I like the swivel arm idea but my CAW ones popped apart very easily if you used them and I switched em out for Doc's bodies on my Phantoms. I didn't like the hands either, they were too soft. Not sure if they are all like that or just the Phantom ones. I think the shoulder joints were the best thing about the CAW bodies but I like the Mattel shoulder joints better. It eliminates the rubber band altogether which I've always seen as the drawback to most designs. I really can't stand anything else about the Mattel body other than that truthfully. They really just suck out loud. The wrist pins are too thin to stand up to a child's play IMO. I can't picture them lasting with long term play. They look like He man figures with the squat appearance too.
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Haqvent gotten one yet. I'm VERY interested in teh Kung Fu grip and Swivel Arm Battle Grip.
I notice they sell just the biceps. Maybe I'll get a customiser on here to switch out some of my guys.
I like Mego hands to look like MEgo hands, so I might stay away from the non Emce hands.
Plastics smell terrible. It's ALL toxic.Manufacturing with them is even worse.Comment
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Through the years I have melted too many heads to try that. ONLY method I use is heating water then soaking the pieces. Sometimes it makes flocking come off
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Not to steal Castaways thunder but I'm really looking forward to Zica's build-a-figure: http://www.zicatoys.com/
Nice proportions, no rubberband, looks like a down-scaled 12" body. That to me looks like a good update of the classic Mego.Comment
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Not to steal Castaways thunder but I'm really looking forward to Zica's build-a-figure: http://www.zicatoys.com/
Nice proportions, no rubberband, looks like a down-scaled 12" body. That to me looks like a good update of the classic Mego.
As for the smell? Well, that's plastic for ya. Just like the new car smell it does go away eventually
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Castaway bodies rock. I love em and have never noticed a funny smell. Now I have to go home and smell all my customs, like some kinda freak. Thanks."Steel-like jaws clacked away, each bite slashing flesh from my body - I used my knife and my hands, and when they were gone, my bloody stumps - and yet the turtles came."Comment
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Cast-A-Way bodies stink!
Dave,
I am and always will be a proponent of Castaway bodies. Between you guys and Doc's bodies....I can't lose.
Incidentally, i recently heard that you guys are on the third wave of your Castaway bodies; by this i mean that you guys worked out the 'small kinks' that were plaguing 'some' of your earlier bodies. Is there any merit to this?
Castaway,.........ALL the Way!!!Comment
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If true, do tell.
Love Castaway Bodies.
Any chance of making any all BLACK or WHITE?
Dave,
I am and always will be a proponent of Castaway bodies. Between you guys and Doc's bodies....I can't lose.
Incidentally, i recently heard that you guys are on the third wave of your Castaway bodies; by this i mean that you guys worked out the 'small kinks' that were plaguing 'some' of your earlier bodies. Is there any merit to this?
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I'm in agreement! However, I do wish the neck plug hole was a *tad* bigger and the bodies slightly less tanned
That said, they're the best bodies out there by far.Like M.A.S.K.?
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Cast-A-Way does make the very best Mego-ish bod out there - HANDS DOWN!MY GODS ARE SMALL...... AND PLASTIC!Comment
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