On card broke mego dilema

[BENDY]

Picked up a carded mr fantastic. Got home and noticed knee is broke. Should i free him and fix it, or is that blasphemy?? For some reason on my new computer i cannot post pics, it says they are too big. Any help appreciated. Thanks

[luey]

[Wise4671]

I had a Robin that was on a sealed card but he had a broken knee pin at the same time Narybo was selling case fresh Klingons which I had bought 2 from him after thinking it through I opened the Robin and one of the Klingons swape out the body and had a Mint off card Robin this was for my own personal collection and I never regreted doing it. I think it would have drove me nuts looking at that Robin sealed on card with his leg broken. Everyone has there own opinions on this type of thing but to me the only reason these Megos are worth what they are is because we as children loved and played with them and if you intend to keep it for your own why not make him whole again :-)

[timb]

Probably just whatever you want to do. If you like having an imperfect Mr. F on the card in your collection that way.
If you want a loose near mint one, gingerly remove him via small incision on the bottom of bubble with an xacto knife, replace the knee pin and sell the card on ebay for $25 or so.
Or you could take him out, replace teh knee pin and then put him back in to display. Seems like broken knee pins are really common on the Canadian carded figures.

[Gorn Captain]

Mister Fantastic is very flexible about these things.
I think it's perfect for the character to look like this!

[toys2cool]

I would'nt open it

[DrBoogieEsq]

My thoughts.......the reason to have carded or MISB figures are that they are mint inside their card or box. Having it BOC (broken on card) would bug me personally and I would rather have a mint figure resealed on his original card. Plus I think a mint resealed Mr. Fantastic would sell for a little less than a Mr. Fantastic broken and still sealed but nothing to greatly diminish its value in any way.

[Mikey]

Knowing I owned a MOC Mego with a busted knee would kill me.

I would have to either sell it, trade it or set him free

Mr F has a decent loose resale price so I would seriously consider setting him free

[starsky]

i'd open it!

[palitoy]

I'd sell him or trade him for loose minty Mr Fantastic personally.

However, if mending him up suits you fine, he's not exactly in the Iron Man category of rarity.

[Gorn Captain]

I once had the same dilemma.
I used a knitting needle, inserted it from the bottom of the bubble (there's often a tiny slit between card and bubble), and used it to re-position the figure until it looked nice. My carded Batman had a "dislocated" shoulder, and I pushed it back using this method.
That way, it could stay on the card.

[Mikey]

Ship in a bottle

[Red Hulk]

Its really your call to make, I know that if it was me I'd either open and fix him or sell/trade him.

[HardyGirl]

Open him up and fix him.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I agree with the knitting needle idea or the small opening at the bottom to take him out, fix, and put back.