Toy-Ventures returns with special guest, Paul “Dr. Mego” Clarke as we discuss a new series based on the recent discovery of Mego’s plans for 1983. The Mego 1983 project will be a multimedia event with print articles, videos and, of course, a special wing to the Mego Museum. This is not a “What If” this is […]
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 […]
MegaForce was poised to be the action blockbuster of 1982. The 20 million dollar Chinese/American co-production had an impressive marketing budget which wisely targeted kids with it’s sci-fi military stunt show of a movie. It also easily found licensors; on paper, this looked like a slam dunk. The only problem was that people eventually […]
New Vintage Mego Video tonight! We begin 2025 with a Mego toy from the 25th Century (aka 1979) with the Buck Rogers Laserscope Fighter an electronic toy that promises space battles. Does it do what it says it does on the box? Find out on the latest episode #mego #megomuseum The Lincoln Monsters are […]
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. […]
From the fall of 1976 comes this incredible display of Mego World’s Greatest Superheroes at Alexanders Department stores. This article boasts that Alexanders had more displays like this than any competitor. Above, you can see Mego Planet of the Apes Fortress Playsets. While a site like this is heaven for a Mego fan, it also […]
We sit down with Paul and Marty from Mego Corp. to discuss the Marvel Mego figures Spider-Man 4 pack and when we can expect the next wave! Topics Discussed: Stan Weston, Mego Corp, Mego Disney 4 pack, Marty Abrams, Mike Germakian, X-Men, Electro, Lizard, Steve Ditko, World’s Greatest Superheroes, Mego 2024, Mego Collecting, Superheroes, Green […]
From a 1984 Toy Industry publication, we have this excellent ad for Street Hawk, which ABC was banking on being the next Knight Rider (narrator: “It wasn’t.”) However, I tuned in every week, and so did a lot of kids, so we mourned some of the cool toys they had in the pipeline. Below is […]
The long-awaited return of Marvel Mego Action Figures is finally here! Soon, 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! Update: The sets go on […]
I have a couple of these Knock-Off German fashion dolls with overstock clothes from other toys, my favourite being the Denys Fisher Tom Baker Doctor Who. This one had me at Space:1999 as she is rocking the Mattel Doctor Victor Bergman top but following up with plaid pants. Space:1999 would have run longer if […]
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