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Mint Off Card: Mego 14″ Joker Review

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…

Up Close: The Old Man from NECA’s A Christmas Story

Mego Museum NECA review

  Since it’s debut in the 1980s, Bob Clarke’s wonderful “A Christmas Story” has gone from memorable cult film to absolute beloved classic. When something is beloved around the holidays these days, well, here comes the merchandise! NECA has quietly been dominating this market in the 8″ scale with their previous releases from holiday centered…

Up Close: Chainsaw Clark Griswald by NECA

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…

Up Close: ThinkGeek Captain America Exclusive

MegoMuseum ThinkGeek Review of the Captain America Set

We love a surprise here at the Mego Museum, so when the announcement broke last week that Think Geek was offering a variant Captain America ReMego set (crafted by Diamond Select Toys and EMCE) well, we were all over that! This set is different in many ways to last year’s Captain America Set (Still Available at…

UP CLOSE: Daredevil by Diamond Select Toys

DareDevil by Diamond Select Toys photo review by Mego Museum

DareDevil was another Marvel favorite that despite being created in the silver age, never got the 8 inch Mego treatment in the 1970s. To be fair, the character hadn’t quite had the media exposure that superheroic peers like the Hulk and Thor had at that point. Mego heads for the last 30 years or so,…

Up Close: Hasbro Micronauts SDCC Set

One of the most exciting things about San Diego Comic Con this year was the triumphant return of the Micronauts courtesy of their new owners at Hasbro. They have big plans for Mego’s smash action figure line including a feature film adaptation. However for SDCC, they wonderfully recreated three of their most popular figures Pharoid,…

New Retro Carded Superheroes at Figures Toy Company

Now available from Figures Toy Company are new Retro Carded Superheroes, meant to give the look and vibe of classic Mego World’s Greatest Superhero cards. The best part is, the majority of these characters were never released by Mego so you can fill gaps in your vintage collection. Click here to see the entire new assortment.…

Up Close: Super Friends Wave 2

Figures Toy Company Superfriends Wave 2 Mego

The popular Super Friends toy line by Figures Toy Company has rolled out it’s second wave of figures (although the Wonder Twins were also released in between those waves) and if you want to reviews of Wave one you can find it here and here. Wave two of Superfriends is comprised again of Good Guys…

Up Close: Removable Cowl 1966 Batman by Figures Toy Company

Batman 1966 Removable Cowl Adam West Figure

The last wave of 1966 Batman figures by Figures Toy Company were met with a flurry of interest but the spotlight most definitely belonged to Batgirl and Barbara Gordon, hardly anyone spoke of the latest Batman variant that was also in the wave. That’s a bit of shame because it’s a Removable Cowl Batman, something…

Up Close: The Monkees (Part One)

Mego Monkees figures

Re-runs of The Monkees  were an afternoon staple for many a 70s kid (self included) growing up, so naturally, we were delighted when Figures Toy Company announced that the first ever Monkees action figures would be in the Mego style. So we’re a bit giddy here at the MegoMuseum to have all three sets of…