New Ape Bits

[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.

[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.

[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...

[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.

[TrekStar]

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

[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]

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]

I was too lazy to check if there was a thread regarding other non-Apes footwear, so I decided to post my question here and maybe one of you may know...

Anyway, I recall reading elsewhere that the Apes boots sold by CTVT have issues including splitting and/or just being a pain in the a** overall in terms of getting them to even go on the figures' feet.. That said, do those type of issues effect their other stuff?

For instance, do these boots http://www.classictvtoys.com/pairofblackboots-1-1.aspx have issues with splitting, being hard to put on, etc.?

Any and all information is appreciated... Thanks.

PS: Are the repro General knives CTVT sells made of soft plastic?

[powersthatbe]

Once i bought some FTC ape suits and Ivanhoe heads to make cheap TOS Klingons and i have not checked out doc's site in too long a time I shall do that and make note of the ape suits.

[Confessional]

^^ You should see the Phicen clothing I have… ended up peeling it all off, washing, and still picking the little bits in the all of the seams out. It still looks good as the underlying fabric is quality, but what a pain/disappointment. Now I can commiserate with those that have had Hot Toys rot.

[PNGwynne]

My Sheriff of Nottingham is dressed in something similar & looks great. I hate to think of his suit decaying.

[apes3978]

@MIB41,

Cool looking figure... It's too bad the outfit went to pot on you.

[MIB41]

Yeah I feel like this is becoming more of a consumer alert type of situation. I made this Urko custom and ordered the outfit parts I needed. Sadly the pleather piece started failing the moment I took it out of the package. And that's with an abundance of care. I gently put the outfit on, but it didn't really matter how much care I gave it, because the outer layer just started peeling off like wet tissue. So I'm leaving it for now, but I'll have to find an upgrade shortly.

[Confessional]

^^ Well, well well… a gathering of the Simians in 2021 it shall be!

[Carey5831]

LOVE THESE! SO excited for the new apes confessional!