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Tag: mego

FW Presents: Those Wonderful Toys Ep.14

August 30, 2021

Those Wonderful Toys returns with a lively conversation between Chris and Plaid Stallions maven Brian Heiler! Brian discusses his new Toy Ventures magazine and the return of his long out-of-print book, Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings! Tangents along the way include !mpact Comics, Shazam!, The Monster Squad (not that one), Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and A Man Called Sloane!

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Clip credits:

“Royalty-Free 80s Music” by Dar Golan


http://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/FWPTWT14.mp3

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FW Presents: Wax Wrappers & Old School Halloween with author Jason Young

June 28, 2021

Remember those wax packs of gum cards you used to buy near the checkout? Remember the smell of those vibrant vinyl costumes you and all your classmates wore at Halloween? Jason Young does, and that’s what compelled him to write and design his two recent books The Wonderful Artwork of Wax Wrappers and An Old School Halloween. Join your host Chris Franklin and Jason, as they discuss these books, and dive deep into the subject matter, and just about every pop culture topic they can think of along the way, including Mego!

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http://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/FWPresents_Wrappers_Halloween.mp3

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FW Presents: Those Wonderful Toys Ep.13

December 18, 2019

It’s the Most Wonderful Toys Time of the Year! Chris takes a look back at some of his favorite Christmas toys, Remco’s Energized Super Heroes, featuring battery-powered versions of Marvel and DC’s greatest heroes!

Special thanks to David “Ace” Gutierrez for the suggestion!

 Be sure to check out the Energized Super Heroes coverage at Plaid Stallions!

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Clip credits:

Clips and music from The Amazing Spider-Man TV series, The Incredible Hulk TV series, Batman theme from Power Records, Superman The Movie, the Captain America tele-films, and Spider-Man 2

Audio clip from Spaceballs

“Toyland” by Doris Day

"Christmas All Over Again" by Tom Petty

http://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/FW_Presents_TWT13.mp3

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Superman Movie Minute - Mego

May 21, 2018

SUPERMAN MOVIE MINUTE - Mego

In this special "bonus" episode of SUPERMAN MOVIE MINUTE, Chris and Rob are joined by Mego expert Brian Heiler to talk about the sort-of-official line of Superman: The Movie action figures from Mego!

Join the conversation and find more great content:

  • POD STALLIONS – http://www.plaidstallions.com/podcast.html
  • THE MEGO MUSEUM - http://www.megomuseum.com
  • E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net
  • Opening theme and closing theme by John Williams

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Thanks for listening! 

 

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FW Presents: Those Wonderful Christmas Toys

December 21, 2017

Happy Holidays! Chris Franklin and fellow Fire and Water Network All-Stars Rob Kelly, Siskoid, Bass, Ryan Daly and Nathaniel Wayne share their favorite Christmas toy memories! Merry Christmas!

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Clip credits:

“Toyland” by Doris Day

Audio clips from A Christmas Story

“We Three Kings” by Twin Sisters Productions

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Yonkersblonk

“Sleigh Ride” by The Bare-Naked Ladies

“Let It Snow” by Henri Jean Pico

“The Marvelous Toy” by John Denver

http://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/fw-presents-TWT007.mp3

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FW Presents: Those Wonderful Toys Ep.3

July 13, 2017

Chris Franklin spins a web Mego-size, spotlighting the 8” Amazing Spider-Man and his Amazing Spider-Car from Mego’s legendary World’s Greatest Super Heroes toyline!

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Clip credits:

“Toyland” by Doris Day

Audio clips from Spaceballs, Batman (1989), and Batman: The Animated Series,

Clip from Spider-Man (1967) “The Witching Hour”

Clip from Spider-Man 2

Clip from Robot Chicken

End credit theme from The Amazing Spider-Man (TV Pilot, 1977)

http://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/fw-presents-TWT003.mp3

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Super Mates 71: Wonder Woman Toys!

June 08, 2017

Just in time for the Amazing Amazon’s big screen solo debut, Cindy pulls out her favorite Wonder Woman toys! She and Chris discuss plastic princesses from Ideal, Mego, Kenner, Mattel and more! Get us out from under, Wonder Woman!

