I love the modern updates that FTC has done with the whole Mego style Batman '66, the modern Batman Comic characters, the new DC Characters.
But, there is something about the original, oven mitt figures that started it all.
This is the FTC batman costume, on a Type S body with a original Mego head (because the FTC Batman head is a peanut head), along with a FTC First Appearance Robin, for good measure:
FTC Batman & Robin.jpg
Once I added the original Batman head, which is the version I had (No RC Batman for me as a kid), it took me back to the early-to-mid 70s, where I destroyed my Megos from all the play they received. I loved my Mego Robin too, but this would have been the perfect Robin for a kid who read a lot of older reprinted Batman stories, when Robin was still a kid too (too bad FTC cheaped out on a new, teen head sculpt).
But to stay positive here, I love the various post-Mego molded gloves, the different boots, and more sophisticated costumes, but none of them take me back like the originals, even if it's mostly repro-ed!
I appreciate FTC for making the Repo DC figures first, before going with modern takes and new characters.
But, there is something about the original, oven mitt figures that started it all.
This is the FTC batman costume, on a Type S body with a original Mego head (because the FTC Batman head is a peanut head), along with a FTC First Appearance Robin, for good measure:
FTC Batman & Robin.jpg
Once I added the original Batman head, which is the version I had (No RC Batman for me as a kid), it took me back to the early-to-mid 70s, where I destroyed my Megos from all the play they received. I loved my Mego Robin too, but this would have been the perfect Robin for a kid who read a lot of older reprinted Batman stories, when Robin was still a kid too (too bad FTC cheaped out on a new, teen head sculpt).
But to stay positive here, I love the various post-Mego molded gloves, the different boots, and more sophisticated costumes, but none of them take me back like the originals, even if it's mostly repro-ed!
I appreciate FTC for making the Repo DC figures first, before going with modern takes and new characters.
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