Justice Society and the Justice League, the Spectre is a major…
