You Have Got To Be Kiddin Me.

[hyperjoe]

So I began opening up my CTVT Space 1999 dolls. Out of 5 I opened and moved the legs around, 3 broke and were VERY BRITTLE. It appears that they break from the cheap plastic bands and or loops used for the legs and arms. THESE DOLLS ARE CHEAP AND BREAK!!

So anyways, should I call them and ask for replacements or deal with it? I am not opening these up and leaving them in the cards. Basically a waste.

[HardyGirl]

I'd call. A broken toy is no fun and you should get your money's worth. :yeah:

[toys2cool]

they are known to have that problem :embarassed:

[BlackKnight]

I buy CTVT figures,.. or Have.
I just throw away the Bodies,.. & switch out everything to a Doc Mego, or a Type2 Body. Been doing it this way for a Very long time. The Heads, clothing & assor. are all still fantastic stuff,... Even more so at the prices they are now selling everything at.

[thunderbolt]

They are good about replacing stuff. I'd call or email them about it. They know they have a crap product.

[Type3Toys]

I buy CTVT figures,.. or Have.
I just throw away the Bodies,.. & switch out everything to a Doc Mego, or a Type2 Body. Been doing it this way for a Very long time. The Heads, clothing & assor. are all still fantastic stuff,... Even more so at the prices they are now selling everything at.
I agree with Jason. Any time I ever bought a CTVT figure, I always went into it knowing I would swap out the body with original mego or Doc Mego bodies.
I would do this even if the CTVT body was not broken. CTVT bodies suck even when they are not broken. But, the rest of the figures are usually excellent stuff, heads clothes acc, all top notch.

[drmego]

One of the attendees at Mego Meet is a plastics engineer.

He told me that the reason why the CTV bodies are so
brittle is that they used a high rate of recycled plastic
in making them.

It costs less than using virgin plastic, but you can see
the results.

[The Bat]

Yeah...it's real shame that they cheaped out on that recycled Plastic...because They make a teen Titans Body...I need some...but I know it's CRAP!

[Gorn Captain]

I buy CTVT figures,.. or Have.
I just throw away the Bodies

Are those the ones you sold to me?:terror:

[megocrazy]

One of the attendees at Mego Meet is a plastics engineer.

He told me that the reason why the CTV bodies are so
brittle is that they used a high rate of recycled plastic
in making them.

It costs less than using virgin plastic, but you can see
the results.

I thought I saw one of mine that said "Coke" on the back. Must have been a really bad re-mold. :silly: I know there have been some issues in China lately, and the Olympics aren't helping, but they definately know what they're doing most of the time. Obviously you can't say that for other countries and their production. Sometimes when you go searching for the cheapest you get what you're looking for.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I'd call. I've got a bunch of 1999 figures and the first sets were really bad. The later ones were pretty good: almost Mego quality; but you never know if you're getting old or new bodies until you've got them.

Doc Mego makes really good bodies; don't know if he's got white boot ones, but you could probably slap the CTVT legs on a DocBod. Transplanting the heads and clothes to a new bod would fix things up pretty good.

Don C.

[SoulSinger]

It's been kinda hit or miss with the bodies. I got an 8-inch red CTVT body and it had the upper arms from a 6-inch body. As soon as I raised the arms, the rubber bands pulled them inside the arm holes in the torso. It was funny when it happened, but I was fortunate to have spare arms. Other bodies from CTVT have been great.

Bob

[Mr Havoc]

call I had the same thing happen and they just sent me new ones and told me to keep the broken ones. so you get double the clothes:wink:

[PNGwynne]

I had that happen with all of my black MerryMen-style belts: brittle & broken.
But the purple, yellow, brown, & white ones seem fine so far.

[stuart]

CTVT bodies are fine for those of us that customize on the cheap. I always keep a couple of spare bodies so that I will have replacement legs, feet, etc. The first thing that I do is cut the bands and re-string them like TI megos. They will actually stand up after they are re-strung. Of course, you can't beat a Dr. Mego body for quality.

[BlackKnight]

Are those the ones you sold to me?:terror:

No .
I bought those to make a Man Hunter,.. but liked the Fabric Cloth look better. :wink:

[Cosmicman]

I only goto CTVTs when I am desperate need of a female body and I don't want to play the bidding game on eBay for an original.
I am sure CTVTs didn't intend to become a company that sells junk but it happened that way. There is someone who answers their emails at figinc@aol.com that heard my issues when I ordered some bodies and they came to me broken. They heard me out and resent me some new bodies. To me, that tells me someone really is concerned with the problems.

Paul (Dr. Mego) is the only way to go for decent bodies. Eventually when he comes out with his new female body in September there isn't going to be a need for CTVTs but if CTVTs beats Dr. Mego to the superhero licence, there might be a different story. :grin: THAT IS THE TICKET TO THE $$

I have become a master at repairing the CTVT's female bodies. I even offered them a deal to take some broken rejects off their hands. I don't think they guy thought it was too funny or considered my offer as a serious one.

The main problem with CTVT's female bodies is the cracked knees and ankles. I created a bootleg sculpey design as a solution to fix the cracked ankles. All though it doesn't make the ankle flexible or movable, my new way brings balance to the busted dolls. :smile:

If anyone wants me to fix up their busted female ankles with my boot balance treatment, send them to me. You pay for shipping I won't charge you anything if you are a fluent member of the Mego Museum.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2712665452_595334c37c_o.jpg

PS. I sent out an invite to CTVTs executive. Hopefully they will take my offer and come here and talk.

