Tag: planet of the apes

Mego Planet of the Apes & Waltons display @ Alexanders 1976

Mego Planet of the Apes Display at an Alexander’s Department store in 1976. If you look closely you’ll see someone has slipped Grandma Walton into the jail cell along with General Urko. That’s likely because the Mego Walton’s house display is next to it, you can see the Walton’s Truck in this shot. The Mego…

Vintage Mego: Treasures at Parkdale Novelty!

parkdale Novelty

On this very special episode of Vintage Mego, we visit legendary Canadian toy company Parkdale Novelty, AKA “Mego Canada, ” the first of Mego’s international distributors. We talk to Rob and Donna, the third-generation owners, who share stories and generously let me dig through their toy archives. #mego #megomuseum New to the channel? Subscribe! ►https://bit.ly/3D3zxJK…

Toy-Ventures: Mego Meet @ ZoloCon Recap!

Toy-Ventures: Mego Meet @ ZoloCon Recap!

Toy-Ventures: Mego Meet @ ZoloCon Recap! Toy-Ventures returns to cover our biggest event of the year, Mego Meet, held at Zolo Con in Warminster, PA. This was a true blast of vintage, modern, and Custom Mego action figures. I hope you’ll check out this incredible feast of vintage toys! Mike Zolotorow, Krista Schmidt and the…

Toy-Ventures: Rare Vintage Toys at SDCC!

Toy-Ventures: Rare Vintage Toys at SDCC!

Toy-Ventures: Rare Vintage Toys at SDCC! Toy-Ventures returns from #sdcc2024 with an after-hours look at some incredibly rare and expensive vintage toys available at the summer’s most prominent fan event. Mego Meet 2024 is August 17-18 in conjunction with Zolo-Con! https://www.facebook.com/events/236781772848368 Toy-Ventures is our magazine; we’re an independent publisher trying to bring back print toy…

Who is Prank ‘N Stein? – Toy-Ventures

Who is Prank 'N Stein? - Toy-Ventures

Issue 12 Toy-Ventures magazine delves deep into a toy that, sadly, never was. Prank ‘N Stein was a 90s toy concept by Canada’s Irwin Toys that would have rivalled Kenner’s Hugo Man of a Thousand Faces in our monster kid hearts. Read about Prank ‘N Stein and much more in issue 12 of Toy-Ventures Magazine,…

Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 12 Cover and Prize Reveal

Toy-Ventures Issue 12

Good News! Issue 12 of Toy-Ventures magazine is now available for pre-order. This issue celebrates Stretch Monster with a deluxe gatefold cover by Mr. Peter Carsillo (the Cover artist for Issue 10). Articles include: Order Early and get an Infl8able Monster at no extra charge (while supplies last.)  Order Issue 12 of Toy-Ventures Here Subscribe…

Impressive Offering of Vintage Mego @Hakes Auction

Rare Mego at Hake's Auctions Black Hole Humanoid

Hake’s Premier Spring auction is now open for bidding and we wanted to spotlight some of the incredible Vintage Mego in this offering. Get in on all the auction action at hakes.com! Black Hole Humanoid on Grand Toys Card. POPY MEGO KEN OWASHI GATCHAMAN IN BOX. A complete set of Mego Planet of the Apes…

Toy-Ventures: Mego Meet @Power-Con Recap!

Toy-Ventures: Mego Meet @ Power-Con Recap

Toy-Ventures covers last week’s Mego Meet, which was a show within a show at Power-Con! We talk about the latest Marvel comics news from Mego Corp, take a look at the show floor and then I share my haul, which was pretty incredible. Check out the PlaidStallions store for Toy-Ventures magazine, Tura Satana and much…

Mego Planet of the Apes TV Commercials Restored

Mego Planet of the Apes Commercials from Toy-Ventures Magazine

In case you missed the Toy-Ventures live stream, here is the newly restored Mego Planet of the Apes commercials on YouTube. These TV cuts haven’t been available for 49 (ugh!) years and are now in high definition; enjoy! Toy-Ventures Magazine presents the first time in 49 years, the original Mego Planet of the Apes toy…

Help Rescue Palitoy’s Lost TV Adverts

Palitoy Star Trek

The Palitoy collecting community has a very unique opportunity to come together and help rescue more than 100 lost Palitoy television advertisements. Currently there is an Action Man enthusiast who is in possession of 3 rolls of original 35mm film prints that contain 103 Palitoy TV adverts from the 1970s and these advertisements feature many…