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Toy-Ventures-Christmas Eve Mystery Knock-Off Unboxing!

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Knock-Off Unboxing

Hey, it’s Christmas Eve, so let’s open a mystery box of Knock-Offs brought to me by Santa (at least I think that was the DHL guy’s name), and I can show you the most extraordinary KO figure that I have ever purchased.

Meet Frank, Dolly girl and The Terror from Beyond Space!

Merry Christmas from PlaidStallions Toy-Ventures.

 


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Toy-Ventures Magazine is our newest creation, an old-school print magazine about vintage toys! Professionally laid out and written, each issue is brimming with obscure and rare toys from companies such as Mego, Kenner, Remco, AHI, and much more. Monsters, Superheroes, Adventurers, Knock Offs, Apes, and so much more, it’s in Toy-Ventures.

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Toy-Ventures Issue 5

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Mego Knock Off Headquarters– The leading group discussing 70s Dime store knock-offs of Mego action figures, we talk vintage toys and not others. We know the difference between Astro Apes and Action Apeman! It’s a really fun group where we talk about Lincoln International, AHI, Tomland, Bogi, Demo Man, Kojak Toys and other generic greats.

 

 

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Action Figure Archive Updates- Buck Rogers- Bugmen – Krazy Kreeps

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Plaid Stallions Action Figure Archive

PlaidStallions Action Figure Archive

Been spending a lot of time updating the Plaid Stallions Action Figure Archive and have a few fun updates thanks to some awesome people helping me out.

Let’s dig in shall we?

Our newest page to the Action Figure Archive is the Krazy Kreeps. Krazy Kreeps are a unique find, they are essentially a knock-off of a knock-off! The figures mainly use the bodies and heads from the AHI World Famous Super Monsters brand, which was already a Mego Knock Off. There is a morbid little detail with the Krazy Kreeps that would not fly today.

 

krazy kreeps

Croner Buck Rogers Gallery now has Twiki thanks to Clam’s ToyBox. These weird Australian figures have stymied me for years and now I have to wonder if there is a fourth figure. It’s just great to see all of them in one place. 

Croner Buck Rogers, Tiger man and Twiki

Speaking of Croner, my friend Will (@toltoyskid) turned me on to the Footy Heroes, figures of Australian Rugby players. I don’t normally have much to do with sports figures but I need to know what else they made. Also, I have no idea who these guys are.

Croner Footy Heroes

New update to the Bugmen of Insecta page, thanks to Clam’s Toybox. These vehicles are super rare, I wasn’t sure they ever got made.  A truly obscure 80s toy line that deserves more attention.

Bug Men of Insecta

Issue 4 of Toy-Ventures magazine is now shipping, it’s full of cool toys from the 60s, 70s and 80s, get it while it’s hot!

Toy-Ventures Magazine Issue 4

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Mego Knock Off Headquarters– The leading group discussing 70s dimestore goodness, we talk vintage toys, not others!

Visit the PlaidStallions Action Figure Archive, we catalog unique toylines from the 70s & 80s including rare Japanese toys and knock-offs, updates done daily.

Plaid Stallions Action Figure Archive

PlaidStallions Action Figure Archive

Mego Mint Off Card: Picard and Data from Star Trek TNG

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Another Wave 8 review, this time it’s from Mego Star Trek the Next generation. Also, we’re giving a carded figure of your choice away, details in the video itself!

Join MegoMania, the largest Mego collector FB Group!
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Toy-Ventures: Popy World Heroes

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This week’s episode is all about the greatest toys you never had as a kid, unless you grew up in Japan that is. The Popy World Heroes are an amalgamation of the Kenner Star Wars figures with the greatest TV Superheroes Japan had to offer.

I’m talking Power Rangers! I’m talking Ultra-Man and his many, many brothers and my personal favourite Kamen Rider and his arch enemies. Popy World Heroes are the kind of crazy the world needs.

Discuss this with us at the Pod Stallions Facebook group:
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Mego Aragon from Lord of the Rings: Mint Off Card Review

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This week we look at Aragorn from the highly anticipated Lord of the Rings series.

Be sure sure to visit Mego Ambassadors Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/201580127134713/

You can order this wave of figures at Entertainment Earth:
https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116

Visit us online at
www.megomuseum.com

Video created by Brain Heiler (@plaidstallions)

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Vintage Mego: Marvel Shuttles

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This week we talk about the strange Mego Pocket Superheroes vehicles that began appearing in Toys R Us Stores in the early 1980s.

Check out the Mego Pocket Superhero Galleries here.

Pocket Heroes

This video was created by Brain Heiler (@plaidstallions)

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First Look at Mego Legolas from Lord of the Rings

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Wave 7 Week continues as we delve into Mego’s Movie offerings and look at Legolas from the highly anticipated Lord of the Rings series.

Special thanks to Mego Corp for this wonderful opportunity, be sure sure to visit Mego Ambassadors Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/201580127134713/

You can order this wave of figures at Entertainment Earth:
https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116

Visit us online at
www.megomuseum.com

Video created by Brain Heiler (@plaidstallions)

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Vintage Mego: Buck Rogers Land Rover

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This week we focus on an underrated item and a favourite of mine, the Buck Rogers Land Rover vehicle.

This was actually used on the series and is a pretty cool toy. We had our first casualty on the set of Vintage Mego, more details on that in the video.

Visit the Mego Museum Buck Rogers Galleries:
http://www.megomuseum.com/galleries/buck3/

wave 7 is at Entertainment Earth who sponsors the MegoMuseum:
https://www.entertainmentearth.com/s/mego/c?id=ME-002202116

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Megocentral is under new management!

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megoheadsAfter a multi year abscence, Megocentral.com is now back under entirely new management.

This site will now  become a hub for news and information regarding Mego and Mego like action figures from the past, present and future of Mego toys.

As the new owners of this domain we would like to welcome you to new era, never has Mego collecting’s future been so bright and we look forward to building this site on a positive foundation.

We are not connected to any previous owner or webmaster of this site and have no way of contacting them.

Mego Lives!

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