I was so frustrated with that Space Ghost figure, I decided to dive in and try and enhance him. I was fairly satisfied with my alternative. I ordered a white Dr Mego body and white jump suit. The first thing I noticed when I put the Space Ghost head on was it sat perfectly on the shoulders. I mean there is ZERO gap space...and ZERO rocking. The head fits snug and looked right. That was my first surprise. So what I did was remove the cape and emblem from the original suit and custom fit it to this new white suit. Boy did I get happy fast.
I have it set up so that black section of the suit is not stretched out so far, so it doesn't look nearly as large and reads (to me) more like it's part of mask.
Having Dr. Mego's white body and better fitting suit just makes him read more like what I was wanting. I left the boots on for now, but I might end up taking those off, because they're really not needed here. But I thought it definitely cleaned up his look measurably and took away allot of the manufacturing issues that bothered me.
Note this is the standard white Dr. Mego body and not the swivel arm version. But it definitely beefed him up and took away that awkwardness in the head and neck region. Plus the white body completely eliminated all the grayish tones the smaller FTC black body was creating on that flimsy white outfit (which is now officially trash). I know it won't fix anything that ills the head sculpt but it definitely makes it read better for me. I know it's not perfect by any stretch, but I thought I would share what I did to fix what I could. I need to get that emblem down a bit more, but it feels like a new figure for me. I'm happy now.
I have it set up so that black section of the suit is not stretched out so far, so it doesn't look nearly as large and reads (to me) more like it's part of mask.
Having Dr. Mego's white body and better fitting suit just makes him read more like what I was wanting. I left the boots on for now, but I might end up taking those off, because they're really not needed here. But I thought it definitely cleaned up his look measurably and took away allot of the manufacturing issues that bothered me.
Note this is the standard white Dr. Mego body and not the swivel arm version. But it definitely beefed him up and took away that awkwardness in the head and neck region. Plus the white body completely eliminated all the grayish tones the smaller FTC black body was creating on that flimsy white outfit (which is now officially trash). I know it won't fix anything that ills the head sculpt but it definitely makes it read better for me. I know it's not perfect by any stretch, but I thought I would share what I did to fix what I could. I need to get that emblem down a bit more, but it feels like a new figure for me. I'm happy now.
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