Your FTC Horror stories

[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.

[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.

[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...

[PNGwynne]

...There appears to be two faces of FTC customer service...one is terrific and responsive, one either completely oblivious or profoundly resentful.

This has always been the case.

[MIB41]

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...

In a situation like that, I would pick up the phone and explain your replacement figure had the same defect and if they would check the next replacement before it is shipped.

[jacoblb]

^ Good advise. Was an RMA request established or was a box with letter sent? Usually there's shipping/receiving protocol for companies when anyone returns merchandise.

[rayray]

In a situation like that, I would pick up the phone and explain your replacement figure had the same defect and if they would check the next replacement before it is shipped.

I certainly shall. Also included a note in the returned box.

[DaniellePlaysWithToys]

My second Aquaman's head came CLEAN off after I checked on my Mego shelf after almost a year. Fortunately, I was able to reconnect it, but now he suffers from bobblehead syndrome.

[TrekStar]

My second Aquaman's head came CLEAN off after I checked on my Mego shelf after almost a year. Fortunately, I was able to reconnect it, but now he suffers from bobblehead syndrome.

if you wrap masking tape around the neck plug then insert it back into the neck hole it will stay firm, there might be better ways to do it, like those o-rings. I had a couple of loose heads and did the tape thing and it seems to work fine.

[Slawsb]

That last 70's Wonder Woman line was total trash with the undersized miscolored heads oversized costumes and extremely cheap floppy bodies.
They should have been a hit 8" versions of the originals.

[Mejo]

I never bought any of these but I just had to say that this figure is nightmare inducing:

[danadoll]

Ain’t she puuurtie! Huyuck!

Dana

[Confessional]

Buyers beware: white ribbed robot boots in the last order, arrived completely cracked, shattered, split.

Combo of poor long-term storage and cheap S/H. It never ends.

[SpaceAgent]

Will the figures being sold as "loose" (Metamorpho, Halo, Lilith, Phantom Stranger, etc.) ever be sold on cards? I feel like it's been years since FTC got anything new in that's not being sold loose.

Any insight on this?

[TRDouble]

Those figures, along with the Filmation Batman, Joker, and Riddler, were only sold loose, despite some being touted as “Early Bird” releases; we were told that Filmation would be sold loose only.

I have no insight on this, but the latest releases, including Super Friends Rima, were carded.