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  • Heelz2315
    New Member
    • Apr 9, 2010
    • 29

    #16
    Originally posted by Ninersphan1
    Hmm don't know whether to be happy or sad about this. Happy, cause it looks like all I have to do is trim and refold the insert and the figure will fit well, or sad, because now I'll be dropping a boatload of cash.

    Thank you though for definitively clearing it up.
    That's true for most of them. The ones with hats, Penguin, mr mxyzptlk it still doesn't fit that well.

    [IMG][/IMG]
    Last edited by Heelz2315; Feb 13, '17, 9:16 AM.

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    • rodkeith
      Veteran Member
      • Mar 16, 2008
      • 407

      #17
      Heelz, thanks for the photo! Now that you have it, how do you feel about the set, overall?

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      • Heelz2315
        New Member
        • Apr 9, 2010
        • 29

        #18
        It's OK, some of them look awesome, but some not so much. This is my first ever purchase of FTC mego like figures. Some look so spot on it's scary and them some fall flat. But unless you want to hunt all the OG's down, it's worth the $. Still can't figure out why RC Batman and regular batman have capes made out of two different material.

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        • Mego Milk
          Custom Mego Maker
          • Jun 3, 2007
          • 2843

          #19
          I think they look cool.

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          • TRDouble
            Permanent Member
            • Jul 10, 2012
            • 2525

            #20
            Originally posted by Heelz2315
            It's OK, some of them look awesome, but some not so much. This is my first ever purchase of FTC mego like figures. Some look so spot on it's scary and them some fall flat. But unless you want to hunt all the OG's down, it's worth the $. Still can't figure out why RC Batman and regular batman have capes made out of two different material.
            Me either. I went with a regular cape on my FTC RC Batman.

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            • warlock664
              Persistent Member
              • Feb 15, 2009
              • 2072

              #21

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              • warlock664
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                • Feb 15, 2009
                • 2072

                #22

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                • warlock664
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                  • Feb 15, 2009
                  • 2072

                  #23

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                  • warlock664
                    Persistent Member
                    • Feb 15, 2009
                    • 2072

                    #24

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                    • warlock664
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                      • Feb 15, 2009
                      • 2072

                      #25

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                      • warlock664
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                        • Feb 15, 2009
                        • 2072

                        #26

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                        • PNGwynne
                          Master of Fowl Play
                          • Jun 5, 2008
                          • 19445

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Mego Milk
                          I think they look cool.
                          I can't help it, I think they do, too.
                          WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.

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                          • rodkeith
                            Veteran Member
                            • Mar 16, 2008
                            • 407

                            #28
                            Wow! Thanks for the pictorial review, warlock! That really helps. Still not perfect, but not nearly as bad as first thought.

                            I think that the comparisons with the repro Spider-Man box (the taller of the two Marvels) are illustrative, since it's the same as the FTC version. I have it next to a real Mego box right now, and faux-Spidey's is just over a 1/4 inch shorter. If FTC had added that extra 1/4", the cutting-off-the-top-of-the-head issue wouldn't be one. But, as I said, still much better than it originally seemed.
                            Last edited by rodkeith; Feb 13, '17, 5:15 PM.

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                            • Boywonder0
                              Persistent Member
                              • Dec 29, 2007
                              • 2411

                              #29
                              They look awesome! Congrats!

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                              • warlock664
                                Persistent Member
                                • Feb 15, 2009
                                • 2072

                                #30
                                Originally posted by rodkeith
                                Wow! Thanks for the pictorial review, warlock! That really helps. Still not perfect, but not nearly as bad as first thought.
                                No problem!
                                You have to do some futzing, unfold the top of the insert to give them more space, but overall I think they look great. I'm really glad they included the colored inserts, unlike EMCE with their Marvel figures. I purchased the set of 16 plus an extra display box. I filled it out with my set of 4 Solid Box Replicas (an Emerald City Comics exclusive), the EMCE Spidey and Cap retros, and an RC Batman and RM Robin in Emerald City Solid boxes.

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