My apologies if this has been asked and answered already, but I couldn't find it if so:
Has anyone had any luck transplanting heads/hands/costumes from the Mattel RAH figures to better bodies? I hate the Mattel bodies, especially on the first couple of waves, and would like to transplant them over to Dr. Mego's bodies if I can do so without ruining the figures. I actually play with these thing with my kids and I'm sick of Superman's scoliotic posture while he tries to fight evil.
TIA
here is a thread that discusses correcting the body
http://megomuseum.com/community/show...r+retro+action
I have put some RA figs on Doc bodies and some on Castaway, but I have found that the Flatt world Bela Lugosi body is a great swap. You have to cut the neck peg off plus a little neck to fit the swivel, but the forearms switch neatly and the thinner proportions fit the Mattel clothing quite well.
I have done it, but destroyed the Mattel bodies in the process. Try to soften up the plastic with hot water or a hair dryer. Use plyers to crack open chest to remove head. Same with hands.
If you are not trying to destroy the body, I got nothing
channeling Bob Wills
They switch over to Mego, Doc, CAW, or even CTVT bodies rather easily. Most folks seem to swap the heads and forearms. Another solution is to take 'em apart and restring the Mattell body, but use a different pelvis. There was a great photo tutorial using a Sinestro that illustrated that mod.
The Flatt body sounds cool, but also sounds rather expensive for a bunch of figures.
Too obsessed to turn back
If your just wanting to get rind of the 'bends' from the early production figures, just take a cotton ball and tear it into two pieces. Wedge one piece in the front of the pelvis and the other in the back. That will stabilize the body and resolve your problem without having to make major changes.
It's not how hard you hit, but how hard you can be hit and still move forward.
channeling Bob Wills
Here is one of the discussions involving changing the pelvis. A fairly straightforward swap tho there is some shaving of the donor pelvis. There was another more detailed swap of this sort and someone even compared different leg/pelvis combos, but I am not finding that one at the moment.
Sinestros big day..or no more wobbles for me! - Mego Talk
I got some of the Supermans and Batmans that were shipped with wave 4 cases
(Shazam...Darkseid) and the bodies are tight in the torso - so they were a later
run once the body issue was fixed in wave 3.
Punkin's Chew Toy
Was the body issue ever really fixed? Flash still has floppy legs, he may not have the dry heaves anymore, but it was not fixed all the way around.
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
-John Wayne
yeah, i was wondering whether it had really been fixed. i justs got Adam and Shazam and noticed they were still floppy. not being negative about the line, i love it, just wondering what was actually fixed there
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