NECA Ben Cooper Costume Kids Collection – Series 1

Posted on January 9, 2024 by megohead1

It’s always Halloween at NECA! Introducing the Ben Cooper Costume Kids Collection, a figure series based on the popular kids’ costumes from one of the largest Halloween costume manufacturers from the 1950s through the ‘80s. Standing approximately 6 inches tall, these fully poseable figures wonderfully capture the vintage horror spirit and are ready to make some spooky mischief on your collector’s shelf. Series 1 includes Creature, Devil, Frankenstein, Mummy, and Skeleton—classic Ben Cooper costumes worn by an inclusive group of kids. Wearing a mask styled after an original Ben Cooper design and soft goods clothing replicating the vinyl look of the classic costume, each playful figure comes complete with a trick-or-treat bag or pumpkin bucket accessory. Every figure is sold separately and packaged in a numbered, retro-style window box that pays homage to the original costume packaging.

Shipping in May 2024 EXCLUSIVELY at specialty retailers!

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LINCOLN MONSTERS BRINGS BACK THE RETRO MONSTER ACTION FIGURE

Posted on October 31, 2023 by megohead1

Lincoln Monsters brings back the Retro Monster action figure

Toronto, Ontario, October 31, 2023-

Lincoln Monsters

A vintage toy brand is rising from the grave! “Lincoln Monsters” is a new collaboration from White Elephant Toyz, Absolutely Retro and Plaid Stallions, who have joined forces to make dimestore retro monsters.

The name is inspired by the legendary knock-off toy company Lincoln International. However, Lincoln Monsters reimagines the company as a 70s third-rate film studio, making exploitation and copying horror trends.

Each Lincoln Monster release and creation will center around a fictional movie from Lincoln International Studios, premiering with The Evil of Dracula.

The 8″ Evil of Dracula figure will be on a type S body, with a look inspired by the past but retaining the LM house style.

Lincoln Monsters

Each Evil of Dracula figure will come in a gorgeous solid box with artwork by Chris Franklin depicting the gorey poster for the movie made to cash in on Hammer horror.

Like all good horror shows, this is a double bill as Lincoln Monsters will at the same time also release “The Power of Frankenstein,” featuring a stunning poster by Chris Franklin.

“Our goal is to create well-made figures inspired by cheap knock-offs,” explains White Elephant Toyz Jason Schiermeyer who adds “At a collector friendly price point.”

Subsequent releases from Lincoln Monsters will include original male and female character designs that cross multiple film genres from Science Fiction, Horror and Exploitation. The fictional Lincoln studio was known to dabble in Gothic Horror, Ozsplotation, Philippine Drive-In movies and Italian rip-offs.

“We realized we all complimented each other and liked a lot of the same things and agreed on a vision,” explains PlaidStallion’s Brian Heiler, who adds, “This is long term, we’re putting everything into new figures and ideas; it’s basically three guys saying “you know what would be cool?”

Look for a newly revised Lincolnmonsters.com this November and the first offering of figures in Q1 2024. #retromonster

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Created by Frank Wojo, Absolutely Retro is an up-and-coming e-tailer and toy brand ambassador. Frank has consulted on popular brands and licenses and has a vast background working in social media.

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Formed by Jason Schiermeyer, a veteran toy designer and collector. He has helped bring several exciting, licensed properties to Action Figure collections: King Features the Phantom and Flash Gordon, Strike Force Alpha and the officially licensed Tura Satana figure.

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PlaidStallions is a pop culture and toy website dedicated to the 70s and 80s created by Brian Heiler. The publisher of Toy-Ventures Magazine and the newest book, “Knock-Offs: Totally Unauthorized Action Figures.” Under their Odeon Toys division, they have released licensed action figures of Captain Canuck, the Mego Museum Super Collector, and their mascot Brick Mantooth.

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Toy-Ventures: Mego Meet @Power-Con Recap!

Posted on August 19, 2023 by megohead1

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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Mint Off Card: Mego Phantom of the Opera

Posted on August 16, 2019 by megohead1

Wave 7 Week continues with an exclusive first look at the Phantom of the Opera by Mego Corp. This all-new figure is just one part of the cool and creepy characters coming out this September by Mego Corp.

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Distinctive Dummies unleashes the Hideous Sun Demon

Posted on April 18, 2015 by megohead1

The mad geniuses at DD have created another classic obscure monster figure masterpiece with the Hideous Sun Demon based on the film of the same name.

