Trek Movie Report (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
This week The Collective has reviews of the latest Retro Mego figures and the latest Star Trek Minimates from Diamond Select Toys. Plus we have news updates on upcoming toys, and replicas from DST.
Trek Movie Report (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Starting in 2007, Diamond Select Toys and EMCE Toys, Inc. have been producing retro versions of the MEGO Star Trek action figures and they just announced that the USS Enterprise Action Playset, one of the most beloved and remembered Star Trek toys of all time, will join the line. More details below, plus other DST [...]
Major Spoilers (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Growing up, I had a friend who had all the original Mego Star Trek figures. On a few occasions I would go over to his house and marvel at how lucky he was to have cool toys. One day he showed me the bridge to the starship Enterprise that featured a cool transporter that would [...] ShareThis
ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
The annual Comic-Con International: San Diego takes place next week, July 23-27, and we’ll be at our usual booth (#1215, right across from the Golden & Silver Age Pavilion). We'll have signings by Benjamin Holcomb (author of MEGO 8" Superheroes: World's Greatest Toys!), Mike W. Barr (author of The Silver Age Sci-Fi Companion), Keith Dallas (author of The Flash Companion, which debuts at Comic-Con),...
Trek Movie Report (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Collective brings news on all sorts of Trek stuff we can expect later this year. We have the first look at the newly designed Mego Gorn, new pre-orders available for new DS9 and TOS figures and also a closer look at the 2008 Star Trek Hallmark ornaments.
Major Spoilers (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Man, I long for the days of toys like MEGO Hulk and Spider-Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQlH5LVfGZs
Fanboy.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
In August of this year Buck Rogers will be 80 years old! The franchise which takes place in the year 2419 first started life as a short story in the pulp magazine Amazing Stories has has spawned comic books,...
I Against Comics (Free subscription) | 05/04/2008
I just got in from Tokyo and here's what's what there... right... this... minute! Akihabara Mandarake ! And Mandarake ! This is a giant purple tower of Japanese comics and animation insanity; this place is so extreme, I'm going to do an entry on this in my Japan blog. As intense as the Shibuya location is, this one is better. I took the elevator to the top floor, then worked my way down along the outside...
Trek Movie Report (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
At the New York Comic Con this weekend, Diamond Select Toys has revealed their (previously announced) Original Series era Tricorder toy, the final piece of DST’s TOS ‘landing party’ set. They also announced their seventh retro action figures set to be of Sulu and the Gorn, both of which are new designs (but in the [...]
io9 (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
The idea was so simple, and yet it took toymakers until 1976 to come up with a line that mixed the build-em-up concept of Lego, the characterization of action figures and the ability to lose... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Major Spoilers (Free subscription) | 04/15/2008
Diamond Select Toys has announced the next figures from the company’s Star Trek retro line will be none other than Mr. Sulu and the alien Gorn! These cloth figures are based on the MEGO figures from the 1970s. Sulu is a brand new sculpt, while Gorn is an update to the original figure. Figure Details Deluxe 8” cloth [...]
The Vault of Buncheness (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
For those of us of a certain age, a wistful smile crosses our face when we recall our favorite toys of yore, and the Mego line of 8" super-heroes holds a warm place in the hearts of many. Issued from 1972-1982, "the World's Greatest Super-Heroes" fought the good fight in many a backyard or playground adventures and frequently fell apart thanks to the cheap rubber bands that held their limbs and torsos...
Major Spoilers (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Fans of dolls action figures probably shed a little tear of joy when EMCE Toys brought back the Star Trek and Planet of the Apes figures based on the original MEGO molds. The company has decided to go a step further by getting some of the original MEGO gang back together to develop an [...]
Marvel (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
Iron Man soars into theaters May 2, complete with new toys following the Armored Avenger's vapor trail! But Shellhead's had toys before—a whole bunch of them! Check out 10 choice figures culled from decades of Iron Man toys
TrekToday Headlines (Free subscription) | 02/17/2008
Preview of new 'Star Trek' toys from Toy Fair 2008.
