Custom Boba Fett Thoughts

[Brown Bear]

So I cannot wait to open this 8 inch Boba Fett on Christmas morning. I've heard the hands and feet fall off, etc but who cares? It's a mego scale Boba!!!

Has anybody here got one? Any tips?

Also really curious whether the body provided could be swapped out for a Mego or even Zica body.

Thoughts?

boba body.jpg

[Confessional]

The body looks very cool… fits into the Takara Cyborg universe nicely. Will be curiously awaiting your evaluation.

RE: Ah no wonder, Tomy Direct… I clearly wasn't paying attention when these came out several years ago. Silly me!

Additional MM intel:

http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?33238-Darth-Vader&highlight=tomy+boba+fett

http://megomuseum.com/community/showthread.php?97193-Luke-Skywalker-X-Wing-Pilot-quot-It-ll-be-just-like-Beggars-Canyon-back-home-quot&highlight=tomy+boba+fett

[ddgaff1132]

Whoa!!!! Yes give a review if Possible Sir.

[sprytel]

I have one (and the Darth Vader version too). It is super cool. You will love it.

The hands do fall off, but the shoulder pauldrons are worse. A little double-sided tape or glue dot would probably help with those (but I actually haven't tried that myself).

The body is too thin to reasonably swap onto any off-the-shelf Mego body... plus, the metal body is part of the fun of this figure.

[Confessional]

^^ I'm not thinking Mego-use, I'm seeing a potentially great body for a Shonen Cyborg/Secret Base outfit.

[Brown Bear]

I was actually hoping to swap to one of those cool Zica bodies used for Buck Rogers but it looks too big. Would also like to swap to a vintage mego body, but honestly if it's a hassle I'll probably just leave him be.

And anything that starts falling off is getting glued or taped. not messing around with that foolishness. LOL

[Spyweb007]

Maybe the Skinny body that Figures Toy Company uses for Shaggy from the Scooby Doo line would work?

[Boywonder0]

I have this set, as well as the Vader one, and they are more like in scale with 7 inch figures. I am going to try with the slimmer 8 inch body from FTC (the one they started using with their KISS figures) when the time comes.

[Brown Bear]

Update: the bodysuit doesnt look like it'd even come close to fitting on any mego body (too small), so I put him together as is.

The reviews are true about hands/feets falling off easy, but the figure looks incredible.

I haven't tried posing or moving much as he's just standing on a shelf right now. I spent more time on Christmas stretching my new Stretch X-ray with the kids.

[Chris]

Yes. I have that Boba. Correct. Parts of it fall off very easy. It's the closest thing to a MEGO that I have ever seen. I still feel that it is worth the money. It's also very heavy.