It will soon be available at their website Distinctivedummies.net but only for a limited time (as always).

Ebay: Slade Super Agent by Shindana

Posted on January 19, 2015 by megohead1

The picture kind of sucks but these figures show so infrequently it’s news in these here parts. Slade is part of series of “Live Auctions” on Ebay (!) that include lots of Tomland Star Raiders and Lincoln Monsters. I’ve got no dog in this race but I’m pulling up my lawn chair to watch the fireworks.

You can see all the auctions here. Warning; there is a 20% premium on these for some reason, if you do bid, take that into consideration.

Distinctive Dummies David from the Lost Boys

Posted on January 14, 2015 by megohead1

The folks at DD impress me both with their talents and their regularity, this month they’ve released David from the Lost Boys as part of their Mego Style horror collection. Limited to 60, these certainly won’t be available for long. Order it at the Distinctive Dummies Website.

Ebay: Toy Island Monsters

Posted on December 19, 2014 by megohead1

Of course these show up now, during my “most brokest” moment this year (well, toy money broke, the lights are still on) and while it pains me to feature them, I ain’t gonna jump in this pool.

Released in 1991, these talking mego like figures are pretty damned tough to find and obviously appeal to monster geeks (of which I am one) This seller has the Werewolf and the Vampire MOC, which are the two I want out of the set. Best of luck to everyone on these.

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Distinctive Dummies does a Paul Naschy El Hombre Lobo

Posted on December 17, 2014 by megohead1

Talk about happy surprises, Distinctive Dummies drops this bomb on me one week before Christmas. Being a lover of all things Naschy, I ordered one before I put on pants that morning.

Distinctive Dummies are proud to announce its first two releases for 2015.
First up we have Paul Naschy, the legendary Spanish actor and who has played a Werewolf more times than anyone. I am happy give you Waldemar Daninsky from Werewolf vs Vampire woman, AKA Werewolf Shadow. This figure is also the debut sculpt for DD by Ron Gearing. Ron is a great talent and believe me, I have seen what else he has in store and all I can say is awesome! Also on this we have a new artist designing the cards, Doc Boucher, whose individual style really sets up the figure inside. Full details at

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Custom: Vampirella and Friends by Magyar1964

Posted on December 10, 2014 by megohead1

While I’ve seen a few Vampi’s in my day, I tip my hat to the creation of the supporting case here. Check them out at the Mego Museum.

Cyber Monday: Dark Shadows Werewolf 40% off

Posted on December 1, 2014 by megohead1

While I know EE is going to have some hot Mego scale figures on sale this week, the only thing I found today was this, the Chris Jennings Werewolf from Spectre Toys going for 40% off.

The Dark Shadows line was really nice and i’m sorry it got cut so short.

Ebay: Remco Monsterizer

Posted on December 1, 2014 by megohead1

Not mine but I have a mild fixation with this piece, this one seems particularly nice and comes with a free Frankenstein. Check it out here.

Repainted Funko Reaction Mummy

Posted on November 26, 2014 by megohead1

The so called “Reaction Retro” thing has been sort of a mixed bag for me but I did think the Universal Monsters were nice. Museum member enyawd72 has shown us that under those figures are some excellent sculpts as his talent with a brush shows above.

He added a special charm to all the figures, you can see them at the Mego Museum Forums.

Video: House of the Wolfman Mego Parody

Posted on November 25, 2014 by megohead1

This was inspired piece from the team that brought the Universal Monsters homage film “House of the Wolfman” which is now available on DVD. The character designs were absolutely inspired, so i would have welcomed these monsters into my dungeon anytime….

Cancelled Lines: Flattworld Zorro

Posted on November 24, 2014 by megohead1

Flatt World was one of the first companies to jump into the “ReMego” fold but it would utilize a hyper realistic format and produce 8″ lovingly detailed figures. Their first release of Bela Lugosi had a retail of $59.95 and while a critical hit, the company struggled with retail distribution.

Zorro, based on the then hot Anthony Banderas film were just one of the many cool licenses in the pipeline. In the days of people spending car payments on Hot Toy figures and kickstarter campaigns, this seems like a no brainer but sadly, 1999 was a different world and FW’s legacy began and ended with Dracula.