Wonder Woman shipping

[jayraytee]

People can criticize without being hard to please whiners and people can appreciate the line without being a pom pom squad. Both are unfair generalities, except in the most extreme cases.

A lot of our opinions come from perspective, point of view and expectations. I always thought the Mego female characters were poorly designed in the first place. I owned pretty much every male character mego produced as a kid and never bought one female character. In fact, FTC's Batgirl is the first one I have ever bought. I appreciate it's look and feel, considering my low expectations for a repro of the original female Megos and my extremely low expectations for CTTV/FTC quality. I always thought Mego had some issues with large heads as well, especially on the females. So, I am not as bent out of shape over that. I would like it addressed, but it doesn't anger me. The neck plug issue needs to be fixed for sure, but that might be a problem if they manufactured thousands and thousands of female bodies. They may have to work through that stock before a fix will be seen even if they are aware of the issue. The big head syndrome might be similar in that they may have had several sets of characters in various points in production before they became aware of the consumers distaste for it. It's also something that is very subjective, some people will want a figure with better proportions, and others will see it as fine.

One thing is true though, happy consumers are generally less vocal, people that are upset are on a mission and generally are a lot more vocal. So the quantity of people posting about the big head issue for Jayna is probably not a clear picture of which group has higher numbers of people. The only clear picture of that would be sales, if they see high sales inspite of the complaints, they will be less likely change much. If the sales drop they will get on it quicker, but again there might be a lag of already in process figures with big heads.

[invisiblelad]

The body issues with the female is making me a bit concerned about Julie Newmar and Yvonne Craig when they get to them. Either they need to rethink a lot of the manufacturing processes and fix this and the waterheads or they are going to end up losing business. That or Castaway/Zica needs to produce more of its female bodies and be ready for the conversions to come.

^ Couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, if Supergirl comes on incorrectly assembled female bodies like BOTH WW & Batgirl, they are going to lose LOTS more money before they ever get to Julie Newmar CATWOMAN & Yvonne Craig BATGIRL. I don't even expect a NEWLY DESIGNED BODY FTC! I JUST EXPECT CORRECTLY ASSEMBLED BODIES that FUNCTION & clear head bands. Prototypes shoul not show products that do not come w/ the final product. Make REAL mego female boots in all the colors you are going to need FTC. Also, look at the FB comments about Jayna's HUGE prototype head! Yes it's a proto....but Alfred's head barely shrunk at all (if any) from their proto. FTC was doing great, now they are rushing and making big mistakes wave after wave. Disappointed more than I can express. They are DEFINITELY LOSING MONEY $$$$. This will shorten their run w/ DC & remego's IF they don't FIX horrible QC problems & HUGE HEADS. It's not just a few of us obsessed w/ oversized HUGE HEADS coming w/ the FTC new characters, look at all the Jayna comments on FB. Majority HATE the size! Most of those commenting there are there customers....most also do not post here....or at least regularly if they do! Listen to your customer base & their criticisms FTC.....WE are the ones you need to please, not the small percent who'll BUY anything & say "I'm just happy we're getting these!". That won't last for long. Time will tell & I hope I'm WRONG! Doubting it though.

[thunderbolt]

The body issues with the female is making me a bit concerned about Julie Newmar and Yvonne Craig when they get to them. Either they need to rethink a lot of the manufacturing processes and fix this and the waterheads or they are going to end up losing business. That or Castaway/Zica needs to produce more of its female bodies and be ready for the conversions to come.

[invisiblelad]

EE has their FTC: Wonder Woman SETs (x2 WW) listed as: HOT OFF The TRUCK - 09-12-14.

I bought x2 SETS. With their BOGO 40% off I gt x4 WW for $80.00 + FREE S/H., instead of $90.00+ for x3 WW from FTC or CTVT own website (x3 @ $25 +$15.00 S/H/tax). I have ordered thru EE many many times, but never PRE-ORDERED before.
?: Does EE send a SHIPPING Notice (email)? Or just send them automatically?

