Apes invade Japan! Taylor needs your help!

Many foreign distributors put their own mark on the Mego Planet of the Apes line but one of the most interesting was  by Japanese distributor Bullmark who packaged the apes in pretty window boxes with each figure in an action pose. They also included this ultra cool catalog which thanks to Scott from Megocipsa.com we have a better look at.

As an added bonus, Mego guru John Bonavita has provided us with translations to a few of the panels which give offer a  unique take on the Apes saga.

"The logic of Dr. Einstein follows the terrifying future of the earth. The Orion of the Andromeda galaxy is the future of earth 2,000 years later but you don't know it. But the Capt. Taylor are now looking at it."Read More

Lost Wave 2 is in production!

MegoMuseum founder and Lost fan extraordinarie Scott Adams reported today on his blog "The Island of Lost Megos" that after crusading for months Bif Bang Pow has confirmed that wave 2 of the Lost action figures are indeed a go.

To add to the excitement Scott has new exclusive close up shots of each character on the site.

Check out more at the Island of Lost Megos

Pre Order Wave 2 of Lost from Entertainment Earth

Discuss Lost Wave 2 at the EMCE Forums at the Mego Museum

Yellow Sinestro lands April 15 @ Matty Collector

The folks at Matty Collector announced a number of things for sale on their site today but the big news to fans and followers of the Museum is it marks the start of the four Matty exclusve retro action Green Lantern themed figures starting with Yellow variant Sinestro.  Read the description below:

•Retro-Action® DC Super Heroes™ Sinestro: Thaal has landed at MattyCollector.com! The first figure in our exclusive 4-figure series features a cloth uniform and a power battery.

Be there bright and shiny April 15th at 9am if you want one folks.

Discuss at the EMCE forums

CastAWay unveils Jesse James

Cast A Way toys has released this great video (if you can't see it click here to see it on You Tube) of their upcoming Jesse James figure. This slick new addition to the original Mego American West line will be available on their website in the following week.

Mego Museum Cast-A-Way Toys Forum

EMCE TOYS BRINGS ZOMBIES TO TOY FAIR!

They retrofied the DC Comics superheroes, transported the crew of the Enterprise back from the 1970s, but today EMCE Toys unearthed several lines of toys and collectibles of nothing but zombies, zombies, ZOMBIES!


Booth 4948 at the New York Toy Fair was Zombie Survival Headquarters as the EMCE team unleashed several different types of toys, in the familiar 8″ Mego format that they relaunched half a decade ago as well as several other surprising formats.


Leading the line was the first packaged action figure customizing kit ever, the “Make Your Own Zombie” kit. Featuring three Mego base bodies, five heads in varying states of decay, plus interchangeable arms, legs, hands and feet, as well as two sets of clothing and a DVD with painting and assembly techniques, it was the hit of the booth.


Right behind that was the new line of hyper-detailed 1/9 figures, with detail and accessories rivaling 1/6 figures, based on Fourth Castle’s own intellectual property, War of the Dead. The line of four include a “Commando” with ultra-detailed SWAT uniform and weapons, a “Cadaver Disposal Technician” with HAZMAT suit, gas mask and complex acid spraying apparatus, a female “Researcher Zombie” with rooted hair, decayed face and a terrible scalp wound, and a “Construction Worker” with weathered and gory clothing, construction boots, safety vest and toolbelt.


The last entries in the Mego-format that EMCE rebirthed are the last two figures in the Night of the Living Dead series EMCE launched several years ago. ”Barbra” and “Zombie Karen” have finally arrived to complete the line.
In addition, EMCE premiered several other zombie-related toys targeting traditional mass retailers: a “Zombies Vs. Zombie Hunters” amy men set, glow-in-the-dark “Zombie Containment Units”, and several “Zombie Hunter” toy gun sets.


The flyer below (see first post) was handed out to buyers all over Toy Show by EMCE’s team of zombies and ZERO Commandos, to the amusement (and disgust) of attendees.

Phantom of the White House

Phantom advisor who lurks in the catacombs of the Whitehouse, like all the Presidential Monsters Heroes in Action plans to release this figure in a regular and monster edition.

