Mego wave 2 Frankenstein is out!

[marsattacks666]

Thanks for the translation, Mars.

[Monsters For Sale]

Just a heads-up:

Whatever you might have been wanting buy online from Target, today only they are having a storewide 15% off sale.

[Mord]

Just saw my Target ad supplement. All Megos are $12.99, buy two get one free. If they stocked all three monsters, it would be perfect ($26 for the lot). This is the time to check for these, since it seems like a blowout sale. Good luck, monster friends.

[Monsters For Sale]

Just saw my Target ad supplement. All Megos are $12.99, buy two get one free. If they stocked all three monsters, it would be perfect ($26 for the lot). This is the time to check for these, since it seems like a blowout sale. Good luck, monster friends. 

Buy two Tooties and get one one Tootie free?

Well, root toot Tootie!

(Guess what everybody I know is getting in their stockings this Christmas?)

[Mord]

Buy two Tooties and get one one Tootie free?

Well, root toot Tootie!

(Guess what everybody I know is getting in their stockings this Christmas?)

What, no Norm or Cliff?

[aura of foreboding]

Buy two Tooties and get one one Tootie free?

Well, root toot Tootie!

(Guess what everybody I know is getting in their stockings this Christmas?)

This made me laugh so hard.

[Monsters For Sale]

What, no Norm or Cliff?

Hell no.  An occasional recipient might actually recognize one of those guys.  (I can actually see guys with home wet bars decorated with florescent beer signs having them displayed somewhere.)


I really hope the actress who played the little girl doesn't periodically Google her name to see what her fan base is saying about her all these years later.  I'd hate to have her be directed to one of my posts.

For the record, I never watched the show and have nothing against anyone who participated in the making it.  I just find it funny that Mego is making toys of what I assume were minor characters on minor shows from so long ago.  What kid today has any idea who these people once where?  And how many adults are collecting them?

It is nice not to have to think of myself as a member of the bottom of collector society.  Below me are aficionados of Beanie Babies, Cabbage Patch Dolls and Facts of Life Action Figures.

[Monsters For Sale]

This made me laugh so hard.

A lot of those Mego figures would make great (cheap) gag gifts - especially if you know someone who really hated any of these shows.

[John Pertwee]

I wondered why this Mego line had zero Superheroes in the 8 inch line. Now I know. Walmart has an exclusive with Figures Toy Co. to remake the Mego line in the old style Box. $25 a pop, these will sell better than Tootie and Peg Bundy.

[marsattacks666]

I wondered why this Mego line had zero Superheroes in the 8 inch line. Now I know. Walmart has an exclusive with Figures Toy Co. to remake the Mego line in the old style Box. $25 a pop, these will sell better than Tootie and Peg Bundy.

Really?! When is this happening?

[John Pertwee]

Now. All in stock at the same time, and a group set of all 16 in one go? Amazing.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/DC-Comics-Mego-Style-Boxed-8-Inch-Action-Figures-Set-of-all-16-Figures-and-Box/430697914

[Radioactive Rod Whitenack]

You guys might find this interesting. Marty Abrams was at SuperCon here in Louisville over the weekend selling and signing his new line of Mego figures. All he had were a bunch of Kirk and Fonzies. He had one each of the Bela Dracula, Frankenstein and the Screaming Werewolf sitting on the table with a sign that said FOR DISPLAY ONLY/NOT FOR SALE. So you can't even get a monster Mego figure from Marty Abrams!

[favoritemonsters]

Walmart has an exclusive with Figures Toy Co.

Walmart does NOT have an exclusive deal with Figures Co.

The figures are being sold on the Walmart site by an independent seller.

[Monsters For Sale]

Just saw my Target ad supplement. ... 

I think the people who run Target are crazy. 


Last year we had the big runaround with the Monsterville Universal Halloween items.  This year we have a similar situation with now-you-see-'em, now-you-don't listings of the Mego figures.


I live in Southern California, about 50 miles south of Los Angeles.  We have 25 or more Targets within a 20-mile radius.

Target advertises 2-Day delivery on most items.  Last week I placed an on-line order for 5 products.  I had to switch my selected local store to one that had all 5 in stock and available for shipping.  (Some stores did not have all items.  Some stores had all items in stock but would not ship some items.)

I found the magic store and placed my order. Two items have finally arrived.  They were shipped from Colorado.  The other 3 items have been shipped from 2 different locations.

Now, why the hell do I have to find a local store with all the items "in stock" and "available for shipping" if they don't even ship from nearby stores?  Why do they have to break an order of 5 items into 3 shipments, when they were supposed to all be "in stock" at the same store? And why do they require an order be $25 or over to qualify for free shipping when they break that same order into 3 shipments, each of which fall below that minimum - but are shipped from different locations nonetheless?

There HAS to be a more straightforward way of handling orders.


The people who run Target are crazy.

[darkmonkeygod]

What Mego figures are you finding listed as "in store"? Due to the way the styles and assortments are treated differently between the web and brick and mortar, none of the individua figures should be showing up as "in store".