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You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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The pelvis has a huge problem on the ctvt skeleton. It is fixable but not worth the work. I used 4 small screws to repair the provides on the 4 ctvt skeletons that just popped apart. Other than that I like them.Comment
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Good grief.WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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This *IS* for Mego-like and Replicas, so people reading posts on this category aren't all that strict about "they MUST be exactly 8" tall". In reality, there is some variation in the height of people, so there's nothing wrong with having some variation in the height of figures/skeletons.
The way I see it, there's plenty of room for two different kinds of skeletons, each for about $5.00. For those who are really strict that the skeleton MUST be 8" tall, and MUST be engineered like toys of the 70's (including the limited articulation of the time), there's the CTVT skeleton. For those who are more flexible about height, proportion and enjoy modern-type articulation, there's Big Lots/Home Depot skeleton.
I had already listed the reasons why I believe Big Lots/Home Depot skeleton is the superior skeleton. I won't bore people by repeating myself. All in all, it seems that everybody else is delighted to have such a MEGO-compatible skeleton available, at such a low price. It's not as if this was an expensive Kickstarter for a $22 skeleton that's priced like a premium action figure, but looks like cheap Halloween decor. It's cheap Halloween decor that just happens to be almost like a premium action figure.Comment
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This *IS* for Mego-like and Replicas, so people reading posts on this category aren't all that strict about "they MUST be exactly 8" tall". In reality, there is some variation in the height of people, so there's nothing wrong with having some variation in the height of figures/skeletons.
The way I see it, there's plenty of room for two different kinds of skeletons, each for about $5.00. For those who are really strict that the skeleton MUST be 8" tall, and MUST be engineered like toys of the 70's (including the limited articulation of the time), there's the CTVT skeleton. For those who are more flexible about height, proportion and enjoy modern-type articulation, there's Big Lots/Home Depot skeleton.
I had already listed the reasons why I believe Big Lots/Home Depot skeleton is the superior skeleton. I won't bore people by repeating myself. All in all, it seems that everybody else is delighted to have such a MEGO-compatible skeleton available, at such a low price. It's not as if this was an expensive Kickstarter for a $22 skeleton that's priced like a premium action figure, but looks like cheap Halloween decor. It's cheap Halloween decor that just happens to be almost like a premium action figure.
Saying that I have both and both have their flaws you can compare them to the Mego type 2 body and the Type S body at the 8 inch superstore. Both of these are accepted and used so why not these two?
It's the constant one is "Better" when in actuality both will work....Comment
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Please. You're being just as reactive and reductive as the posts you're complaining about. I'd love to see the Big Lots skeleton you supposedly broke.
You arrived late to a mostly appreciative thread and asked a question to which you might have guessed the answer; the FTC skeleton is ten years old. Why was the Big Lots skeleton discussed? Because it is something new, sturdy, and very poseable.
Who's to judge "childish and unnecessary"? Were that criticism leveled at you, would you like it?WANTED: Dick Grayson SI trousers; gray AJ Mustang horse; vintage RC Batman (Bruce Wayne) head; minty Wolfman tights; mint Black Knight sword; minty Launcelot boots; Lion Rock (pale) Dracula & Mummy heads; Lion Rock Franky squared boots; Wayne Foundation blue furniture; Flash Gordon/Ming (10") unbroken holsters; CHiPs gloved arms; POTA T2 tan body; CTVT/vintage Friar Tuck robes, BBP TZ Burgess Meredith glasses.Comment
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True but some people can't let things go and have to jab FTC whenever they can which I think is childish and unnecessary...We get it already you hate FTC and have to tell people that 1,000,000,000 times over we get it
Saying that I have both and both have their flaws you can compare them to the Mego type 2 body and the Type S body at the 8 inch superstore. Both of these are accepted and used so why not these two?
It's the constant one is "Better" when in actuality both will work....You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie BanksComment
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Please. You're being just as reactive and reductive as the posts you're complaining about. I'd love to see the Big Lots skeleton you supposedly broke.
You arrived late to a mostly appreciative thread and asked a question to which you might have guessed the answer; the FTC skeleton is ten years old. Why was the Big Lots skeleton discussed? Because it is something new, sturdy, and very poseable.
Who's to judge "childish and unnecessary"? Were that criticism leveled at you, would you like it?
But since I have been here I see some people don't help newbies they tend to step on them or tell them they are wrong to make them feel important....OKLast edited by Madcap70; Oct 12, '18, 9:18 PM.Comment
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