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.

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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: They Live by NECA

Posted on January 21, 2020 by megohead1

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NECA announces Bill and Ted

Posted on October 30, 2015 by megohead1

The MegoMuseum newsletter revealed this week that NECA has teased (very) early shots of the Bill and Ted retro figures.

I’m fond of the original film but I don’t need these. I will say though, it’s a bloody good idea and these will likely sell.

Now Freaked action figures is a different story……

NECA Home Alone

Posted on July 8, 2015 by megohead1

NECA promised 15 new ReMego figures and while many of us old timey guys were hoping for more Apes and Monsters, the first thing out of the gate is Home Alone.

This is not for me personally but what excites me about this announcement is the next twelve figures could be absolutely anything. Come on Fletch!

Breaking: NECA Taylor is shipping

Posted on December 17, 2014 by megohead1

Word on the street is, etailers will be getting their NECA Taylor from Planet of the Apes this week. Not to sound like a teenage girl but “ohmygodohmygodohmygod!”.

EE is still listing as a January ship which is best case scenario for me seeing as Christmas is next week…..

Cancelled Lines: NECA Django Unchained

Posted on December 3, 2014 by megohead1

This one wasn’t cancelled so much as “aborted”, produced for the release of the 2012 Quentin Tarantino film of the same name, it is rumoured that QT himself wanted a 70s Mego Style toy produced for the film, as it was an homage to the “spaghetti western” of the era.

The toys invited controversy due to the film’s subject matter being slavery and groups used the film’s PR effectively to get their point across. The new editor at Topless Robot (who admittedly greatly dislikes the Mego style) conjectured that this wouldn’t have happened if the toys were 6 inch Marvel Legends style figures and not “dolls”.

In light of the “Dexter” and recent “Breaking Bad” outrage at Toys R Us, it’s safe to say that this theory is about as plausible as the “Ram Man” slash fiction they often enjoy.

I’m not going to debate the veracity of the outrage, this is neither the venue for that, nor am I enlightened on the subject to add an opinion of any value.

Regardless that the toys said “ages 17 and up”, cost $30 a pop and that the film’s (R RATED) message condemns slavery (and pretty much promotes violence against anyone involved in the trade) some people will never get out of the mindset that toys = children exclusively.

Toy collecting is a weird fringe, we feel normal among our own but we always will be thought of as creepy “Sheldon” types by some percentage of the population. When these people become aware of R-rated toys, they say “those shouldn’t exist” and then comes the swift hammer of majority.

The bad PR had the Weinstein Company salt the earth, the dolls were yanked and destroyed, everybody tried to pretend it never happened.

Flash forward two years later and NECA has smartly used that 8″ tooling to create some of the coolest 8″ horror characters ever made. I’m not denouncing these in any way, I love the line and i hope they make tons more but I’m not the only one who sees the irony here, right?

Django figures are banned on Ebay (seriously) but you can pay a King’s ransom for them on Amazon if you’re so inclined.

I’d really like a Schultz and Django, loose is fine, I’ll pay $50 a piece. Email me at kid70s *<at>* gmail.com if you done got a pair for sale.

Cancelled Lines: DST Expendables 2

Posted on November 30, 2014 by megohead1

Diamond Select just sort of snuck this one in during a comic con (something I really like about them to be honest), an 8″ version of Barney using the body they acquired from ZICA. I’m not sure if this guy ever got solicited or if they were testing the water.

It seems like it should work but perhaps (this is all conjecture) there was too much Expendables product out there at the time. Whatever the reason, the world was denied what seems like a rather decent looking 8″ Sylvester Stallone doll.

Luckily, if you want an 8″ Stallone fix, NECA has you covered now.