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 the playbook Mego was crafting for the next year. It’s full of surprises!

We also reveal the cover for Toy-Ventures issue 13, which is now available for pre-order!

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Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World’s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring artwork specially commissioned for Mego’s catalogue, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.

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V Visitor Pistol

I am a passionate fan of the NBC mini-series and resulting television series “V.” While my wife and I rewatch it often, we don’t have a large collection of V items; I have just a tiny handful of toys, mostly bootlegs, a couple of comics, novels, and a UK annual.

V VIsitor Television series pistol

However, when I saw this SpanishVistior Pistol Justin AKA @robeastscorpius had for sale, I jumped on it without thinking. I just had to have it.

It’s an officially licensed item, a modified police cap gun with the distinctive Vistor look. Marc Singer is not only on the card but it also comes with a cool patch of Mike Donavan. Diana’s appearance would be the only thing that would make this better, but we can’t have everything.

V VIsitor Pistol

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It’s the Toy-Ventures holiday special! This year’s subject is the “White Whale” when you were a kid. You saw the action figure on the back of the card but never on the front. Join me and my guests as we share childhood tales of woe!

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Special Thanks to my guest stars:
Tony Roberts: Analog Toys Channel
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Amy Vampi &Andy Halloween: Dark Ride Dracula Channel
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Rich Hurley: Doctor Durant’s Sanctum
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Raymond Castile: Basement of Horror
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Bruno Billion: Blast Process
https://www.youtube.com/user/BlastProcess
Rob McCallum-Director “Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe”
https://www.youtube.com/@RobMcCallum99
Mysterian & Lab Monkey- Toy Surprise
https://www.youtube.com/@ToySurprisevintage
David Weiner- Director “In Search of Darkness”
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Photo from Gimbel’s Toy Department in 1976, the caption reads that Mego Batman and Batcycle retailing respectively @ $3.49 and $7, but being promoted as a joint sale of $8.99.

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Lincoln Monsters Frankenstein Giveaway

Lincoln Monsters at Mego Meet 2024

The Lincoln Monsters team will be on-site at Mego Meet 2024, inside this year’s Zolocon event! We’ll give away a free Frankenstein Halloween decoration and Lincoln Monsters stickers while supplies last. Come see the factory finished figures and talk monsters with us.

Mego Meet is this August 17-18 at ZoloCon 2024 in Warminster, PA.

Join us for the action-figure event of the year and the dawn of the Lincoln Monsters!

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I’m totally pumped about Mego Meet next Week! I’ll be there handing out Lincoln Monsters Buttons and spritzing you with samples of my new cologne, “Mantooth.” It’s a vitriolic stench, but once you get used to it, you’ll be fine. 

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Tomland Space Raiders (eBay Sponsored Link)

Tomland was one of the bravest and cheekiest toy companies out there. The majority of the output was just copying the work of others but in an awesome way. These little guys had multiple iterations but I don’t see a lot under this banner. I’m not certain if the price is even achievable, but I’m mostly a window shopper.

Happy Days Playset (Sponsored Link) —

I guess last week’s Fonz find made eBay think I’d like this, and I guess they’re right. I love these cardboard worlds, especially when some attention to detail is put in. They even have that sassy waitress who was on Wonder Woman!

Barry Manilow T-Shirt (sponsored link) —

I gotta tell you, strolling into my Catholic grade school with this on would not go well in 1980.  Nowadays, I can’t think of Barry Manilow without thinking of a co-worker and delightful friend from Wales who loves him dearly and calls him “Barrrrrreeee,” which is all I think about when I see his face. I think that’s called “zen.”

Mattel Tarzan figure set (Sponsored Link) —

I think this may be one of my favourite ’70s figure sets ever. I mean that sincerely. I grew up with Big Jim, and the Filmation Tarzan cartoon is still a passion of mine. To get my set, I had to negotiate with my long-time friend Mark until 3 a.m in a crappy Toronto airport hotel. Sometimes, the stories become intertwined with the toy, and that’s why we collect.

Here’s a video I did on the set.

Bionic Woman Bank (sponsored link) —

I don’t run into figural banks much here in Canada (other than Col. Sanders, which, OMG, did everyone in the country get one?), and that’s probably a good thing because I am powerless against them. I am worried it will be a repeat of the “Blow Mold Obsession” with these banks, and well, I don’t have any more room.

Totally pumped about Mego Meet next Week! I’ll be there handing out Lincoln Monsters Buttons and spritzing with you samples of  my new cologne “Mantooth.” It’s a vitriolic stench but once you used to it, you’ll be fine. 

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The mystery of the Kung Fu Man has been solved!

You probably have never heard of him, but “Action Jose: The Kung Fu Man” has been the subject of conjecture on action figure forums for decades. The discourse is due to the availability of outfits (comically labelled “Dresses”) for this happy Kung Fu Man but never the figure itself.

Fortunately, returning Toy-Ventures magazine writer Vincent Cerbone solved the mystery by discovering actual carded examples of Jose in Issue 12.

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Toy-Ventures Issue 12 Bootleg V toys

Issue 12 of Toy-Ventures takes a look at Bootleg V toys.

The series was an international sensation, and many toy companies rushed products to market; less than half of them were licensed.
This article focuses on the imitation lizard skin luggage from across the globe.

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Mego Meet 2024 will be hosted this August 17-18 at Zolo-Con. We’ll have our own dealer area, panels, customs contests for the kids and late night swap meets in the Mego Suite.

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Mego Museum Mint Off Card unwraps the latest Star Trek characters from Mego Wave 18. How do the Andorian and the Talosian stack up against their vintage Mego counterparts? You tell us!

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