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I haven't customized a Mego in years....this was honestly a super easy and fun conversion.
Okay, I got my Figures Toy Company Space Ghost and was disappointed the minute I saw him in the package. I figured it couldn't be as bad as everyone had said. No, they were all right and all were very valid assessments. The head doesn't fit the body and the suit is thin and feels cheap, the body is awful (mine wants to do the twist) and the black plastic body with a thin white suit was a dumb call. The end result is a Bobble head Space Ghost with a dirty grey suit on....and he has on boots? Why? So, what was salvageable? The head, cape, belt, hands, and power bands. Everything else is in the trash.
I took an older Zica body (miss these bodies) and decided to make the DC Mini Series Space Ghost (the best comic adaptation ever) so I bulked up the body with Apoxie Sculpt - used a white pleather type suit. Looks better for a Space character then say cotton or spandex. Made a new black neck swatch and added it to the suit, added a larger Die cut vinyl Space Ghost logo, added the bits and piece from the original, then glued down all the extra pieces. Also reinforced and wrapped to enlarge the neck post - so it sits tighter and lower to the neck hole on the body. To prevent and gap. Final outcome? It's the Space Ghost I always wanted.
What do you think???
Jase
Right out of the package
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Zica Body with added definition with Apoxie Sculpt
IMG_7606.jpg
Old and New...
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On a Mezco Stand
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Okay, I got my Figures Toy Company Space Ghost and was disappointed the minute I saw him in the package. I figured it couldn't be as bad as everyone had said. No, they were all right and all were very valid assessments. The head doesn't fit the body and the suit is thin and feels cheap, the body is awful (mine wants to do the twist) and the black plastic body with a thin white suit was a dumb call. The end result is a Bobble head Space Ghost with a dirty grey suit on....and he has on boots? Why? So, what was salvageable? The head, cape, belt, hands, and power bands. Everything else is in the trash.
I took an older Zica body (miss these bodies) and decided to make the DC Mini Series Space Ghost (the best comic adaptation ever) so I bulked up the body with Apoxie Sculpt - used a white pleather type suit. Looks better for a Space character then say cotton or spandex. Made a new black neck swatch and added it to the suit, added a larger Die cut vinyl Space Ghost logo, added the bits and piece from the original, then glued down all the extra pieces. Also reinforced and wrapped to enlarge the neck post - so it sits tighter and lower to the neck hole on the body. To prevent and gap. Final outcome? It's the Space Ghost I always wanted.
What do you think???
Jase
Right out of the package
IMG_7601.jpg
Zica Body with added definition with Apoxie Sculpt
IMG_7606.jpg
Old and New...
IMG_7613.jpg
On a Mezco Stand
IMG_7617.jpg
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