New Batman 1966 pictures up on FTC's FB page

[Ivaniski]

Could it be that the belts are cut a bit short length wise. Thus, not going any lower then where it should be.......the waist line. My 2 cents.

[Iron Mego]

Ya know, the belt rode pretty high on ol' Adam West's body, so I'm just going to think of it as screen accurate.

[Boywonder0]

Aw, men!!! These look fantastic!!! I feel like a kid again!

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

I tried swapping out the belts on Batman and Riddler FTC bodies and the purple belt rode high on Batman as well.

I don't think the issue is with the body, I think it's with the suit. If you feel the suit it pokes out where the shorts are stitched on, and I think that's causing the suit to push out enough to stop the belt. If you look at Riddler his suit is sleek and the belt seems to ride a little lower. And from the look of that picture, the 66 suit pushes out at the top of the shorts where they are stitched to the torso.

Looks like FTC is using a belt the same length as the original Mego belts but they changed the stitching to make it so the belt rides too high.

[Brown Bear]

I am super pumped for these!

[pmwasson]

Those look great!!! Can't wait to get them.

[madmarva]

Thanks. Good info.

[Iron Mego]

I think the issue of the belts riding so high goes back to the overly tight stringing of the bodies. After swapping out my FTC Riddler, I noticed that not only are the arms pulled into the torso, but the torso is pulled into the pelvis. Thus the "waistline" of the figure was non-existent. That's where the belt would normally rest on a Mego figure.

[madmarva]

Overall these look great, but it Looks like the 66 Batman belts are riding high, too.

[EmergencyIan]

They look great, as far as I can tell!


- Ian

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

I can see alot of rubbed and scratched painted heads while piled in the bin like that

But you missed the belt not going on Robin and the arm that's broken on Riddler.

[luclin999]

Same here. I've been unable to wrap my mind around the process and how it seems nearly identical to the 70's. You would think some kind of automation would have eliminated a few of these steps.

Economics... They can either:

Build a custom machine designed to properly pickup, orient and attach Mego sized heads of various sizes and shapes onto 3-5 different body types = $$$$$$ ?

Or

Pay someone in China $0.80 - $1.20 per hour to do it.

[SciFiGuyLA]

Does anyone happen to know.... If you pre-order these, does FTC charge you immediately or when they ship?

They charge you when they ship.

[Ivaniski]

Bring them on.......These figures are looking GREAT!!! Can't wait to get these for my kids.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The Robin heads look less waxy from that photo as well. Hard to tell, but they look better.

No complaints on the Batman!

Chris