is there an early t2 body and a later t2 body?

[mwp]

i just bought a 8 inch mego batman off ebay,the seller had posted an early mego batman and a later mego batman. by comparison the early looked skinnier but it has plast rivets. is there such a thing or were my eyes playing tricks on me?

[MIB41]

If you can post pictures, it would really help decipher what you've got.

[mwp]

trouble posting pics in reply

but you can see 1 pic on my profile page..

[Mr Mego]

Do you meant Mego Museum member's Image Gallery?

Here you go, that's T-1 (Type 1) body. Welcome to the Mego Museum.

[MIB41]

That is an early Mego Batman on what is often referred to as a Type O body. This was found on many Action Jackson figures and the first four superhero figures released by Mego (Bats, Supes, Aquaman, and Robin). He has the correct purple/blue cape, translucent belt and what appears to be a correct decal. Looks good!

[warlock664]

The costume for an actual "Type 0" figure would have nylon shorts, wouldn't it ? This one appears to have cloth shorts.

[Mr Mego]

"Type 0 body" What's that means? Never heard it before.

[jwyblejr]

^They have plastic in their wrists like Type 2 instead of the metal ones. But still have the big wrists.

[MIB41]

^^^ That's exactly right. It's a type 1 style body but with plastic rivets. That's why they call it Type O. To answer Warlock664's question, the shorts have always varied on the molded cowl version. So yes, they can be cloth. If we were talking about the RC Batman, that would be different. When Mego switched to the molded cowl they introduced the cloth shorts and that's where the variants go wild, especially on the shorts.

[warlock664]

To answer Warlock664's question, the shorts have always varied on the molded cowl version. So yes, they can be cloth. If we were talking about the RC Batman, that would be different. When Mego switched to the molded cowl they introduced the cloth shorts and that's where the variants go wild, especially on the shorts.

Right, I'm aware of that (I once owned about 7 or 8 different versions of the Mego Batman as pictured in my avatar!), what I was meaning was that the costume and body don't match, as the Type "O" bodies were only used on the earliest releases of Superman, Batman, Robin and Aquaman. That being the case, I would assume only nylon shorts versions of the costume would have been found on Type "O" bodies (the cloth shorts came later in the T1 production lifetime).
My guess is this figure was pieced together using an Action Jackson body and a later Type 1 version of the Batman costume with cloth shorts. It could be a costume (and head) from a Type 2, but I would imagine the costume would be a bit baggy if that were the case (since the T2 suits were made for the more muscular T2 body). It would be interesting to see the neck plug on the head.

[mwp]

thanks for the info! its enough info to make me feel like i havent been totally ripped off.. im not sure about the head plug and now that its mentioned im curious as well but unfortunately im too attached to it to wanna pull the head off and trying to put it back in...