Your FTC Horror stories

[rayray]

Ay yi yi. I ordered a Filmation Batman (a beautiful figure, BTW) and it arrived with a broken knee joint. I returned it with a letter requesting an exchange, and I promptly received...the exact same broken figure. There appears to be two faces of FTC customer service...one is terrific and responsive, one either completely oblivious or profoundly resentful. Trying to figure out how to respond...

[TRDouble]

Yknow I really do enjoy the toys and if they do break they are a challenge for repair.
My biggest issue is i am not really a fan of those glove arms and they fall off. I feel like
the figure itself is missing lower arms.
The quality stories I would share come from way back to the Space 1999 line with big heads
unusual texture that not at all stay on the body.

If you mean the plug-in hero gloves, heat up the arm, pull the pegs out a little, and the gloves stay on fine. The factory pushed the pegs too far in for the gloves to fully plug into them.

[zeedox]

Yknow I really do enjoy the toys and if they do break they are a challenge for repair.
My biggest issue is i am not really a fan of those glove arms and they fall off. I feel like
the figure itself is missing lower arms.
The quality stories I would share come from way back to the Space 1999 line with big heads
unusual texture that not at all stay on the body.

[DaniellePlaysWithToys]

Green Lantern's legs came off. FML

And now it's happening with Space Ghost.

Dad is fixing both rn.

[DaniellePlaysWithToys]

if it just came off the hook then you should be able to reattach it. but yes, the bands are too tight on some of these

My dad reattached the arm, but I have to do something about Superman's bands. When I first got the new body, I saw no signs of the bands being too tight, but now the torso being slightly turned... was the body always like that and I just don't remember?

[Nostalgiabuff]

if it just came off the hook then you should be able to reattach it. but yes, the bands are too tight on some of these

[DaniellePlaysWithToys]

The arm came off the hook. But this is about Superman's bands being too tight, no?

[Nostalgiabuff]

of course, this is all assuming it was the band that broke, and not just the arm coming off the hook or a hip pin breaking

[Nostalgiabuff]

its about the size of a nickel if that helps. Should be easy to get locally.

a lot cheaper too. you then just attach one end to the hip hook, and pull it through to connect the other end to the arm hook, opposite side of body

[thunderbolt]

its about the size of a nickel if that helps. Should be easy to get locally.

[DaniellePlaysWithToys]

Thank you.

[Nostalgiabuff]

http://drmego.fatcow.com/store/page10.html

here is the link to get the replacement o rings from DR Mego. you can probably get them at the hardware store as well but I am not sure on the size

[Nostalgiabuff]

you can also get replacement rubber bands to rebuild them. DR Mego I believe sells them. not sure about FTC/CTVT. do a search on youtube, there are plenty of videos giving tutorials on repair

[DaniellePlaysWithToys]

Dad was able to fix Birdman, proving that he is the greatest figure in the repertoire. How do I restring it? I don't think I have string elastic...

[Nostalgiabuff]

your Superman likely just has the bands too tight and so the pelvis twists and it appears the legs are different lengths. all 3 figures sound like they need to be restrung. it is easy to do with some string elastic. I believe there are tutorials on the MM or you can probably find one on youtube