{"id":25255,"date":"2025-08-09T21:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T01:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/?p=25255"},"modified":"2025-08-09T21:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T01:45:55","slug":"toy-ventures-toy-oddities-from-down-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/toy-ventures-toy-oddities-from-down-under\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy-Ventures: Toy Oddities from Down Under!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Toy-Ventures returns with a look at a two-year trade with an Australian collector! Mego Knock-Offs, Tarzan, Mighty Matt&#8217;s dazzling plaid pants and exclusive Buck Rogers rarities!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toy-Ventures: Toy Oddities from Down Under!\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0S-_gWhGBU8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>This episode was inspired by what happened in &#8220;Mego Knock Off Head Quarters&#8221; Facebook group:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Megoknockoff\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Megoknockoff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks to:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Blake: Roving reporter at Aussie Toy Hunter<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AussieToyHunter\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/AussieToyHunter\u2069<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Will AKA TolToys Kid:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/toltoys_kid\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/toltoys_kid\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#mego #toyventures #tarzan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25217\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/mego-museum-mailing-list-signup\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25217\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25217\" src=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Newsletter-header2-1024x315.jpg\" alt=\"Toy-Ventures Weekly- The Source for Mego Museum and Plaid Stallions news. Regular columns, CustoMego and more!\" width=\"1024\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Newsletter-header2-1024x315.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Newsletter-header2-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Newsletter-header2-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Newsletter-header2-1140x351.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Newsletter-header2-848x261.jpg 848w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Newsletter-header2-600x185.jpg 600w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/New-Newsletter-header2.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toy-Ventures Weekly- The Source for Mego Museum and Plaid Stallions news. Regular columns, CustoMego and more!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/mego-museum-mailing-list-signup\/\">The Super Collector Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0combines all the news from Mego Museum and Plaid Stallions and a lot of other fun stuff across the Interwebs. It\u2019s got customs, new action figures, vintage finds and a lot of pop culture.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megomuseum.com\/mego-museum-mailing-list-signup\/\">Sign Up Here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All of these figures and more will be available at the White Elephant Toyz Website this evening at 7pm. While Supplies last.<br \/>\n<strong>Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World&#8217;s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring artwork specially commissioned for Mego&#8217;s catalog, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toyventuresmag.com\">https:\/\/www.toyventuresmag.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/shop\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24801\" src=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fartclown-1-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Plaid Stallions Shop\" width=\"881\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fartclown-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fartclown-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fartclown-1-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fartclown-1-1140x683.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fartclown-1-848x508.jpg 848w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fartclown-1-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fartclown-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures Magazine will feature the never-before-seen plans for the 1983 World&#8217;s Greatest Superheroes toy line and a cover featuring artwork specially commissioned for Mego&#8217;s catalogue, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/product\/toy-ventures-magazine-subscription\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24565 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/subscribestore.png\" alt=\"Issue #13 of Toy-Ventures 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 catalog, gloriously coloured by Robyn Adams, founder of the Mego Museum.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/subscribestore.png 1000w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/subscribestore-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/subscribestore-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/subscribestore-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/subscribestore-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/subscribestore-848x848.png 848w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/subscribestore-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/subscribestore-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23466\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/product-category\/action-figures\/lincoln-monsters\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23466\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23466\" src=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YTstuff-1024x593.jpg\" alt=\"The Blood-A-Rama Shock Festival Pack\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YTstuff-1024x593.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YTstuff-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YTstuff-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YTstuff-1536x890.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YTstuff-1140x661.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YTstuff-848x491.jpg 848w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YTstuff-600x348.jpg 600w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/YTstuff.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Blood-A-Rama Shock Festival Pack<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Toy-Ventures Issue 12- Stretch Monster<a href=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/tag\/5-awesome-ebay\/\">Click Here for past installments of 5 Awesome Things on eBay this week<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_23135\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/tag\/5-awesome-ebay\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5-Awesome-Key.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5-Awesome-Key.jpg 500w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/5-Awesome-Key-300x89.jpg 300w\" alt=\"5 Awesome Things on eBay this week\" width=\"500\" height=\"149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-23135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5 Awesome Things on eBay this week<\/p>\n<p><strong>We co-produced this amazing action figure with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/whiteelephanttoyz.com\/\">White Elephant Toyz<\/a>; it\u2019s an 8\u2033 Mego Style Officially Licensed Tura Satana figure with a beautiful box by Joeseph Linsner!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/product\/tura-satana-officially-licensed-action-figure\/\">Get yours while supplies last.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/product\/knock-offs-totally-unauthorized-action-figures-book-preorder\/\">Knock Offs; Totally Unauthorized Action Figures the book<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/product\/knock-offs-totally-unauthorized-action-figures-book-preorder\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22553\" src=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Knockoffsbulkgag.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Knockoffsbulkgag.jpg 800w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Knockoffsbulkgag-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Knockoffsbulkgag-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Knockoffsbulkgag-600x225.jpg 600w\" alt=\"Knock Offs; Totally Unauthorized Action Figures the book Megolike\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Facebook Groups we enjoy<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/podstallions\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22554\" src=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Podstallionsgroup.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Podstallionsgroup.jpg 800w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Podstallionsgroup-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Podstallionsgroup-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Podstallionsgroup-600x225.jpg 600w\" alt=\"The official FB group for PlaidStallions, Megolike come for the\u00a0conversation, stay for the chill vibe. Remember, you keep the glass.\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/podstallions\"><strong>The official FB group for PlaidStallions, come for the\u00a0conversation, stay for the chill vibe. Remember, you keep the glass<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/podstallions\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Megoknockoff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22555\" src=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MEGOLOCK.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MEGOLOCK.jpg 800w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MEGOLOCK-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MEGOLOCK-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/wp-content\/uploads\/ 2023\/07\/MEGOLOCK-600x225.jpg 600w\" alt=\"Megolike Knock Off Head Quarters is better than the ABUSIVE divorced dad energy of other groups\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Topics Discussed:<\/p>\n<p>Demo Man, Bogi, Tong, Steve, Mighty Matt, Mego, Mego Knock Off, Combat Man, AHI, Azrak Hamway, Rack Toys, bootleg Mego, Tarzan, Jane, Treehouse, Mego Treehouse, Planet of the Apes, Buck Rogers, Twiki, Tiger Man, Mego Buck Rogers, Australia, Croner Toys, Inflatable Toys, Barbie, Big Jim, Toy-Ventures, PlaidStallions, Mego Museum, Western Action Figures, Cowboys, Clowns, Toy Trades,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toy-Ventures returns with a look at a two-year trade with an Australian collector! 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