Khan cracks

[Captain]

Odd...I have oodles of Khans here, and of all the ones opened, none have this problem?

Even if I find one that does it's easily fixed by rehooking the rubber bands inside, ie: re-arranging the metal hardware a bit to take some of the tension of the bands.

[DocDrako]

My Khan had a separated pelvis when I opened it. It wasn't broken, it was like the glue wasn't very strong and it popped apart. I superglued it back together and it's been fine since. I open all of my toys as well which is why I don't buy packaged Megos.

[drmego]

Remember toys are assembled by HUMANS in China too. Some workers do a good
job with gluing the torsos and stringing the bodies, and some don't.

I have a Spock unopened with rank bands on only 1 arm. Obviously Quality
Control is slim to none in the factories, but I still like to tell my guy there
about poor quality.

[PNGwynne]

Hadn't thought about restringing--I'll try it.

[Iron_fox85]

no cracks but he is tightly jointed. so far kirk is not too loose not too tight just the right feel and movment.

[ctc]

>Hadn't thought about restringing--I'll try it.

My figures see a lot of action, so I restring the Docbods. I usually do it along the lines of how a T1 body is strung. Fixes up any problems.

Don C.

[MEMEGO]

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. DOC. WE ARE SPENDING GOOD MONEY ON THESE FIGURES. SOME OF US DO OPEN THE FIGURES ,SOME OF US DON'T AND SOME OF US PURCHASE MORE THEN ONE FIGURE (ONE TO PLAY WITH ,ONE TO COLLECT) THE PROBLEM WITH TORSO'S CRACKING SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.(I EXPECT THIS WITH LOWER GRADE TOYS SUCH AS KNOCK OFFS AND EVEN THE CLASSIC TOY RUN WHICH WE ALL KNOW WERE REALLY HORRIBLE BODIES AND LOW QUALITY) WE SHOULD NOT BE REGLUING PARTS OR SWITCHING HANDS OR LEGS. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR QUALITY CONTROL UNIT IN CHINA AND HAVE THE PROBLEM CORRECTED. PERHAPS THEY NEED TO INVEST IN STRONGER GLUE? NOW, THESE THINGS DO NOT REFLECT YOU PER SAY, BUT THEY DO HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO CREATE AND BE THE NEW MEGO FLAG CARRIER. i DONT MEAN TO KNOCK YOU AT ALL, SINCE WE KNOW YOU ARE A DECENT PERSON. BUT I JUST WANTED TO KEEP THE LINE GOING AND HELP MAKE MORE FIGURES POSSIBLE, SINCE I RESPECT YOU AS WELL AS THE LINE AND ALL YOU ARE DOING FOR US FANS.

[MEMEGO]

Sorry for the caps, I thought they would automatically convert to lower case letters.I now know better. no shouting was intended.

[spotter]

Doc has always been good about fixing problems. I have purchased a few doc bods over the years and h ave had one or 2 split apart ( no stressing or cracking of the torso). He is correct when he points out that these are factory made and therefore subject to factory errors and quality issues.

Classic megos & ctvt chests are were Sonic Welded or blow molded so they don't separate they break. Doc Torsos also use a different band structure ( same side leg to arm connection) versuse cris cross of classic mego this makes the figure stand better and avoid twisitng but it centralized that pressure on the seam.

I for one will not complain about current glitches.

I spent @30 on docs hand made parts to get sort of a romulan 5 years ago. I bought 2 EMCE's for just a little more and it has a vac metalized chromed helmet.

I was able to get a pikeman outfit and other parts from doc to dress a naked Type1 GA. The factory made parts are nicer and (generally) cheaper than hand molded ones. And for those of us who suck at making molded heads spendng $25 with shipping from Canada for Khan was only marginally higher than the $20 a dave MC head would have cost me to get nicely painted one back in the day and I was able to open him

[Ivaniski]

Khan cracks......

I luv Doc's type 2 bodies....As soon as i get an EMCe Figure i always Re-string to the point that i get full range of motion and articulation to the Tenth Degree. I use craft jewelry string and in about 4 minutes i'm done. I also use a little Zap glue to re-glue the torso if it opens while i remove the particular head in use. Had my Doc bodies for years and the kids play with them all the time.

[drmego]

Don't worry - I don't get upset when people find fault with my products.

I do tell my manufacturer in China know about all QC issues and he is very
good about feeding it back to the actual workers.

My point was that in an assembly line environment - some workers are
thorough and use enough glue in the torso and give each figure a left
and a right arm facing the right way, and some workers grab two left
arms and barely touch the torso with glue.

Sometimes I can tell by looking at a figure if it was assembled well,
but not always. What I can do is offer to exchange the erastz figure
for another one and strip the poor boy for parts.

[SUP-Ronin]

Don't worry - I don't get upset when people find fault with my products...

What I can do is offer to exchange the erastz figure
for another one and strip the poor boy for parts.

You certainly can't beat an offer like that. Good show.

[spotter]

THAT is the DR MEGO we all know and respect Good for you Paul the hobby is in good hands

[Ivaniski]

Khan cracks......

QUOTE=ctc;233851]>Hadn't thought about restringing--I'll try it.

My figures see a lot of action, so I restring the Docbods. I usually do it along the lines of how a T1 body is strung. Fixes up any problems.

Don C.[/QUOTE]

Same here!!!....I've been using this same method for years. These pictures demonstrates some of the full articulation i get with the Doc's type 2 bodies: Notice how the arms are "Horizontally" positioned away from the torso with no problemo.

[huedell]

Hey Ivan---that's gotta be my favorite Trek Mego pic I've ever seen.
NIce!