A ridiculous EMCE thread...

[nordox]

My wife has me keeping my toys in the garage and the rubber band that holds kirks phaser in place was brittle and snapped. I know its not an official part of the toy itself but the phaser wont stay in place now.

[saucerful]

wait, are you commenting on your wife? your garage? or EMCE's rubberband?!
or all three!?

[SoulSinger]

The part of the belt where the phaser goes does seem much looser than mego's.

Bob

[SUP-Ronin]

It is loose or in the package?? rubberbands fall apart in no time. Tie it pack in place with a piece of thread, or find another rubberband.

Put your wifes stuff in the garage, and see how she likes it. Then when you're sick of sleeping on the couch, apologise to her and buy her something nice.

Original or not, those phasers never seem to stay in place on their own.

[megocrazy]

It is bigger. Has been since the original trek belts were done. That's why there's an elastic. Surprised it broke. I haven't lost any bands yet. I don't keep my stuff in the garage though. I say bring the toys in and put the wife in the garage overnight. If her arms have fallen off in the morning, it's your garage.

[nordox]

Its not a big deal really.
Yea the garage thing is nutty not sure how to proceed.
I have sideshow toys. dc direct 1:6 scale too in there. :-(

[thunderbolt]

Duct the A/C out there, then its a climate controlled garage. :)

[Lynn TXP 0369]

Grow a set and tell they are staying inside the house.
You got too much $$$ for them to be sitting in the garage.
Lynn

[HardyGirl]

Do you have a guest room or walk in closet? Maybe it's time to turn something into a toy room!:wink_y:

[GeneralApeGuy]

Do you have a guest room or walk in closet? Maybe it's time to turn something into a toy room!:wink_y:

Yep, that's way I do that in the storage closets. I NEVER put MOC, loose figs and other toys in the garage because of temperature will changing the weather, humidity and moisture will ruining all of the vintage and modern Toys. ;) My mother bought brand new bicycles in her garage for a year, the humidity and moisture ruined her bicycle's fender chrome has minimal rusts spots and other body parts. She gave me one, I cleaned up and rid the minimal rusts off with the Turtle Wax chrome polish and I'm always put my bike inside of my Mobile Home and display in the corner of my living room to keep it mint. :grin:

[jasonmego1277]

I would never store my figures in the garage . They would be melted globs of gooey plastic here in Florida. Screw that ! My wife understands thankfully.

[Captain]

In regards to the phaser/elastic issue.....I remove the elastic on all of the EMCE figures I've opened. There are two methods I've found to fit the phaser better. One is pretty dicey, and if your not careful, you will toast the belt...I take a heat gun and go over the phaser hoop for a few seconds (depends on your heat gun output) until it contracts a bit. Works like a charm, and I havent lost any yet.
Second, and easier; I attach a piece of velcro tape to the phaser (along the edge of the "type one" phaser) and another piece along the arm that runs down to the hoop. Then mount the phaser emitter end into the hoop and attach the velcro. I have come to prefer this method because:
(A) The phaser sits at an angle similar to the way they wore them in the series.
(B) Velcro was the "miracle material" used to hold the communicators/phasers/ and medi kits to the costumes on the original series....so I'm upholding the tradition.
(C) It's a simple fix that doesnt affect the originality of the figure at all, and there is no fear of damaging anything.