All I know is I'm disappointed in FTC's WW, but that opinion is only based on the reports I have heard here & the pics I've seen so far.
I ordered judging from the PROTOYPE pics FTC uses to solicit their pre-orders. I can begrudgingly accept the short red boots (completely an avoidable misstep on FTC's part),
*BUT, I will NOT ACCEPT x4 WW bodies that are INCORRECTLY ASSEMBLED by their factories! I have NOT been able to use vice grips or anything else to retrieve my opened FTC BATGIRL's defective NECK out at all. My 2nd Batgirl I just opened because she looked funny MIB (besides for the NO NECK) & she had exploded at the crotch (like a MOTUC Goddess figure for you MOTUC fans) & is unfixable. My 3rd (2nd MIB) Batgirl makes it 3/3 w/ an incorrectly assembles defective neck, & her EYE on 1 side would have her unable to fight crime, a BAD painted Lazy eye would be an understatement. *Hope FTC wants to send me some FREE female bodies! Losing more $$$ when they have 2 do this.

BATGIRL's costume (- the short YELLOW boots) was better than their prototype & so is some of their Batgirl heads.

*Wonder Woman looks WAY INFERIOR to their prototype!!! Except I like FTC's WW's head/face painting I think?
Her SHORT BOOTs are a disappointment (THEY HAD short RED boots to put on their prototype pic as they were selling them for+ 1 months b4 WW's proto pics surfaced).
Her hair is a nasty mess in package (Mego had that under control 40 years ago for the most part). Clear plastic head bands were removed off their Batgirl b4 packaging them...why? FTC's Batgirls' hair looked messy and inferior to mego's Batgirl's 40 years ago, so WHY FTC did you NOT wrap WW's hair? The screen printing looks GREAT, the baggy rapper look....not so much. I'm disappointed & expect MORE & further disappointment when my EE FTC's WW arrive. I'm losing faith & intrest. I want to be stoked...FTC wants collector's like me (OCD) & they are starting to make me dread the last chance at Mego re-do's & NEW Mego (BIG HEADS seem to be abound). I wish they would listen to the collector's wanting nothing but LONG term success for this endeavor. Time will tell. Faiths fading.....Interest waning.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------a disenchanted invisiblelad

Cue in Pom Pom squad! -(even if it's really only 1 person!)

[JediJaida]

That suit is tres baggy. It needs to be taken in.

[tllgn]

I also got my two sets of wonder women ,and i had to also fix the neck issue on all four,it was easy,like what was mentioned ,very nice figure.
the card art is great,the mego card is the best of the two,i like the classic mego circle pictures,i wonder why they didnt print their names like
mego did ?.We all know who they are,but it would have been a nice touch.Also no makeup on the retro supergals,no tape.i just hope
they fix this neck issue before supergirl comes out,so you dont even have to risk breaking her to fix her neck or mess up her hair,perhaps
they will add tape like mego did,Any way i like this wonder women figure great job FTC ,now lets see lynda carter and a reimagined WGH Wonder women
figure.

[ovenmitt]

I was never a fan of Mego Wonder Woman cloth bodysuit or painted tiara, but the FTC repro WW has grown on me for her place in Mego history if anything!

I still prefer Mego's 1st 12" Lynda Carter Wonder Woman which my little sister got when she 1st came out! I had dim memory of Mego 8" WW having only seen her once in a Christmas catalog in 1974 when I was 4! Mego cancelled 8" WW to sell 12" WW and 8" WW was never pictured on bubble cards so I was left to wonder if 8" WW ever existed!

In 1989 when I officially started collecting toys I acquired both 8" and 12" Mego WW figures but soon sold 8"!

Now I am glad to have FTC 8" WW as part of a soon complete DC WGSH collection! I would eventually like an updated FTC 8" Wonder Woman and MORE WW characters! I wish FTC could reproduce 12" WW dolls or maybe an 18"! A TV Lynda Carter WW 8" figure is still my dream!

[Astronut]

I think the hair will look somewhat decent if you leave her in the card, but if you want to display her outside the box or handle her much the clear band will be very useful. One snag of the hair will cause a lot problems. It would just be nice to help protect the styling.

I say get a thin piece of acetate and slice a strip off, tape it in the back, and slide it over the top. There ya go.

