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Toy-Ventures: The 1975 Toys-R-Us Catalogue is Dyn-O-Mite!

Toy-Ventures: The 1975 Toys-R-Us Catalogue is Dyn-O-Mite! Mego Star Trek Superheroes Bionic Man

Toy-Ventures returns with a look at the 1975 Toys R Us Catalogue featuring all the big names like Mr. Spock, the Wizard of Oz, Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man, and Evel Knievel. Come visit Christmas 50 years ago with us. Which toy did you ask for but never got? Let me know in…

Mego 2-XL 2025 Reveal with Marty Abrams and Dr. Mego

Mego 2-XL 2025 Reveal with Marty Abrams and Dr. Mego

THE LINCOLN MONSTERS KICK STARTER IS LIVE Pod Stallions Facebook Group It’s a treehouse filled with grown-ups.⁠ The Toy-Ventures Weekly Newsletter combines all the news from Mego Museum and Plaid Stallions and a lot of other fun stuff across the Interwebs. It’s got customs, new action figures, vintage finds and a lot of pop culture. Sign Up…

Mego 1983: The Mighty Metal Superheroes

Mego 1983: The Mighty Metal Superheroes

Thanks to a recently discovered binder in Marty Abram’s office, we have Mego’s plans for 1983. This episode showcases their plans for the World’s Greatest Superheroes line. The Mighty Metal Superheroes included Silver Surfer and a fleet of Batman vehicles. Special thanks to Steve Moore, Marty Abrams, Paul Clarke, Todd Broadwater, Ray Miller and Bill…

Mego Marvel Disney 4-Pack Review: Mint Off Card

Mego Marvel Disney 4-Pack Review: Mint Off Card

Mint off Card Returns with a look at the first of many waves Mego Marvel figures. How do they stack up against the originals? You decide in our latest look. 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…

Vintage Mego: 12″ Spider-Man

Vintage Mego returns with a look at one of Mego’s favourite subjects, the Amazing Spider-Man. This time we look at the exciting development of the 12″ figure and its many iterations and variants. New to the channel? Subscribe! ►https://bit.ly/3D3zxJK #mego #megomuseum #spiderman Issue 7 of Toy-Ventures Magazine is now available: http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop For more on the…

New Video Short: The Mangler

Our latest Mego Museum video short is a better look at one of the oddest toys in the Mego realm, the Mangler! Created for the Comic Action Heroes line in 1976, the Mangler is a strangely cartoonish device with no basis in Marvel Comics. The whole function of the Mangler is to crush the Green…

Diamond announces 8″ Marvel figures

Can’t think of a netter way to start the week than the announcement of this 8″ Spider-Man limited edition collector set that Marvel Comics announced on their website today.   A co-production between Diamond Select and EMCE toys, this set has one foot in the past and one planted firmly in the future. This set…