ZICA Male Body v.2

[ZICA]

Thank you, Craig. At first it seems a great news (I do not know if you already mentioned here), but the truth is I'm not quite sure what you mean by "cut off the neck plug". You mean we would have to cut all that part of the Mego neck that is normally embedded, and remains hidden, within a Mego body?
Apologies for my English. I can not wait to see the prototype of this.

Yes, it's the part of the neck that's inserted and hidden within a Mego body. removing it would make an opening at the bottom of the neck so that the head could be placed onto a neck post adapter.

No need to apologize for your English, it's fine.

Craig

[ribefex]

Cut that part will be a difficult decision. It is an aggressive and irreversible process. Not for original Megos certainly. Let's see what will be the body quality of the pile of lines that CTVT announced last week ... Thanks anyway for offering the option.

[sprytel]

I agree the "destructive" solution is less than ideal. I assume it wouldn't work for resin heads, either (since the inside wouldn't be hollow).

I am just brainstorming here... but I am thinking some sort of system where you loosen a screw or 2 on the back, and replace the neck plug to turn it from an "outie" to an "innie". Unless, of course, the neck plug would occupy space that is needed for other internal parts.

[ZICA]

Cut that part will be a difficult decision. It is an aggressive and irreversible process. Not for original Megos certainly. Let's see what will be the body quality of the pile of lines that CTVT announced last week ... Thanks anyway for offering the option.

I agree the "destructive" solution is less than ideal. I assume it wouldn't work for resin heads, either (since the inside wouldn't be hollow).

I am just brainstorming here... but I am thinking some sort of system where you loosen a screw or 2 on the back, and replace the neck plug to turn it from an "outie" to an "innie". Unless, of course, the neck plug would occupy space that is needed for other internal parts.

The reason that this has to be done is because the internal mechanisms that are needed for the shoulder/arm articulation won't allow enough space for the neck plug to fit inside. If you look at just about any modern 1/6 scale body that has this type of articulation you'll see what I'm talking about. A Hot Toys Truetype body is a good example. These bodies use a separate adapter piece for heads that have hollow necks. The adapter has a small tip on it that the neck fits over.

[sprytel]

I was worried it was something like that. That's unfortunate. But I suspect the customizing community will find a way to convert existing resin heads to support this new connector. They're a resourceful bunch.

[Timothy2251]

Shouldn't be too hard to customize a resin head - sand off the plug, use a Dremel to make a hole for the ZICA peg, and done. As for re-using rubber/vinyl heads, order repros from Dr. Mego and/or CTVT, then hack away.

[CAZAFANTASMA]

I'm down for this ! Can't wait till its ready !