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Clip credits:

“Wedding March” by Queen from Flash Gordon

The New Adventures of Wonder Woman TV Series Season 3 Main Title and Season 2 bumper by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel

“Wonder Woman’s Wrath” by Rupert Gregson-Williams from Wonder Woman (2017)

“Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash

Clip from Justice League Unlimited “This Little Piggy” starring Kevin Conroy

Special thanks to Andrew Leyland

http://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/supermates071.mp3

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Super Mates Episode 53: Captain America Toys!

April 28, 2016

This episode, Chris and Cindy begin a new recurring feature, Tales from the Toy Chest! This new series will cover a comic character’s history in plastic, from the first licensed products through today. With Captain America: Civil War only a week away, what better hero to start with than the Star Spangled Avenger himself, Captain America!

 

From Captain Action to Mego, Secret Wars to Toy Biz and beyond, the Super Mates dig deep into Chris’ collection to find the best (and worst) Cap toys of the past 50 years!

 

For more on Captain America toys, visit these awesome sites!

www.megomuseum.com

www.marvellegends.net

www.plaidstallions.com

www.marveltoys.net

 

 

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Clip credits:

“Wedding March” from Flash Gordon by Queen

Clips from Captain America: The First Avenger, directed by Joe Johnston

“Marvel Super Heroes” and “Captain America” themes by Jacques Urbont from The Marvel Super Heroes cartoon series, 1966

Captain America (1979) TV Movie theme by Mike Post

"Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses

“Home of the Brave” from Captain America (1990) by Ivan Neville

Ultimate Avengers end credits theme by Guy Michelmore

Tracks from Captain America: The First Avenger soundtrack: "Captain America" and "Captain America March" by Alan Silvestri, and "Star Spangled Man" by the Star Spangled Singers

http://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/supermates053.mp3

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Super Mates Episode 45: Christmas Toy and TV Memories

December 15, 2015

Ho-ho-ho! In this festive Yuletide episode, Chris reminisces about Christmas toys he received as a boy. From The Six Million Dollar Man, Evel Kneivel, and Mego, to He-Man, Super Powers, M.A.S.K., G.I. Joe and Transformers, it’s a visit from the Toys of Christmas Past!

In between the ramblings on plastic baubles, Cindy discusses her Top 5 Favorite TV Christmas Specials! Which holiday favorites make her list? Listen on and find out!

Merry Christmas!

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What did you get for Christmas as kids? What were your favorite Christmas specials? We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at supermatespodcast@gmail.com. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris and Cindy shared their Star Wars Memories on Disney, Indiana Episode #194! Check it out here.

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time: Our first episode of the New Year features a first-time guest, and a subject that has to do with “The First”!

http://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/supermates045.mp3

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Super Mates Episode 23: Colorforms and Presto Magix with Brian Heiler

January 22, 2015

Brian Heiler, mastermind behind PlaidStallions.com and author of Rack Toys; Cheap, Crazed Playthings returns to talk about some of our favorite creative toys from childhood! But first he dishes the dirt on the exciting new Captain Canuck Mego-style figure he is helping to produce!

Then we dive into discussion about Presto Magix, those great rub-on transfers featuring our favorite characters! All you needed was a pen or a coin and you could create some awesome action scenes.

Our talk leads into a gabfest about Colorforms, the toys that stick like magic! Famous for “stick-on” sets including sets based on many of our favorite Super Heroes, cartoon and TV shows. But they also made some truly innovative toys, many created by the father of the legendary Colorforms Outer Space Men, Mel Birnkrat.

Along the way we ramble into general toy talk, and basically leave no stone unturned! You’ll get Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Super Friends, Spider-Man, Hulk, Captain America, Avengers, Star Wars, Star Trek, Space: 1999, Flash Gordon, Captain Action, KISS, Barbie, Strawberry Shortcake, G.I. Joe, Transformers and more!

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Visit Brian’s Plaid Stallions.

You can order your Captain Canuck action figure from Brian’s Odeon Toys

The documentary on Canadian comics is called Lost Heroes

Mel Birnkrant’s fantastic career retrospective site, including Colorforms is here

Stop by the Mego Museum for lively toy and geek discussion!

Be sure to let us know what you think! Let your voice be heard! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at supermatespodcast@gmail.com. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook!

Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed!

Next time, we celebrate our first anniversary by taking a look at comic’s greatest wedding issues!

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