This Week In Your Plastic Crack, Action Figures and Toy Collection 26 26

[Namtak]

Found these 2 today,brought me right back in my childhood for a sec

[F For Fake]

On 4/30/2022 at 5:49 PM, Namtak said:

Found these 2 today,brought me right back in my childhood for a sec

Those are great! I know Marvel Legends sort of killed off the old school Toy Biz Marvel series, but I think those 90’s figures have so much charm.

[F For Fake]

My Metroplex resto is complete. Picked up this yellowed Metro from a friend a few weeks ago. He’s a rubber tire version and in solid shape, so I thought he’d be worth saving.

For those who might be interested in process:

First step was disassembling, and some of those screws were tough to remove! Luckily I got him apart without breaking anything. Next, I gave all of the non-metallic parts a soapy soak overnight to loosen the old stickers. The next day, with the help of an exacto blade and some goo gone, I got the remaining stubborn stickers off. Then another soak and wipe down.

Then those parts got a peroxide and sunshine bath, while the rusty rods got a Coca Cola soak overnight. Then I filed the rust off of the rods, and soaked the plastic parts again to remove the peroxide.

The hardest part was waiting three weeks for new stickers to arrive from Toyhax! They arrived last week, and I finally had time to apply them last night!

And here he is! Missing the Six Gun body and chest. And the small laser pistols, but otherwise he’s all here and looking pretty close to new!

[707comics]

On 5/2/2022 at 6:27 AM, F For Fake said:

My Metroplex resto is complete. Picked up this yellowed Metro from a friend a few weeks ago. He’s a rubber tire version and in solid shape, so I thought he’d be worth saving.

For those who might be interested in process:

First step was disassembling, and some of those screws were tough to remove! Luckily I got him apart without breaking anything. Next, I gave all of the non-metallic parts a soapy soak overnight to loosen the old stickers. The next day, with the help of an exacto blade and some goo gone, I got the remaining stubborn stickers off. Then another soak and wipe down.

Then those parts got a peroxide and sunshine bath, while the rusty rods got a Coca Cola soak overnight. Then I filed the rust off of the rods, and soaked the plastic parts again to remove the peroxide.

The hardest part was waiting three weeks for new stickers to arrive from Toyhax! They arrived last week, and I finally had time to apply them last night!

And here he is! Missing the Six Gun body and chest. And the small laser pistols, but otherwise he’s all here and looking pretty close to new!

Looks really good! Good job and thanks for sharing the steps.

[cyclonus11]

On 5/2/2022 at 8:27 AM, F For Fake said:

My Metroplex resto is complete. Picked up this yellowed Metro from a friend a few weeks ago. He’s a rubber tire version and in solid shape, so I thought he’d be worth saving.

For those who might be interested in process:

First step was disassembling, and some of those screws were tough to remove! Luckily I got him apart without breaking anything. Next, I gave all of the non-metallic parts a soapy soak overnight to loosen the old stickers. The next day, with the help of an exacto blade and some goo gone, I got the remaining stubborn stickers off. Then another soak and wipe down.

Then those parts got a peroxide and sunshine bath, while the rusty rods got a Coca Cola soak overnight. Then I filed the rust off of the rods, and soaked the plastic parts again to remove the peroxide.

The hardest part was waiting three weeks for new stickers to arrive from Toyhax! They arrived last week, and I finally had time to apply them last night!

And here he is! Missing the Six Gun body and chest. And the small laser pistols, but otherwise he’s all here and looking pretty close to new!

Wow! I need to learn how to do this with mine. I think he has all the parts except Scamper (he's been in storage for so long, no idea), but had an unfortunate accident and is no longer connected at the waist.

[F For Fake]

On 5/2/2022 at 11:26 AM, cyclonus11 said:

Wow! I need to learn how to do this with mine. I think he has all the parts except Scamper (he's been in storage for so long, no idea), but had an unfortunate accident and is no longer connected at the waist.

Yeah, the waist is a big problem for this guy, you find him broken in half quite a bit. There’s a YouTube video out there about repairing the waist, i’ll see if I can dig it up. Luckily this guy was solid and unbroken, just needed some tlc due to yellowing and sticker wear.

[STORMSHADOW_80]

Awesome! Much respect for the resto work. @F For Fake

[Buzzetta]

So, now I feel my Vintage Kenner Collection is "almost complete" (I don't know what I want to do with Tarkin)

There were three figures from the Kenner Vintage Collection that I felt were absolute necessities that should have been made into actual figures.   Tarkin, Slave Leia, and Han Solo in Stormtrooper disguise (especially since Luke was issued in Stormtrooper disguise).  I waited for Hasbro to offer these figures since they went in a slight "retro" direction but they only issued Tarkin.  The problem is that the Fans Strike Back Tarkin looks more like a Kenner design than the Hasbro team's effort. 

