If you're heading to Toronto Comic Con this Saturday, I'll be a guest on the Bootleg Safari panel.
I'll join Safari creator Aaron Reynolds and Sam Noir to discuss bootleg toys and waxwork figures. The previous episodes are available here, and they are a riot.
If you can't make it, don't worry; it'll be up on the site soon enough.
Anyhoo, thanks for reading and for subscribing. This has been another week full of fun surprises from, well, almost everyone it seems.
As always, I'm open to talking through email. If you have stuff you'd like us to share or an idea for content, please drop me a line. I like to be as inclusive as possible but I miss a lot of stuff these days.
Cheers!
Brian
Get ready for an incredible addition to Figures Toy Company's assortment of customizable figure bodies!
ClassicTVToys.com, the sister site of FTC, will be adding a new dark green S Type muscular body to their selection this summer!
Whether you want to create an army of alien invaders or customizer your own smash-happy superhero, the new green body creates hundreds of new options for collectors and customizers! Plus, with the added articulation of the S Type body, you'll be able to pose your creations in a variety of ways to create amazing toy photography!
Look for new items to start hitting both figurestoycompany.com and classictvtoys.com this spring, with many announced items such as this S Type body and the Super Friends Hawkman figure targeted for summer release.
There are also plenty of fan favorite items in stock now like a variety of Scooby-Doo villains, an assortment of Shazam! retro figures to celebrate the release of Shazam! Fury of the Gods this weekend, and lots more! Check out FTC's social media pages for frequent updates on new items, restocks, and some great fan photos, and come back here next week for another exclusive update!
The Flash’s arch enemy - Reverse Flash is joining Mego’s gallery of Super-Foes! “I’m not like the Flash at all … some would say I’m the reverse.” The 50th Anniversary World’s Greatest Super-Heroes Reverse Flash comes with that same iconic 1970’s styling that we all grew up with and love, now paired with Mego’s new super-poseable body featuring 26 points of articulation!
“My fate was to become your greatest enemy. I was never going to be The Flash, so I became the reverse of everything that you were.” The 50th Anniversary WGSH Reverse Flash comes in a classically styled window box featuring classic artwork! Don’t miss out on Professor Zoom! Collect them all - the 50th Anniversary World’s Greatest Super-Heroes by Mego! They are available for preorder now on the Mego Store (http://shorturl.at/iltJZ) and other online specialty retailers. #MakeMineMego
Here's what's going on with the MegoMuseum this week.
Mego Star Trek Pike and Spock: Strange New Worlds Figure Review plus a contest!
Mint Off Card gets a first look at Captain Pike and Mr. Spock from the 2023 wave of Strange New Worlds figures. Plus, there is a contest to win these mego figures and other goodies from the Plaid Stallions store: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIKzv7U46MM&t=1s
Winners will be drawn on Friday March 17th at 5pm EST.
What's New in Retro Figures
NECA, MEZCO, Super-7, Mego and other figures are now available at Entertainment Earth and if you order through them the Museum gets a small piece that helps keep us going. Click the link here to shop and support the Museum.
Mego Meet 2023 will become part of Power-Con August 11-13 in Columbus, Ohio. Greater Columbus Convention Center
400 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
USA Tickets can be purchased here when they become available: https://thepower-con.com/tickets-exclusives/
Entrance to Power-Con will allow you access to the MegoMeet 2023 dealer’s block. In addition, there will also be Mego Meet-specific panels, rooms and events that we will announce over the coming months and weeks. Registration for those events will take place at the MM and will not include any extra costs.
Hotel Information: The show hotel is the Hilton, it’s across the street, and you don’t even have to go outside as the Hilton is connected to the convention center. There is a block of Power-Con/MegoMeet rooms here at a discounted rate, but I’d act fast. https://book.passkey.com/go/POWERCON2023
Dealer Tables:
MegoMeet 2023 will have 20 dealer 6′ by 6′ booths at a discounted rate through Power-Con. They are 175 each and include one Power Con exhibitor pass with a table.
The Mego Museum is going to curate this space and we are favouring Vintage and creators from our custom community to give it the flavour we’re used to at Mego Meet. If Mego Meet fills up, there are still tables available at the regular rate. Power-Con is handling all finances for this round of MegoMeet.
If you are interested in displaying in the “Mego Meet 2023” section, email MegoMeet2023@gmail.com. Let us know your name and an overview of what you plan to bring.
This is the only way to get a Dealer Table in the Mego Section.
We will announce other MM activities and exclusives soon and hope to see you and keep MegoMeet alive in 2023.
Toy-Ventures magazine is a return to the old-school print publication specifically for collectors. We cover toys and action figures from the 1960s to the 1990s in a full-colour comprehensive manner.
So if you miss the days of Toyfare and Tomarts, give Toy-Ventures a try.
In Issue 9 of Toy-Ventures Magazine, Basement of Horror host Ray Castile recalls his adventures locating the Marx Whistling Spooky Kooky Tree. This joyful article was deemed "Best of the Issue" by one of our editors, and well, I wholeheartedly agree.
Check Out Ray's channel here; he has 138 (!) episodes of Basement of Horror available for viewing. It is highly recommended.
FW Spotlight 13: FW Presents The Death-defying Human FlyCast
The Fire and Water Podcast Network (founded 2016) is a collection of ongoing pop-culture themed shows that take a “Find Your Joy” approach to their subjects. Whether it’s comic books, movies, television, literature, or music, the members of the Fire and Water Podcast Network aim to celebrate the things they love, and share that passion with our listeners.
The Death-Defying Human FlyCast makes its triumphant return! And this time it's about to get real ... really real!
Join your host Max Romero and special guest Captain Entropy as they make the leap into issue #11 of The Human Fly—"Silver Charity, Sudden Death!" The walls between realities get thin as the adventures of the comic book Human Fly reflect the misadventures of the real-world Human Fly!
Rocket cycles! 26 buses! Tragedy! Hope! Cyndi Lauper and greasy chips! This episode has it all!
Let's get wild!