[Hotfoot]

So basically what people are saying is for their current sales price of around $5.00 each you are basically buying heads and clothes?

I have several Nekid megos that need some clothes. I guess this would be a good way to get some outfits for them.

[Cosmicman]

So basically what people are saying is for their current sales price of around $5.00 each you are basically buying heads and clothes?

I have several Nekid megos that need some clothes. I guess this would be a good way to get some outfits for them.

I have a lot of alter egos like Peter Parker, Logan, Dr. Banner, Tony Stark...etc that shop at CTVTs. :grin:

[The Toyroom]

PS. I sent out an invite to CTVTs executive. Hopefully they will take my offer and come here and talk.

I really don't think they care at this point...they've been selling off a LOT of inventory so I don't think their interest lies with Mego or the like anymore. I can't see them putting any effort into fixing the problem of the female bodies when it's obvious they won't be persuing any licenses any time soon...the point is sort of moot. Best thing to do is set back and wait for the new female body from DM.

[BlackKnight]

... I don't understand whats fixed. :juggleyes_y:
The CTVT Body still looks Bad,.. like it always did. :sarky:

[JediJaida]

I hope Paul doesn't mind my spilling the beans, but with all the todo going on in China, the new female bodies won't be ready to ship until October, not August or September.

I called him about a week or so ago, inquiring as to when they would be available, and he said October at the earliest.

That means a couple more months wait for the rest of us.

Stupid Olympics.

[SoulSinger]

I hope Paul doesn't mind my spilling the beans, but with all the todo going on in China, the new female bodies won't be ready to ship until October, not August or September.

I called him about a week or so ago, inquiring as to when they would be available, and he said October at the earliest.

That means a couple more months wait for the rest of us.

Stupid Olympics.

AARGH! :juggleyes_y:

[JediJaida]

There, there. It's not as if delivery has been postponed until next year. THEN, you'd have something to scream about.

I kind of peeved too; I was really looking forward to making a few customs, as I don't want to strain the original Mego bodies that I have, and the few CTVT's that I have that aren't crap, I don't want to strain either.

Concerning those, one sneeze at the wrong time and they fall apart!

[ctc]

>for their current sales price of around $5.00 each you are basically buying heads and clothes?

Pretty much. I've got tons of CTVT bodies; Paul/Hulk made me some real good deals a while back, and they're not all as horrible as folks make 'em out to be. The cheaper plastic isn't really a problem; it's softer, and may actually be better for some parts, like hands, 'cos it's got more give. The REAL problem was the molds: LOTS of flash, and when the bodies are assembled the extra bits tend to train the joints. (It looks like a lot of them were shoved together with a lot of effort....) 'Course the softer plastic causes some problems too: the shoulders tend to get sucked into the older torsos. The newer ones had smaller holes and worked pretty good.

As a matter of fact; the later bodies were actually pretty good. I got a bunch that didn't break, don't have strained joints, and aren't doing the pee-pee dance. So the learning curve was pretty good for CTVT. I think if they'd done another run they might have sorted the problems out.

The problem when you buy the figures is that you don't know if you're getting an old or new body until you get it.

Doc's stuff is really good. His bodies are good and solid, AND have them soft hands I like so much! I got a few that had really tight rubber bands, which made them hard to pose, and could eventually damage the shoulder joints. A quick T1 restring sorted that out though. His female bodies should be good.

Don C.

[megocrazy]

If you're looking for a body to do a custom that's gonna sit on the shelf a CTVT will work. Just restring it like a T1 as ctc said. The black bands are not stretchy enough and put too much pressure between the arm and leg, which is why the arms tend to pull into the torso after a while. Doc's bodies are the ones to use if you wanna touch it after it's done. The quality between his stuff and CTVT is not even close. DM produces a body you're kids could play with while CTVT basically is broken when you get it. I bought most of the repro figures like the knights and pirates, etc. for the parts to finish my incomplete mego's and while ripping them apart, I don't think I got 4 figures that didn't have a cracked right foot. Probably had 80 - 90% of them with the same issue. How does that get through any form of quality control? CTVT's are kinda mal-nutritioned also. They didn't measure something right if they were copying a mego figure cuz they're kinda small. That's probably why many of the suits are super tight if you try to put them on regular or DM bodies. I'm pretty sure CTVT has run it's course and when the current inventory is done they will move on into mego-like history. Maybe someday there will be a CTVT Museum. With the number of figures that come broken straight from the package, what will a mint complete CTVT figure sell for in 30 years? TraderbyNature will probably be selling right feet for $300.00 each. Maybe I can trade one for RM Robin or a Wondergirl. Unbroken CTVT right feet are much rarer than those are!! :grin:

[Bionic Joe]

Just reciever my order today of the 7 Space 1999 figure only one was messed up that was Maya her right leg is screwed up so i took her outfit and head and placed it on a MEGO female body but the rest are fine and i'll leave them as is, The only other thing i noticed was Alan Carters red helmet's visor smeans to stick :yes:

[AcroRay]

The couple of CTVT figures I have had bad bodies, but the rest of the item (Especially Alan Carter in the full yellow space suit, which is one of my favorites) was really nice - especially at the price. So re-dressing it on a Doc Mego body really made for a great toy.

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/2/2/9/FullBodyNoHelmet_original.jpg

Its kind of my tradition now for Mego Meet. Nab a cheap CTVT I like, and get one of the Doc's bodies free of additional postage costs, combine & display. The CTVT figures are scaled just a wee bit smaller than Doc Mego's bodies, so sometimes you'll have a bit of a tight fit getting costumes & accessories on, and the heads may look a tiny bit small on them.