Mego Museum Podcast 3: Jason Lenzi BifBangPow Interview Part 2

In this podcast we look forward to Toy Fair 2011 and look back at Toy Fair's past. Then we present part 2 of our Jason Lenzi interview with all the info on the new Doctor Who action figures from BifBangPow!

http://www.megomuseum.com/podcast/megocast021311.m4a

House of Barakula

Another Presidential monster coming this year from Heroes in Action. Stay tuned all day for more ghoulish heads of state.

More trips to the Twilight Zone

Bif Bang Pow has shown us what new Twilight Zone figures we can look forward to in 2011, can you name all the characters?

Bif Bang Pow Gives us a taste of what's in store

Bif Bang Pow give us a sneak peak of Toy Fair 2011, is that Brock in Sphinx gear? Jonas and Rusty?

The Doctor is surrounded by some familiar enemies for wave one, this is a great start.

Discuss Bif Bang Pow at the Mego Forum

Curse of the Ron-my

"You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating Tana Leaves. "



From the sands of Egypt (or a Hollywood backlot made to look like it) rises the eternal Ron-my! Coming this year from Heroes in Action. Stay tuned all day for more ghoulish heads of state.

Stay tuned for more gory goodness.

Monster from the Watergate Lagoon

"I am not a fish creature!"

Rising from the murky depths of the lagoon to recover his tapes is this prehistoric presidential monster! Coming this year from Heroes in Action. Stay tuned all day for more ghoulish heads of state.

Wolf-Bill is just one of the new Presidential Monster reveals we have today, stay tuned for more gory goodness.

Beware the Wolf-Bill!

"It depends on how you define cursed"

Beware the 42nd President when the moon is full for he becomes a wolf, literally! Wolf-Bill is just one of the new Presidential Monster reveals we have today, stay tuned for more gory goodness.

The Presidential Monsters Are Unleashed!

A Mego Museum Exclusive!

A day before toyfair  we get the scoop on this new line of figures from Heroes in Action. They are the undead heads of state, the Presidential Monsters and they are going to paint the White House red baby!

So stay tuned all day for a peak at the whole ghoulish gang.

 Hail to the chief, he's going to get you!

Mego Museum Podcast: Jason Lenzi BifBangPow Interview Part 1

On this second Mego Museum podcast Brian and Scott look forward to Mego Meet, discuss the Customizer of the Month, and begin a 2 part interview with Jason Lenzi of BifBangPow! Toys.

Scary stuff at Megolike.com

Megolike.com
has just been updated with new photos and galleries, this week they've expanded the EMCE and Mattel galleries and added one for BifBangPow and Spectre toys: 

Look for more updates in the next couple of weeks!


Megolike.com

Cast-A-Way Toys sneaks us a look at Jesse James

Cast-A-Way toys has given the Museum a  sneak peak at their upcoming Jesse James figures, specifically their card art by Tim Baron, which is wonderfully reminiscent  the look of Gray Morrow's original Mego American West line.

Watch for more developments on Jesse James shortly.

Discuss on the Mego Museum Cast-A-Way toys forum.

Mego Museum Supercollector Test Shot

We've seen some really breathtaking test shots from the folks at EMCE before but this one might be my favourite. The beeyootiful test shot head for the Super Collector/Brick Mantooth figures. It's starting to get very real folks....

MegoMuseum Super Collector Gallery

Cast-a-Way toys presents a new Phantom

From: Cast-a-Way Toys HQ (Deep in the jungles of Africa)

Seated on a skull throne in his headquarters in a cave resembling a human skull in the deep jungles of Africa, the Phantom can be found by those in need, but he is the nemesis of evil on land, air and sea around the world. Legends say is he is a four hundred year old man who cannot die, and to look upon his face means death.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

Cast-a-Way toys presents it latest variant of the Phantom who walks... From the daily pages of your favorite newspaper comes the Duo Toned Phantom or "Dalies" version! The Monochromatic version is just a painstakingly crafted as previous variations on the Ghost who walks... This Mr. Walker has the feel and look of his newsprinted counterpart and is sure to please. With new artwork by the Mego Museum's own Chris Franklin, this limited edition figure will likely go fast! If you have the "Sunday" color version of this figure you know how good it really is. You won't miss out on this one folks, like the daily print it'll be here and gone just as quickly...

Travel through Time and Space with Doctor Who... and Bif Bang Pow!

Bif Bang Pow! and BBC Worldwide Announce a New Line of Action Figures, Bobble Heads, and Collectibles Based on the Long-Running Sci-Fi Series.

