New Ape Bits

[TrekStar]

Yes, these boots are a bit hard to slip onto the original mego feet, and impossible to come off.

I have these in the gold color boots, and they only way I can remove them without breaking off the foot, would be to cut the boot off.

These boots were specifically made for the ctvt feet.

[apes3978]

Yes, these boots are a bit hard to slip onto the original mego feet, and impossible to come off.

I have these in the gold color boots, and they only way I can remove them without breaking off the foot, would be to cut the boot off.

These boots were specifically made for the ctvt feet.

Thank you for the info...

One more brief question about the boots-Let's hypothetically say I put them on a CTVT body, if I had pants that are made of thin material, in your opinion, is there enough room around the ankle/lower calf that the pants could be reasonably tucked in, or do you think it's be way too tight/hard to tuck them in? Thanks...

[TrekStar]

Your welcome, actually I meant to say, I bought the tan color ones.

[TrekStar]

Thank you for the info...

One more brief question about the boots-Let's hypothetically say I put them on a CTVT body, if I had pants that are made of thin material, in your opinion, is there enough room around the ankle/lower calf that the pants could be reasonably tucked in, or do you think it's be way too tight/hard to tuck them in? Thanks...

Sorry didn’t see the question until after. In my opinion, I think it’s to tight, but maybe there’s just enough room for a tight fit using the ctvt feet.

[apes3978]

I love the all black uniforms! When I first discovered that FTC made new color uniforms for the soldiers and generals, I was going to buy them but something happened and I forgot all about them. Now that I've read this thread, I'm glad I didn't.

I hear you: It's reading this thread that made me leary to buy the Gorilla clothing from them too... I have read a few posts here on the MM where they said the stuff was still holding up okay for them, but it does look like the consensus is that there's a chance it'll fall apart more than there's a chance it won't...

Still, there's a part of me that might want to roll the dice and take a chance on them...

[PNGwynne]

I have Apes and medieval customs using the black-vinyl tunics. They are intact--so far. Kept in a cooler, drier room without light.

My CTVT apes tunics are all disintegrating. It's really sad, I had made such nice Mordred and Sheriff of Nottingham customs using them, and the Merry Men really needed a foe.

[PNGwynne]

I have the blue general's tunic on a vintage Urko, the color complements his helmet badge. The vinyl is separating from the fabric backing and flaking/shredding off.

[Confessional]

I see they are still selling the blue General's tunic and the gloves too… should have been a Consumer Protection Safety Commission recall on these!

[PNGwynne]

A lot of their newer clothing is well-made. But their pleather, vinyl, and silicone items are problematic. There's been lengthy discussion here of their storage in Florida.

To be fair, I've hade some DM/Emce items degrade, too: repro Klingon tunics and Cornelius' tabard. I don't doubt that we'll see new Mego items with problems in a few years--I think it is the integrity of the materials chosen and not just the storage.

[Megotastrophe]

I think it’s the lack of toxic lead and cadmium and asbestos and all those other deadly toxic things that toy manufacturers used to use on literally everything. Now all of this safe stuff just doesn’t hold up.

[Krypt0nite]

I bought an EMCE Klingon in a never opened package about a year ago, and the tunic started to crumble with very light handling.

[apes3978]

To be fair, I've had some DM/Emce items degrade, too: repro Klingon tunics and Cornelius' tabard.

I bought an EMCE Klingon in a never opened package about a year ago, and the tunic started to crumble with very light handling.

Do either of you (or anybody else reading this) have any idea if this degrading and/or crumbling applies to the Gorilla outfits Doc Mego is currently selling on his website?

[Confessional]

^^ I haven't had any issues with EMCE/Doc bits, but others have.

If the materials are exposed to moisture or experience trapped humidity (as I wrote about on page 2), it could happen to any contemporary vinyl/pleather products. This could also happen post production and packaging if you kept something in the packaging and sun and/or heat exposure resulted in condensation. Basically once the glue is compromised, it all goes to hell over time.

<Cheers!> again to the vintage soft goods that you can dye, distress and otherwise abuse without such results.

[Krypt0nite]

I have a vintage Mego Gorn which sat in a box in a barn with no temperature control in South Alabama for over twenty years and suffered no deterioration at all. I bought the newer EMCE Klingon just for the uniform to 'upgrade' the Gorn, and the vintage uniform actually looked better than the newer one which immediately disintegrated upon being opened

[LonnieFisher]

I bought an EMCE Klingon to make a custom figure with the new Mego Klingon, and the uniform was in great shape until I opened it and touched it. The vinyl sloughed apart within seconds. That really sucked. He was kind of expensive.