I finally ordered my Legion of Doom Lex Luthor from FTC. Now I have him, but I am very annoyed with the costume construction. The pants and top are separate, and the top doesn't stay neatly tucked in the pants. Plus, these short sleeves are bananas - they dont tuck into the glove hands at all. I was really expecting that the gloves would be sturdier and the sleeves slightly longer so the gloves would hold them in place. Also, one of the crisscross suspender bands is stitched odd and close to separating from the waist.
I COULD:
1 - sew the pants and top together, re-sew the suspender, and pick up a pair of hands and the oven mitten classic mego style gloves to hide the short sleeves.
Or
2 - send him back and ask for a refund or exchange, but I suspect a replacement won't be much better. Not sure if they would refund an open figure. I already have to send back the Apache Chief that came with Lex because he has a busted knee joint and his head is loosey goosey spinning around.
Or
3 - get the EMCE Mattel Lex costume and see if it fits the FTC Lex body, then get green hands for gloves.
Or
4 - get the EMCE Mattel Lex figure and just forget about the FTC version, even though I kinda like the FTC sinister face more than the EMCE one.
It's just super frustrating because I live in Canada. My parents live in the US, so I had these figures sent to them a cpl weeks ago to save on shipping. I'm here visiting, was all excited about the new figures, and I open them and they are messed up. I don't get down here very often. So if I exchange anything, I won't be able to check the replacements out til my next US trip in September. Should I bother exchanging? Should I just send back and see if I can get a refund? Should I try to make the most of Lex but send back Apache Chief? I am not very familiar with the EMCE figures. I only have Cheetah from that line. Is their Lex vastly superior?
Feedback and opinions please.
I COULD:
1 - sew the pants and top together, re-sew the suspender, and pick up a pair of hands and the oven mitten classic mego style gloves to hide the short sleeves.
Or
2 - send him back and ask for a refund or exchange, but I suspect a replacement won't be much better. Not sure if they would refund an open figure. I already have to send back the Apache Chief that came with Lex because he has a busted knee joint and his head is loosey goosey spinning around.
Or
3 - get the EMCE Mattel Lex costume and see if it fits the FTC Lex body, then get green hands for gloves.
Or
4 - get the EMCE Mattel Lex figure and just forget about the FTC version, even though I kinda like the FTC sinister face more than the EMCE one.
It's just super frustrating because I live in Canada. My parents live in the US, so I had these figures sent to them a cpl weeks ago to save on shipping. I'm here visiting, was all excited about the new figures, and I open them and they are messed up. I don't get down here very often. So if I exchange anything, I won't be able to check the replacements out til my next US trip in September. Should I bother exchanging? Should I just send back and see if I can get a refund? Should I try to make the most of Lex but send back Apache Chief? I am not very familiar with the EMCE figures. I only have Cheetah from that line. Is their Lex vastly superior?
Feedback and opinions please.
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