Green Arrow head swap!

[pmwasson]

I received the new Mattel Green Arrow figure today.

So the first thing I did was rip his head off!



I put his head in boiling water and carefully pulled it from the figure.

The head is attached by a neck-plug, like the original mego, but also with a post. The head appeared to be glued to the post. I don't think there was anything on the top of the post, except glue, as I don't feel anything rattling around in the head. Although it was difficult, I was able to reattach the head, so I think the post and glue are just probably to meet modern toy requirement that the head doesn't come off easily. After reattaching, it look just like new, so breaking the glue didn't seem to cause any damage or alter the appearance.

The big news is that the neck plug works great on vintage Mego bodies!



Here is the head attached to a Mego type-2 body. It is a good fit. The head can turn normally and doesn't appear to have much of a gap.

I think this was all planned. Keep the Mego fans happy by having swappable head, but glue the head on to meet safety requirements.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

You sir, are the master plastic man!

[drmego]

I have seen different versions of the body - each one attaching the
heads slightly differently - so I wanted to see what the production
Green Arrows looked liked before saying anything.

Thanks for risking your Green Arrow. Mine don't arrive until Jan. 4th.

[megoscott]

Cool, but does the suit fit on a Mego body very well?

[Wise4671]

Cool, but does the suit fit on a Mego body very well?

I would like to know this as well if you can please dress him up and shoot us a pic.

Thanks,
John

[rche]

well now, that is interesting news.

[pmwasson]

Here is the new head and outfit on a type-2 Mego body.



I didn't see any issues. I could move the arms and legs normally and the costume wasn't too tight or baggy. The scale seems identical to Mego scale.

[trekman101]

That didn't take long at all I new some one would figure something out pretty fast............as I have said before...be patient things usually work out in the end.....no reason to go bananas and get all worked up

[Wise4671]

Sweet!!!!!!!

Thank You for the pic of him dressed up.

[pmwasson]

I proceeded to remove the neck post from the new body. The head still fits fine but may feel a tiny bit looser. However, by removing the neck plug I made enough room to put a Mego head onto the Mattel body.



I put the EMCE Klingon head on the Mattel body. Its a bit tight. I can turn the head, but I needed to force it a little. I choose the Klingon head because it had a short neck plug. Heads with a longer neck plug will have to be cut down a little.

You can see the neck post in the upper right corner of the picture above. The hands and feet are also easy to swap out.

Here is the Klingon-Arrow all dressed up:

[MIB41]

Fantastic job! Looks like a brand new Mego! Hmmmm. Very tempting. Here's one more custom question - Does the Mattel Green Arrow hat fit the original Mego Green Arrow head? I would interested to know that. I don't get mine until the 4th.

[Fuzzysnail]

I was wondering if the feet were easy to remove....I seem to have two right feet... I need a left foot doner...lol

[SoulSinger]

You are my hero. This is fantastic news!!!

[pmwasson]

Fantastic job! Looks like a brand new Mego! Hmmmm. Very tempting. Here's one more custom question - Does the Mattel Green Arrow hat fit the original Mego Green Arrow head? I would interested to know that. I don't get mine until the 4th.

Yes the hat fits great on the original head. In fact, I think it fits better on the Mego head than the Mattel head.

[pmwasson]

I was wondering if the feet were easy to remove....I seem to have two right feet... I need a left foot doner...lol

Both the hands and feet are very easy to remove. Just stick them in hot water for a few seconds.

I can't wait to get the rest of wave 1 for customizing.