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…
As we’ve seen in recent #MMFTCNEWS updates, Figures Toy Company still has a lot up their sleeve when it comes to the Super Friends retro figure series. From Solivar to Desaad, and even last week’s revelation of the Death of Superman variant, FTC has shown that they’re taking inspiration from every episode of the popular…
A new episode of “Mego Museum Mint off Card”, where we de-card a new Retro Figure and let you explore what’s inside. Our subject this week is the new 14″ Joker figure by Mego Corp. This is from the fourth wave of Target. Mint off Card is going on hiatus with this show as I’m…
Collecting Mego Joker Figures is no laughing matter and we’re proud to announce that the MegoMuseum Joker Gallery now includes beautiful photos of all of the Clown Prince of Crime’s US cards from every wave. Please Visit the MegoMuseum Joker Gallery here. Shop for Mego on Ebay and each click supports us a…
Thanks to our pal Joe, we have the 1976 Mego Catalog from Spain (and hey, you can buy it here right now if you’re so inclined.) Poch was Mego’s distributor in Spain and of course, even most famously created variant window boxes for the American West line but unlike a lot of European distributors, they took a boatload…
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 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…
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…
It’s been entirely too long since we’ve done an “Up Close” photo review/unboxing of a shiny new ReMego toy set. That’s why the arrival of the Punisher set by Diamond Select Toys is so welcome this summer. Originally promoted last year, this set has been highly anticipated by fans. Although he was a product of…
Ever since the discovery of this “Comic Super Helden” three pack there has been some curiosity as to how much of the line was marketed to the German market. Well, thanks to a generous submission by our new friend Maria, we have some answers and beautiful ads. Maria shared these ads which appeared in German…
