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  • shellhead
    museum rustpot
    • Mar 1, 2007
    • 638

    #76
    This is great news !
    Chris

    Keepin' it Mego-ey !

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    • pmwasson
      Maker
      • Sep 12, 2007
      • 4865

      #77
      Okay, one more. I followed this recipe:

      Originally posted by TCM Hitchhiker
      Thanks for the shot in the originalish boots! Looks better, but now I am thinking my recipe will be...

      Cast-A-Way body (so he can have the swivel biceps)
      Green Cast-A-Way boots (they fit MUCH better than Mattel's, at least Capt. Action's do, and the color and rubber style looks like it would match the figure better than Mego boots)
      Green Cast-A-Way gripper hands (only thing that sucks there, is they don't come with green wrist pegs. I wonder if the Mattel hands will fit a Cast-A-Way body? They look like they might)
      Cast-A-Way body and boots.
      Mattel head, hands and outfit.




      The added arm articulation makes it easier to pose him with the bow.
      sigpic LaserMego

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      • ScottA
        Original Member
        • Jun 25, 2001
        • 12264

        #78
        I think between Mattel, Mego, EMCE and Castaway you turned that figure every which way but loose.
        sigpic WANTED: Boxed, Carded and Kresge Carded WGSH

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        • Remco Monster
          GLOWS in the Dark!
          • May 3, 2006
          • 2722

          #79
          Oh hell yeah pmwasson, that's what I'm talkin' about! That is exactly how mine will look. The boot color could be better, but they still look way better than the Mattel Eskimo boots. How well do the Mattel hands fit the Castaway body?

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          • pmwasson
            Maker
            • Sep 12, 2007
            • 4865

            #80
            Originally posted by TCM Hitchhiker
            Oh hell yeah pmwasson, that's what I'm talkin' about! That is exactly how mine will look. The boot color could be better, but they still look way better than the Mattel Eskimo boots. How well do the Mattel hands fit the Castaway body?
            The boot color actually looks like a closer match in person than in the photo. I think the flash exaggerates the difference.

            The hands fit okay, but the Mattel wrists are smaller, so it would look strange without the cuff.
            sigpic LaserMego

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            • Remco Monster
              GLOWS in the Dark!
              • May 3, 2006
              • 2722

              #81
              Cool, cool, the hands stay in tight though?

              Thanks a lot for throwing that together. Now I know everything I planned will work out, and I won't be wasting any cash.

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              • pmwasson
                Maker
                • Sep 12, 2007
                • 4865

                #82
                Yes, the hands stay in fine.
                sigpic LaserMego

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                • Raydeen1
                  Persistent Member
                  • May 23, 2008
                  • 1036

                  #83
                  Cool stuff.

                  I'm curious if the legs and pelvis can be replaced with Mego. I'm betting it wouldn't be all that difficult. Just string them up into the torso.

                  Those Mattel legs are sad. They have to angle the knee joint or make new lower legs or they'll always be bowlegged.

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                  • Ivaniski
                    Persistent Member
                    • Jun 24, 2007
                    • 1406

                    #84
                    Green Arrow head swap!

                    Originally posted by Raydeen1
                    Cool stuff.

                    I'm curious if the legs and pelvis can be replaced with Mego. I'm betting it wouldn't be all that difficult. Just string them up into the torso.

                    Those Mattel legs are sad. They have to angle the knee joint or make new lower legs or they'll always be bowlegged.
                    It's a shame that for $20 we couldn't get an Action figure that we didn't have to "Frankenstien" (get various parts for) all over the place. I recently been hearing that the body is flimsy and you can't even put it in a sitting pose (Where's the retro in that). Sorry, Just venting out a little.
                    I guess, in a perfect world......It would've had something in the area of a Doc Mego Type 2 body, ....with slimmer looking boots. Hopefully, Wave 2 will correct some minor bugs!!!
                    Last edited by Ivaniski; Jan 2, '10, 10:39 PM.

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                    • Remco Monster
                      GLOWS in the Dark!
                      • May 3, 2006
                      • 2722

                      #85
                      Indeed, in the end this figure will end up costing me $48, and that really stinks. If it weren't Green Arrow, I wouldn't even bother.

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                      • supercrazy
                        Banned
                        • Oct 3, 2006
                        • 482

                        #86
                        I agree he may be somewhat flimsy but there are some great qualities to this figure as well. The head sculpt, the outfit, the quiver. Overall a very nice figure. I think as this line continues the figures will get better and I am sure Mattel is reading this and will take everything into consideration. The line will eventually get better and better.

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                        • pmwasson
                          Maker
                          • Sep 12, 2007
                          • 4865

                          #87
                          I think the figure is great right out of the package. I think the interchangeability with other figures just adds to my excitement. I plan on having a complete collection of retro-action figures and buying a bunch more to make customs.
                          sigpic LaserMego

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                          • Meule
                            Verbose Member
                            • Nov 14, 2004
                            • 28720

                            #88
                            If I'm not mistaken I think Doc Mego said the legs would be corrected in wave 2
                            "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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                            • The Bat
                              Batman Fanatic
                              • Jul 14, 2002
                              • 13412

                              #89
                              Originally posted by Meule
                              If I'm not mistaken I think Doc Mego said the legs would be corrected in wave 2
                              Yes he did!
                              sigpic

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                              • Meule
                                Verbose Member
                                • Nov 14, 2004
                                • 28720

                                #90
                                That (hopefully) means a kickass Batman with no issues
                                "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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