CTVT bodies = horrible quality

[jacsfc]

all you have to do is email them and they will send a replacement body at no charge. my first choice is dr mego bodies as well. i bought several castaway bodies but after having them a short time the legs at the shin curved and the biceps do not stay attached very well. no problems whatsoever with doc megos swivel arm bodies.

[JediJaida]

Doc also sends replacement at no charge. He's done that for me a couple of times.

CTVT is just bad when it comes to their figures.

Their other merchandise; clothes, shoes, etc. is usually pretty good.

Don't get the Space:1999 female boots though, they are too narrow and too brittle to go onto the figures leg without breaking down the back.

[torgospizza]

I was under the impression they had improved, but I guess the single bodies are still of the "I really have to pee" variety.

I've gotten a few of their bodies and never had the problems people always mention, but I know exactly what you're talking about here. They do seem to want to cross their legs, for some reason.

Don't get the Space:1999 female boots though, they are too narrow and too brittle to go onto the figures leg without breaking down the back.

That's because they're cast from Hasbro's Charlie's Angels doll boots, while Doc's are from actual Megos (or so I believe).

[Operation:Mego]

So, I should only buy the muscular Hulk bodies from them because the others will fall apart? Good to know.

[JediJaida]

Not to mention the plastic used by CTVT is recycled, and therefore brittle as all heck.

The plastic on Doc's boots is much better.

Silicon would be great, but hey! His stuff is still fantastic.

[silveralex]

Aren't CTVT bodies also slightly smaller?
Would this be a problem when buying bodysuits from them? Or do their suits fit T2 and Doc Mego bodies OK?

[hedrap]

CTVT bodies are the closest to original Mego, in weight, feel and scale, but the guts - the hooks and bands - are too small and tight. So it creates a lot of unnecessary stress on the hinges.

I wish the female CTVT heads were in better scale. Then again, most BBP figures are head disasters, also. Lost should have been grand custom fodder...

Doc and CAW were the only ones who consistently made heads right. Zica, too, but he hasn't had to put out as many variations yet.

[JediJaida]

Well, to be fair, the new painted rooted heads are pretty much in the same scale as Doc's.

The one I could not STAND was Maya!!! The head kept falling off of the neck post!!!

Don't get me wrong, the sculpt was a dead on likeness; but it was the size of a melon compared to Doc's heads!!!

[dr_cyclops]

LMK when you find a way to restring either one of Doc's female bodies or a vintage Mego, that doesn't require taking completely apart at the seams.

God knows my attempt to do so went down the toidy.

I'll assume that by "vintage Mego" you mean a vintage female body? True, I've yet to restring an original Mego female body. I have successfully restrung a DrMego female body. I wrote about it in my old thread Restringing a CTVT fatman body, on the Customs Discussion board. That was the thread when and where I attempted and failed to restring a CTVT female body. I do plan to try again some time in the future.
Successfully restrung two 6 inch male CTVT bodies last night.

[dr_cyclops]

Aren't CTVT bodies also slightly smaller?
Would this be a problem when buying bodysuits from them? Or do their suits fit T2 and Doc Mego bodies OK?

PNGwynne says that the CTVT bodysuits can vary in size and shape, from suit to suit. I've seen some of this already. Ordered 3 dark green male bodysuits, first one fit great, second one had wide sleeves, third one was a female dark green female bodysuit. Went to website and found that they removed the dark green male bodysuits from their site. LOL!
My advice is to try everything and see what you like. We customizers can never have enough spare parts.

[silveralex]

Thx for the info on the suits. has anyone tried their "cotton" suits vs the regular ones. Just wondering what the difference is in terms of using them? Do they stretch or hang differently on the bodies?

[scoth70]

yep had a few ctvt figures myself for spares such as boots swords etc fine... bodys total crap harsh words but true

[ZebMayonaise]

I have only bought the Kiss figures from CTVC and am absolutely amazed at the horrible quality control. I have had to restring 3 out of 4 figures right out of the box to get them to stand up. You'd think that they would get their act together and spend the small amount of extra time/money to make a passible product. There is simply no excuse for such poor quality. I suspect that if they didn't get the Kiss license, they'd be folded by now. Its a shame that license didn't go to someone else.

[JediJaida]

I'll assume that by "vintage Mego" you mean a vintage female body? True, I've yet to restring an original Mego female body. I have successfully restrung a DrMego female body. I wrote about it in my old thread Restringing a CTVT fatman body, on the Customs Discussion board. That was the thread when and where I attempted and failed to restring a CTVT female body. I do plan to try again some time in the future.
Successfully restrung two 6 inch male CTVT bodies last night.

The hip pins on the female body are very fragile, and snap too quickly for me. Doc would be better off with metal pins that are spray painted in the correct color, to prevent breakage.

I'm just glad that he sends out extras of those at no charge.

Maybe if they were made of a flexible silicon....

Anyway, the female CTVT really aren't my favorites. Since they stopped making them with neck stems, it's a bit hard to find a source of them.

Unless you get the ones from the white and green bodies and paint them, but that's a pain in the patootie.

[dr_cyclops]

The hip pins on the female body are very fragile, and snap too quickly for me. Doc would be better off with metal pins that are spray painted in the correct color, to prevent breakage.

I'm just glad that he sends out extras of those at no charge.

Male hip-pins, can be easily tooled to fit a DrMego female leg-hole.