I took the plunge and purchased five new figures from the latest FTC DC series. I went with The Flash over Reverse Flash or Trickster because I plan to place a CTVT order and I needed to know what I might need to order so I can "fix" this figure and Batgirl too). In the package they all looked good, except The Flash, who clearly had a right shoulder issue. Out of the package? Yep, crappy FTC body. First in a while for me. As for the rest of The Flash?...
OMGoodness, FTC should be ashamed of themselves! Those boots are RIDICULOUS! When people said they were sticky or stuck together, there was no exaggeration. They actually STICK together! You have to pull them apart! To me, that makes them completely unusable. The rest of the figure is pretty decent. I did not have a red hands Flash, so now I do. The waist lightning bolt is definitely lower than the first FF Flash, so that's nice. I moved this Flash to a Type-S body (I had to move it somewhere!) and the velcro did cause the suit to snag a bit when it got caught on the velcro, but nothing I can't live with. I stole the SF Flash boots and once I shrink tube the red glove hands into the body, I will have my main Flash figure.
Shame that I had to replace the boots and the whole body to get a good Flash. I may email FTC on Monday at least about the bad body and see what their response is on it. The boots are just inexcusable. They will be going in the trash. My SF Flash has a black dirt stain/area on his costume, so I may as well order a suit for the suit and the boots to fix that figure... and make sure I open the other four figures to see if I need to add anything about those in my email to FTC.
I will try and take some pictures tomorrow, but if you don't mind paying $50+, you can get a pretty nice Flash figure.
FTC The Flash Series 1.jpg
OMGoodness, FTC should be ashamed of themselves! Those boots are RIDICULOUS! When people said they were sticky or stuck together, there was no exaggeration. They actually STICK together! You have to pull them apart! To me, that makes them completely unusable. The rest of the figure is pretty decent. I did not have a red hands Flash, so now I do. The waist lightning bolt is definitely lower than the first FF Flash, so that's nice. I moved this Flash to a Type-S body (I had to move it somewhere!) and the velcro did cause the suit to snag a bit when it got caught on the velcro, but nothing I can't live with. I stole the SF Flash boots and once I shrink tube the red glove hands into the body, I will have my main Flash figure.
Shame that I had to replace the boots and the whole body to get a good Flash. I may email FTC on Monday at least about the bad body and see what their response is on it. The boots are just inexcusable. They will be going in the trash. My SF Flash has a black dirt stain/area on his costume, so I may as well order a suit for the suit and the boots to fix that figure... and make sure I open the other four figures to see if I need to add anything about those in my email to FTC.
I will try and take some pictures tomorrow, but if you don't mind paying $50+, you can get a pretty nice Flash figure.
FTC The Flash Series 1.jpg
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