Toy-Ventures: Mego Meet @ Power-Con Recap

Toy-Ventures covers last week’s Mego Meet which was a show within show at Power-Con! We talk about the latest news from Mego Corp, take a look at the show floor and then I share my haul, which was pretty incredible.

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Topics Discussed: Mego, Mego Corp., Marty Abrams, Absolutely Retro, Barbarian Rage, Toycollectr, Denys Fisher Cyborg, Infra-Man, Marvel Comics, Mego Convention, Mego Meet, Mego Superheroes, Mego Marvel,.
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5 Awesome Things on eBay this week

Martin Landau’s collection of Space:1999 toys– OK, I don’t what kind of pedigree you need but these are Martin Freaking Landau’s collection of Space:1999 toys. I have a book from Landau’s collection and it’s something I will always keep. I can’t tell you how cool it would be to own Commander Koenig’s Eagles but you probably knew that.

5 Awesome Things on eBay This Week- Denys Fisher Cyborg

Denys Fisher Cyborg Figure Lot– I totally adore Denys Fisher Cyborg and have done an episode on it recently. This lot is like an instant collection, where you get Cyborg, Muton and the hard to get Android! These are some of the coolest action figures of the 1970s and you need these.

Freddy Kruger Knock Off– I don’t know what it is about this thing, not a fan of Freddy Kruger merch but this looks like a cross between him and that little guy from “the Island of Dr. Moreau”. You know the guy I’m talking about right? I didn’t dream him?

Remco Batman Kite

Remco Batman Kite– In 1970, right after the Superhero craze, Remco made this weird series of Kites based on DC Comics characters including the short-lved powerless Wonder Woman. I honestly wasn’t sure if these things got made but here they are and this one is realistically priced.

Sweathogs Picture Puzzle- Sweathog Mania, I lived through it, many of us did and it burned brightly but not for a long time, leaving a trail of weird merchandise in it’s wake. What I really love about this piece is the obvious insertion of Gabe Kaplan, like he’s Gazoo or something. Man, he had some good lawyers….

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This week Toy-Ventures looks at Cyborg, a UK action figure line licensed to Denys Fisher by way of Japan. While it isn’t talked about enough, Cyborg was a spin-off of Hasbro’s GI Joe and eventually gave birth to such incredible toy icons as the Micronauts and Transformers. It’s a really interesting and beautiful line of toys that deserves all the attention it gets.

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Toy-Ventures Magazine is our newest creation, an old-school print magazine about vintage toys! Professionally laid out and written, each issue is brimming with obscure and rare toys from companies such as Mego, Kenner, Remco, AHI, and much more. Monsters, Superheroes, Adventurers, Knock Offs, Apes, and so much more, it’s in Toy-Ventures.

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Mego Knock Off Headquarters– The leading group discussing 70s Dime store knock-offs of Mego action figures, we talk vintage toys, not others. It’s a fun group where we talk about Lincoln International, AHI, Tomland, and all those companies that never thought to put their name on things because….lawyers.

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The back story was told in a series of beautifully illustrated comics on the back of the box, It’s the 23rd century and mankind has faced doomsday at the hands of the alien warlord muton, the last survivors form together to build Cyborg a powerful being with a skin made of diamonds. Minutes after his birth, Cyborg swings into action against Muton.

Cyborg had a series of cool arm attachments and a flying saucer in order to combat Muton, eash sold separately of course..

As if Muton wasn’t enough, Cyborg had a new enemy in Android, who shot missiles out of his chest, like every cool toy should. Andorid also could be equipped with leg and head extensions in ture Razor/.razorblades fashion of toy marketing….

Muton, besides his “Venom Injector”, the big baddie had “Sub Form” costumes which were actually suits from the Japanese “Henshin Cyborg” line of toys. One of them is a TV character named “Red Baron” who was a good guy on Japanese TV Screens..

Denys Fisher Cyborg

“With a last stroke of desperate genius men built” Cyborg! What a brilliantly dark origin story this toy had, really captures the whole “apocolyptic craze” of the 70s..

More of Cyborg’s origin, I absolutely love the artwork on this packaging.

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See-through action figures rule.

Denys Fisher Boxed Muton

Nothing can withstand his “Cosmic Corruption” Muton was a formidable foe for Cyborg and happily he’s also see-through. Boxed Muton courtesy of Bill Frost.

The invasion of Earth from Muton’s perspective, I guess Earth is the last planet he needs..

Muton Figure.

Denys Fisher Boxed Android

Android is a tough customer but I know that Cyborg can defeat him (from the collection of Bill Frost).

According to his comic, Android was created by the dying race “The Veganites” who are good at building weapons of mass destruction but bad at naming things. Like mankind didn’t have enough problems already, Android’s mission is to destroy mankind.

Denys Fisher Muton Sub Forms

If Muton wasn’t bad enough on his own, he also had “Sub Form” costumes that allowed him to turn into various monsters. This whole concept is a distant relative to Ideal’s Captain Action.

The Torg outfit courtesy of Bill Frost.

The X-Akron outfit courtesy of Bill Frost. On Japanese TV, he’s a good guy Robot called “Red Baron” but that didn’t matter as most UK kids would never see that series.

The Amaluk outfit courtesy of Bill Frost.

Denys Fisher Cyborg Accessories

Cyborg had more than one trick up his sleeve to deal with Muton, in the form of these accessory packs that you could purchase. Everything on this page is courtesy Bill Frost.

Android also had the Annihilator packs that boosted his powers.

The Cybo-Interceptor was likely the cheaper vehicle, seeing as it’s just a chair..

Still, it’s pretty nifty!.

Every hero needs a set of wheels or in this case, a spaceship and Cyborg had two to choose from, above is his flying Saucer, the Cybo Invader. (all images courtesy of Bill Frost)

Another shot of this awesome item..

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