LOS ANGELES, CA - Bif Bang Pow! and BBC Worldwide today announce a new partnership that will bring to market a brand-new line of toys and collectibles based on the incredibly popular television series Doctor Who. The license covers all eras of the show from 1963 through to the present day. Currently aired on BBC America, Doctor Who's latest season delivered BBC America record ratings and reached the top spot on the iTunes TV chart.


One of the most highly sought after licenses from the BBC Worldwide portfolio, the Doctor Who collection from Bif Bang Pow! will feature an array of articulated retro action figures and playsets, along with bobble heads, each embodying that distinctive look and feel of the longest-running sci-fi TV series in the world. The first arrivals are planned for summer 2011, and various fan-demanded Doctor Who themed collectibles such as license plate frames, journals, tin boxes, coasters, magnets, and glassware will materialize as well.


Reminiscent of the best-selling "Mego" style action figures of the 1970s and 1980s, Bif Bang Pow!'s amazing line of Doctor Who action figures will continue a successful partnership with EMCE Toys, the team responsible for bringing that classic style back since 2006. These figures will stand 8-inches tall and include episode-specific fabric clothing, in addition to multiple points of articulation.


For the first time ever, bobble heads of the most popular and recognizable Doctor Who characters are also on their way.


"Bif Bang Pow! is thrilled to bring these brand-new Doctor Who action figures, bobble heads, and collectibles to market," said Jason Lenzi, CEO of Bif Bang Pow! "The Denys Fisher range of 9-inch action figures from the 1970s was never released in the United States, and has become one of the most highly sought after toy lines of the past 40 years. Doctor Who bobble heads have never been made for any market, so we have the opportunity to offer these highly desired products to a whole new fan-base that never had the chance to purchase them before. Personally, I've been waiting for this since 1978, so as The Doctor would say, it's about time!"


Retailers and press can see a selection of Bif Bang Pow!'s upcoming product line at New York Toy Fair, February 13-16, 2011, at booth #4813.




About Bif Bang Pow!
Bif Bang Pow!™ (bifbangpow.com) produces first-rate collectibles for such popular properties as Doctor Who™, Dexter™, Lost™, Californication™, The Venture Bros.™, Eastbound & Down®, Beastly™, and The Twilight Zone™. Founder Jason Lenzi is a seasoned television producer and the ultimate fan of cultish pop culture. So when he created his company in 2005, he took the fan's perspective. His idea was to bring items to the marketplace that he himself would want to own. Cultivated from TV, movies, books, comics, music, and more, Bif Bang Pow!'s mission is to provide high-quality action figures, toys, and collectibles to the massive cult audience (and kids of all ages) that wishes these toys were already in their collection.
About BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The company exists to maximise the value of the BBC's assets for the benefit of the licence fee payer and invest in public service programming in return for rights. The company has six core businesses: Channels, Content & Production, Sales & Distribution, BBC Magazines, Home Entertainment and Global Brands. In 2009/10, BBC Worldwide generated profits of £145 million (operating profit before specific items) on sales of £1074 million (including Group revenue and the Group's share of joint-ventures' revenue).BBC Worldwide was awarded with the Queen's Award for Enterprise in April 2009. This prestigious award for International Trade recognised the company's substantial growth in overseas earnings and its commercial success at outstanding levels, based on 3 years' trading results, which benefit the UK creative industries and ultimately the licence fee payer.About EMCE Toys
The EMCE Toys brand (pronounced "em-see") was founded to bring playability back to toys. Inspired by the original action figure company, Mego Corp., we strive to craft quality, durable action figures, playsets, and collectibles that recreate the sense of fun that toys were originally made for. Our launch lines are either licensed reproductions of original Mego toys and packaging, or original creations modeled after the classic lines of the 1970s and early 1980s. EMCE is proud to have the active input and cooperation of Marty Abrams, founder of Mego and father of the modern action figure. We hope to continue to honor his legacy with our work. We have also been honored to incorporate the talents of veteran artist Harold Shull, original illustrator of Mego's classic and distinctive packaging from the 1970s. As we continue to extend this kind of inclusion of the original Mego teams, we get closer to our goal of bringing Mego back as a viable toy company in all but name. EMCE was created by veteran pop culture entrepreneur Joe Sena, President of SphereWerx, LLC, and craftsman Paul "Dr. Mego" Clarke.