Arguments could be made for Dagobah Tank Top Luke, Rebel Fleet Soldier, and a couple of others.   But those were the heroes.  There is a custom vintage figure maker that has been making these for years called, The Fans Strike Back.  I ordered the Slave Leia and Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise in December.   Let's review.   There is some good... and some bad. 

The Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise is spot on and exactly as I would imagine that Kenner would have made it.  It recycles the Luke in Stormtrooper mold and provides a head that is similar to the small head 77' Han Solo figure.  The whites are what I expect and it feels durable.  I compared it to the original Luke in Stormtrooper figure and the feel and sizing is spot on.  I believe that the mold was copied for this and then tweaked to accommodate the Solo head.   The helmet though feels 'off'.  Don't know what it is but it feels closer to the knock off plastic than the original plastic.  (I have both as I have two Luke Stormtroopers and one has the original helmet and the other has a reproduction). 

Leia as Jabba's Prisoner... Slave Leia to the rest.  This is an entirely new design and exactly what I would expect Kenner to do. The design makes sense.  The braid is molded and the skirt is fabric. It feels like the material Kenner had used.  The question I have is over the plastic mix for the skin color.  It seems pink at times but then I remember that there were several figures that had that fleshy pink coloration in certain variants so it fits.  I was expecting it to be a bit paler maybe.  Either way, if I ever open up the barge to display vintage figures on, now I have a Slave Leia to showcase. 

Any questions... feel free to ask. 

I bought my samples loose.  The cards did not interest me for storage purposes and because I only have a complete loose collection. 

The SLC on the back of Han and somewhere on Leia stands for "Sith Lord Creations" 

 

Edited May 2, 2022 by Buzzetta

[srezvan]

I was kicking myself for not buying a Haslab Sentinel, so my wife recently bought me one for my birthday. For fun, I lined up the Sentinel from my youth, the Marvel Universe figure from a few years ago, and the new Haslab version. 

 

[wombat]

Picked these up at a horror convention this weekend. 

 

[fantastic_four]

On 5/2/2022 at 9:01 PM, srezvan said:

I was kicking myself for not buying a Haslab Sentinel, so my wife recently bought me one for my birthday. For fun, I lined up the Sentinel from my youth, the Marvel Universe figure from a few years ago, and the new Haslab version. 

Not sure if you heard all the hype about the Haslab Sentinel's knees being weak, but if it's a problem on yours the fix is pretty easy.  I've got three of them that I tightened the knees for and added gaskets to them, and they've all been in bent-knee poses for 6+ months without the knees giving out at all.

[fantastic_four]

There was one bit of news about Haslab last week--the Hasbro Marvel team did a bunch of Youtube interviews, and the lead marketer Ryan Ting affirmed that they've decided on the next Haslab project and should be revealing it later this year.  He gave no hints about what it could be.

[srezvan]

On 5/3/2022 at 8:07 AM, fantastic_four said:

Not sure if you heard all the hype about the Haslab Sentinel's knees being weak, but if it's a problem on yours the fix is pretty easy.  I've got three of them that I tightened the knees for and added gaskets to them, and they've all been in bent-knee poses for 6+ months without the knees giving out at all.

My Sentinel does fall over fairly easily. I'll need to look into this. Thanks.

[fantastic_four]

On 5/3/2022 at 12:46 PM, srezvan said:

My Sentinel does fall over fairly easily. I'll need to look into this. Thanks.

The issue with the knees is that Hasbro added ratchets to most of the leg joints, but there's an engineering design issue with them and the QA team never tested them so for most Sentinels the ratchets don't work.  But what you can do is tighten the screws in the knees; the video below overviews it.

While you're in there, you could also add washers to the knees to prevent the screws from loosening.  I bought the washers at the following Amazon link that fit the Sentinel's screws and added three per screw, and there are four knee screws so twelve total:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013G5XSB8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

Edited May 3, 2022 by fantastic_four

[followtheleader]

On 5/3/2022 at 9:03 AM, wombat said:

Picked these up at a horror convention this weekend. 

 

Is the Mastadge open? 
Curious what it looks like.

Patrick

[wombat]

On 5/3/2022 at 6:52 PM, followtheleader said:

Is the Mastadge open? 
Curious what it looks like.

Patrick

Everything inside is still sealed in the original packaging. 

[Buzzetta]

On 5/3/2022 at 6:52 PM, followtheleader said:

Is the Mastadge open? 
Curious what it looks like.

Patrick

http://www.cooltoyreview.com/Hasbro_StarGate_Mastadge.asp

Cooltoyreview has a decent archive of many things. 

[followtheleader]

On 5/3/2022 at 5:08 PM, wombat said:

Everything inside is still sealed in the original packaging. 

Kudos brother, kudos.  

Patrick

[atrocitus]

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]