Thor Review... The Good and Bad

[wise guy]

I always thought that Thor was a near perfect Mego for it's time so what happened to modern Thor ? I am still picking one of these up from BBTS because I wan't the
classic Thor but not liking Big head Thor, and Donald Blake

[Teemu]

I'm wondering if the molded hair can be nudged in boiling water and reset in cold water so that there is more clearance.

tried the hairdryer method and it didn't work too well.The hair just wants to stay

[Bronxboykev]

I don't open my Retro Figures but the Wristband is an easy fix for those who do remove them from the box. They can easily be folded in half.

[warlock664]

Those wrist bands are way too wide, and with the lack of the black center stripe it makes them a fail overall IMO.

[PNGwynne]

I'm wondering if the molded hair can be nudged in boiling water and reset in cold water so that there is more clearance.

[Teemu]

Modern Thor is too small for a Type S body? And, I was going to use the original ZICA body for both Thor(s)....Dang! I just canceled my pre-order via BBTS. (I was really hoping to get my hands on this set.) Many thanks for the review Bronxboykev.

Modern Thor was Horrible to dress.Shockingly the S-type does not work for the Modern Thor especially since the outfit barely fits the EMCE body.It was a struggle to dress the EMCE body.The head plug is also small and the hard hair makes it difficult to attach the head to the S-type.I tried and this has my first S-type exchange Fail

Classic Thor works just fine on the S-type so that is a Win!

[nubee]

Modern Thor is too small for a Type S body? And, I was going to use the original ZICA body for both Thor(s)....Dang! I just canceled my pre-order via BBTS. (I was really hoping to get my hands on this set.) Many thanks for the review Bronxboykev.

[PNGwynne]

Helpful pix, thanks--we need more of that here IMO.

Has Emce changed the knit fabric on the repro suit--it appears better to me for some reason.

What were the complaints with Blake's sculpt--it looks good to me, could be Johnny Storm, too, with the wavy front.

(It's not easy to depict Rogers, Blake, Storm, and Pym as individuals.)

[wayne foundation 07]

Great pics , thanks for the info , details , and review .

[powersthatbe]

no black stripes on the retro whistbands?

[ODBJBG]

Newer Thor looks cool, but the head sculpt looks like a California Raisin. Everything else looks pretty bad IMO.

[MIB41]

^^^ Looks really nice! Swapping Hammers worked really good here too. Love the box. Great job!!

[Teemu]

Here is mine on muscle arms and legs S-type with a bit of upgrade/customization

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[Bronxboykev]

Great pics! And thanks for a thorough and honest review. I enjoyed reading it. Yeah on the modern Thor it looks like they took a page from Captain Action and went that direction with his hair. His outfit looks very cool though. Like that pattern on his belt. On the retro figure, I was hoping they would put that body curl in his hair so it didn't have that Famous Covers look. They also got a little too close with the pupils of the eyes again. Not crossed but close. The outfit, hammer, and boots look like they were done really well. Donald Blake turned out really good too. I like the outfit and the detail on the stick. Somewhat concerning that some of the outfits are getting produced too small to fit bodies. My Parker pants wouldn't even fit on a FTC body which is smaller scale than the rest, so some QC needs to be addressed here on the primary pieces since they are not replacing defective parts. That and they need to go back to the semi-gloss finish on the boxes like they did with Spider-man. Not a fan of the matte finish. Thanks again for the pics and review. Great job!

The problem is a lot of us prefer the bigger bulkier type s bodies when putting the extra sets together and these outfits were made with type 2 bodies and doc Mego bodies in mind... The same reason FTC body suits do not fit the type s bodies well because they were made with FTC bodies in mind... It would have worked on a type s body had I been able to figure out how to manipulate his hair. I'm going to revisit it I haven't given up yet lol

[Bronxboykev]

Blake looks the best of the three. I like the material on the modern, but was never a fan of the color design. This would be a real Fraknen-Custom for me.

Does the hammer have the inscription?

I'll check again but I saw no inscription on the Hammer.