The FTC Super Friends Batman is my favorite Mego Style Batman. I think they nailed the character perfectly. It reminds me of the Filmation Batman, and just a great general late 60s / early 70s Batman. But the not-so-great FTC body was a problem. I've been wanting to move it to a S Type body for a while. With a little help and generosity from LaserMego, I was finally able t easily take my extra suit and head and make a S Type SF Batman. It wasn't quite as flawless a move as my other conversions have been.
First, no stripped screws on the S Type body I picked from the pile... YAY!!!! Really, that's a big deal for me.
Next, I cut the tiny neck stem from the Batman head and used the FTC neck plug instead, which required me to glue the head onto it. The original neck plug would have kept popping out of the S Type body.
The FTC suits usually fit sung on a S Type body, but the tailoring on this particular suit had a bit too much fabric on the sleeves. And a tad bit much on the legs too. So the suit is still not as tight as I would like, and using plug-in gloves and boots made it a little challenging to get right, but I don't mind it; it still looks nice.
My flawless method of using heat shrink on the end of the molded plug-in gloves worked great, until my OCD got the best of me and I decided to shorten the hang of the left hand... and it never really went back into the arm like I wanted, but the fit is still fine.
LaserMego helped me easily get the plug-in boots attached... no struggling this time... thanks Paul!
The worst mistake though was when I went to put on the cape. It's not an elastic neck hole, so it has to go on before the head goes on. Not a problem if I don't cut the original plug off and make it fit the body better. But the way I did it meant undoing everything to get the cape on. Instead, I dug into the parts box and pulled out the Mattel Retro Heroes Batman cape, which has an elastic neck hole. It's not as nice as the SF cape, but it does look nice on the figure, being blue on both sides, and makes this figure a little different that my displayed SF Batman. I was surprised that the blues matched up too.
So, without further ado, Batman! (different lighting...)
FTC SF Batman Mod 1.jpg
FTC SF Batman Mod 2.jpg
First, no stripped screws on the S Type body I picked from the pile... YAY!!!! Really, that's a big deal for me.
Next, I cut the tiny neck stem from the Batman head and used the FTC neck plug instead, which required me to glue the head onto it. The original neck plug would have kept popping out of the S Type body.
The FTC suits usually fit sung on a S Type body, but the tailoring on this particular suit had a bit too much fabric on the sleeves. And a tad bit much on the legs too. So the suit is still not as tight as I would like, and using plug-in gloves and boots made it a little challenging to get right, but I don't mind it; it still looks nice.
My flawless method of using heat shrink on the end of the molded plug-in gloves worked great, until my OCD got the best of me and I decided to shorten the hang of the left hand... and it never really went back into the arm like I wanted, but the fit is still fine.
LaserMego helped me easily get the plug-in boots attached... no struggling this time... thanks Paul!
The worst mistake though was when I went to put on the cape. It's not an elastic neck hole, so it has to go on before the head goes on. Not a problem if I don't cut the original plug off and make it fit the body better. But the way I did it meant undoing everything to get the cape on. Instead, I dug into the parts box and pulled out the Mattel Retro Heroes Batman cape, which has an elastic neck hole. It's not as nice as the SF cape, but it does look nice on the figure, being blue on both sides, and makes this figure a little different that my displayed SF Batman. I was surprised that the blues matched up too.
So, without further ado, Batman! (different lighting...)
FTC SF Batman Mod 1.jpg
FTC SF Batman Mod 2.jpg
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