Mego Heads on EMCE Bodies?

[TomStrong]

Hey guys. This may have been asked before, but will Classic Mego heads fit easily on EMCE bodies? I have an extra Luthor I thought I might use to make a Retro Action Robin.

[TomStrong]

I just did some digging in the old threads and saw a fellow that did this with a RA Green Arrow. Anybody else try this?

[BATMAN89]

Putting vintage Mego heads on a Doc Mego or EMCE body is definitely not a problem.
Doc's bodies are almost indentical to Mego's.
If you are talking about the Mattel Retro Action figure, that is entirely different.

[TomStrong]

I was talking about the retro action. Is that difficult to do? It looks as though there is a pin in there. If I remove the plug that holds the pin will the original head fit on the RA body?

[Captain Awesome]

I switched all my retro action figures to Doc Mego bodies. The RA heads have a post that goes up in the neck but is fairly easy to remove. Once you get the post out, the head is basically the same as the old Mego heads.

[sprytel]

The RA neck plug is more shallow than the Mego neck plug. So a RA head on a Mego (or repro Mego) body works no problem. A Mego head on a RA body may require some trimming.

[silveralex]

Hi, realize the thread is a bit old, but I've recently gotten interested in doing this (putting RA heads on Dr. Mego bodies) to get a more Mego-esque Justice League. Are there good threads with information.

I'm a total customizing newbie - all I've done before is move heads from 1 mego to another and used a knee pin from a broken mego I had to fix another one (and that took a while ! ) - so need as much info as possible.

[MegoMark71]

I put all my retro figures on vintage mego bodies. The neck can make it a bit difficult to remove from the RA body. I soften up the body a bit with a hair dryer and then pry the shoulders open. Still it can be a pain. Putting the RA head on the body is not as hard and again i soften the neck plug with a hair dryer and angle it in the mego body. Using the hair dryer though you can't use it for too long or you risk melting something. I always wave the dryer back and forth and check every 15 seconds or so. Then i try putting the RA head on the mego body.

[silveralex]

Thanks a lot for the reply and the tips. I'm going to give it a try.
Would it be basically the same method to remove and switch hands?

[silveralex]

Found a thread which mentions swapping the hands by doing the ol' heating trick (with hair dryer or water), so I think I may be ready to give it a whirl!

[MadDoc138]

I had some trouble getting a Mego head on one of the Doc Mego bodies. Does anyone have tips for this?

[BATMAN89]

It's the same methods. Dip the neck plug in hot water to soften the rubber.
Gently work the neck plug into the hole on the DM
body. If needed use a Popsicle stick to push the plug in while still soft, gently though.
You can use a screwdriver but you risk tearing right through the softened rubber.

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