I finally opened my BBTS shipment of The Flash, Green Lantern, Shazam and Aquaman. Maybe it's my recent crankiness with life in general, but I am a little underwhelmed. Maybe even disappointed.
The Flash was my most excited one to open and before I even opened him, I saw a huge gap between his suit and neck line. I opened him to see that the suit is just ill fitting. It seems like it was cut to the smaller body as it refuses to come all the way up in the crotch, helping cause the neck line issue. I've managed to pull it up a bit, but a gap persists and it bugs the heck out of me. I've seen others online that do not appear to have this issue, so my only hope is that Walmart eventually gets these in so I can sift through them like I did with Batman, Superman and Robin and find one satisfactory to me. At least the head sculpt is nice. But back in the box he goes...
Green Lantern was next. Paint apps on the mask could have been cleaner, but it's not really noticeable from a distance. The suit fits perfectly. A Really nice figure, from head to toe.
Aquaman and Shazam both have the suit crotch issue, not going all the way up, but at least there is no gap at the neck on Aquaman. I just have to futz with the suit to get the belt to not be crooked (the shorts seem to be cut or sewed no symmetrically on both legs) and use a stand to guarantee he stay upright. Shazam has a neck gap, but it's kind of expected with the character. The material feels a little weird and he could use a little futzing to get his belt straight too.
The newest bodies are definitely lacking in range of motion, but I love that GL can bend his ring wearing hand's wrist. And stickers just suck. If you get good ones (GL, Aquaman's belt), they work fine. Middle of the road ones (Flash), they are okay. But get a wrinkled or nicked one (Shazam) and Blech!
50th Green Lantern has already replaced my FTC GL in my JLA line-up. FTC's Hal was a fine figure, but Mego's blows it away. Just... Wow. The jury is out on The Flash. Maybe I will see if differently tomorrow when I am hopefully in a better mood and state of mind. And I can place them next to each other for a comparison. I haven't decided what to do with the repros. I had FTC on Type S bodies of Superman and Batman which were easily replaced with the 50th versions, along with adding Robin, but I don't have the space for the others right now. And depending on Green Arrow comes out, he might be good enough to replace my hybrid FTC and Mattel displayed JLA GA.
The Flash was my most excited one to open and before I even opened him, I saw a huge gap between his suit and neck line. I opened him to see that the suit is just ill fitting. It seems like it was cut to the smaller body as it refuses to come all the way up in the crotch, helping cause the neck line issue. I've managed to pull it up a bit, but a gap persists and it bugs the heck out of me. I've seen others online that do not appear to have this issue, so my only hope is that Walmart eventually gets these in so I can sift through them like I did with Batman, Superman and Robin and find one satisfactory to me. At least the head sculpt is nice. But back in the box he goes...
Green Lantern was next. Paint apps on the mask could have been cleaner, but it's not really noticeable from a distance. The suit fits perfectly. A Really nice figure, from head to toe.
Aquaman and Shazam both have the suit crotch issue, not going all the way up, but at least there is no gap at the neck on Aquaman. I just have to futz with the suit to get the belt to not be crooked (the shorts seem to be cut or sewed no symmetrically on both legs) and use a stand to guarantee he stay upright. Shazam has a neck gap, but it's kind of expected with the character. The material feels a little weird and he could use a little futzing to get his belt straight too.
The newest bodies are definitely lacking in range of motion, but I love that GL can bend his ring wearing hand's wrist. And stickers just suck. If you get good ones (GL, Aquaman's belt), they work fine. Middle of the road ones (Flash), they are okay. But get a wrinkled or nicked one (Shazam) and Blech!
50th Green Lantern has already replaced my FTC GL in my JLA line-up. FTC's Hal was a fine figure, but Mego's blows it away. Just... Wow. The jury is out on The Flash. Maybe I will see if differently tomorrow when I am hopefully in a better mood and state of mind. And I can place them next to each other for a comparison. I haven't decided what to do with the repros. I had FTC on Type S bodies of Superman and Batman which were easily replaced with the 50th versions, along with adding Robin, but I don't have the space for the others right now. And depending on Green Arrow comes out, he might be good enough to replace my hybrid FTC and Mattel displayed JLA GA.
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