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  • palitoy
    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
    • Jun 16, 2001
    • 59203

    #76
    A new addition to the MegoMuseum galleries is the very rare Toltoys (Australia’s Mego distributor) example courtesy of our friend Tony at the amazing Analog toys channel.


    Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

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    • Werewolf
      Inhuman
      • Jul 14, 2003
      • 14615

      #77
      Neat. Was Starsky and Hutch a hit in Australia?
      You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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      • palitoy
        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
        • Jun 16, 2001
        • 59203

        #78
        Originally posted by Werewolf
        Neat. Was Starsky and Hutch a hit in Australia?
        I wouldn't be surprised, it was insanely popular in the UK.
        Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

        Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
        http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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        • palitoy
          live. laugh. lisa needs braces
          • Jun 16, 2001
          • 59203

          #79
          MegoMuseum Gallery Update:
          Rare Australian Fist Fighting Batman by Toltoys added to the Batman Page. (thanks to our friend @ToltoysKid)



          Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

          Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
          http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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          • Wee67
            Museum Correspondent
            • Apr 2, 2002
            • 10586

            #80
            I love the color of that box, somewhere between a 70's version of raspberry and a coral with a splash of taupe for good 70's measure.
            WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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            • Earth 2 Chris
              Verbose Member
              • Mar 7, 2004
              • 32498

              #81
              I like how Mego was trying to segue from "hot pink=Batman" a bit. The last 12" Batman has a purple box. They never would quite break out of that spectrum, though.

              Chris
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              • PNGwynne
                Master of Fowl Play
                • Jun 5, 2008
                • 19444

                #82
                I love the FF presentation, wish Mego had done more.
                WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                • palitoy
                  live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                  • Jun 16, 2001
                  • 59203

                  #83
                  There were two printings of the Mego 1978 catalog, one of the biggest differences is the evolution of the 12" Incredible Hulk prototype. The second edition is far more familiar than the original skinny version, more on this here:


                  Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

                  Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
                  http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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                  • TrekStar
                    Trek or Treat
                    • Jan 20, 2011
                    • 8354

                    #84
                    First of all a (skinny) Hulk made no sense, he was big mean and green, why put him on a skinny body, the pic reminds me of an angry green Bruce Lee.

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                    • palitoy
                      live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                      • Jun 16, 2001
                      • 59203

                      #85
                      MegoMuseum Gallery Update: Added TolToys Fist Fighting Robin to the Robin page (thanks to the Toltoys_kid on instagram)


                      Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

                      Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
                      http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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                      • palitoy
                        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                        • Jun 16, 2001
                        • 59203

                        #86
                        Amazing Discovery!

                        This extremely rare Grand Toys card for the Human Torch is a true rarity, the first I've seen since I saw it hanging at Dominion Playword in the 1970s. Grand bought very limited quantities of this assortment so instead of creating their own card, they used Pin-Pin Cards from France (which were bilingual, important to Canadian laws) and put their own label on it.

                        The major irony of this is, the French Pin Pin toys cards have often been mistaken as being Canadian in origin, making this myth at least partially true, as long as it bears this elusive Grand Toys sticker. Many thanks to Mark S for this wonderful opportunity to showcase this incredible rarity.


                        Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

                        Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
                        http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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                        • darkmonkeygod
                          Career Member
                          • Sep 5, 2005
                          • 850

                          #87
                          Wild find and very cool to see. Now if we can just get some bilingual Lincoln monster cards...

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                          • Mikey
                            Verbose Member
                            • Aug 9, 2001
                            • 47242

                            #88
                            Very cool !!!

                            I always loved Grand Toys since I first heard of them in the 80's collecting die-cast etc

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                            • palitoy
                              live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                              • Jun 16, 2001
                              • 59203

                              #89
                              A new addition to the Mego Museum galleries, the very rare Grand Toys Canadian version of the Comic Action Heroes Mangler or "Le Calendreur" in Quebec.

                              Essentially the same toy but there is something so classy about the Green Goblin being turned into "une crepe verte"

                              More photos here:


                              Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

                              Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
                              http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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                              • palitoy
                                live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                                • Jun 16, 2001
                                • 59203

                                #90
                                Mego Museum Gallery Update: 3rd Issue Mego Planet of the Apes General Urko on error Ursus Card. #Mego


                                Places to find PlaidStallions online: https://linktr.ee/Plaidstallions

                                Buy Toy-Ventures Magazine here:
                                http://www.plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop

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