[drogge]

The hair in that picture looks very nice IMO. The short boots look bad but there's a simple solution: Just remove them. Since WW came without them on some cards it's completely consistent with the original Megos, plus makes the figure look better when displayed. Win-win.

I think the hair will look somewhat decent if you leave her in the card, but if you want to display her outside the box or handle her much the clear band will be very useful. One snag of the hair will cause a lot problems. It would just be nice to help protect the styling.

[ThePlayerOnTheOtherSide]

Still no clear hand bands, and the hair looks a mess.

The hair in that picture looks very nice IMO. The short boots look bad but there's a simple solution: Just remove them. Since WW came without them on some cards it's completely consistent with the original Megos, plus makes the figure look better when displayed. Win-win.

[PNGwynne]

I like the screening & the head/hair--the costume tailoring & boots need addressed IMO.

[TRDouble]

Good news for those that ordered Wonder Woman from somewhere besides FTC.

BBTS has my pre-order in-stock!

I will let them sit in my Pile of Loot, at least through September, as I wait for a couple of others item to come in before I ship.

[lilbrosj66]

Not happy to hear about the same assembly problem on WW neck we saw on Batgirl. Catwoman was fine, as are all the loose bodies I've gotten from FTC. I've tried pulling the necks out, but have yet to be successful. This was a problem with the original figures (for a different reason; the necks slipped into the hole rather than being put together wrong), but it was easily fixed. I have to say, I'm feeling a Mattel-esque vibe as things go on, between the bulbous heads and now bodies not being assembled correctly. I got one of each Wondy mainly for an extra for customs, but that doesn't work if she has no perceptible neck.

THese figures are something I've really been excited about, but the problems are starting to pile up, and this one is serious. The figures are actually defective, and I hope FTC is seriously addressing this. I'm assuming they are producing the bodies as they produce each wave rather than stocking up on them (storage costs, I would think, would negate any savings on running a huge batch), so hopefully the next female can be done right. If they did have a big batch made up, I hope we don't have to go through a few more waves like this to use up the bodies.

Again, I'll start by saying I shouldn't have to do any "fixing" of brand new figures but the neck issue was pretty easy to remedy. I removed WW's head and, using vice grips, pulled the neck up out of the body cavity. It separated just enough at the shoulder to allow the neck to pop out but not so much as to damage it or require gluing. On the second one, I didn't even have to remove the head. I just grabbed and tugged on it while wiggling it back and forth and it popped out. Again, the shoulder seam split just enough that there was no damage and no need to re-glue. Not sure what was up with the frozen knees and hips though.

[scott metzger]

Not happy to hear about the same assembly problem on WW neck we saw on Batgirl. Catwoman was fine, as are all the loose bodies I've gotten from FTC. I've tried pulling the necks out, but have yet to be successful. This was a problem with the original figures (for a different reason; the necks slipped into the hole rather than being put together wrong), but it was easily fixed. I have to say, I'm feeling a Mattel-esque vibe as things go on, between the bulbous heads and now bodies not being assembled correctly. I got one of each Wondy mainly for an extra for customs, but that doesn't work if she has no perceptible neck.

THese figures are something I've really been excited about, but the problems are starting to pile up, and this one is serious. The figures are actually defective, and I hope FTC is seriously addressing this. I'm assuming they are producing the bodies as they produce each wave rather than stocking up on them (storage costs, I would think, would negate any savings on running a huge batch), so hopefully the next female can be done right. If they did have a big batch made up, I hope we don't have to go through a few more waves like this to use up the bodies.

[lilbrosj66]

So I got my set of 2 WW figures today. Both had the neck-in-the-body issue just the same as Batgirl. Popped them out with vice-grips and now they are fine. No damage but they should have been assembled correctly in the first place. Both had "frozen" right knees that I had to force loose. No damage and now they work fine. Both had "frozen" left hips that I was able to work loose. Again, no damage and they work fine now. Both have short boots. Would have preferred the taller boots. The sleeves are too short. The silkscreen work is BEAUTIFUL! All in all, I'm glad I got them but FTC really has to work on Quality Control. I shouldn't have to open and "fix" two brand new figures.