{"id":25684,"date":"2026-03-09T19:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/?p=25684"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:18:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:18:31","slug":"toy-ventures-mego-figure-grails-at-zolocon-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/toy-ventures-mego-figure-grails-at-zolocon-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy-Ventures: Mego Figure Grails at ZoloCon 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toy-Ventures: Mego Toy Grails at ZoloCon 2026!\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u3TmvkqEgag?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>Toy-Ventures returns from Zolocon 2026 and it was full of major surprises, complete with rare Mego prototypes, vintage knock-offs, Astro-Simians and some really cool customs. It&#8217;s a lot to unpack, but wow, was it fun!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PodStallions Facebook Group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/podstallions\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/podstallions <\/a><\/p>\n<p>MegoMuseum Forums: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Megomuseum.com\/community\">https:\/\/www.Megomuseum.com\/community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New to the channel?<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe! \u25ba<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3D3zxJK\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3D3zxJK <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4qU8xo2\"><strong> The Lincoln Monsters Backer Kit Store<\/strong><\/a> is now open to the public. 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