I fully restored an attak trak last year. I have four original rubberbands sealed in the bag, but they dried out, so I couldn‘t use it. Instead I used black rubberbands from tatoo maschines I bought on E-bay. That works very well. My seatbelt and the battery cover is original. The stickers are replacements in good quality. To care of the old plastic, I use always Balistol (a german weapons oil you can use for so many things to care on). Great job, and greetings from germany.
Nevermind the haters!! I've learned so many valuable tips, tricks and custom ideas from you informative videos. Your love for these wonderful old toys is so apparent and refreshing in a world gone wild for the latest greatest things.
Another excellent video!!! Thank you so much for sharing your innovative ideas and approaches to bringing life back to these wonderful toys. A job very well done!!! It's very kind of you to offer the decals. I look forward to reconditioning my Attak Trak!
I just figured out a cool way to make the stickers look more like the originals aka vintage-ish. I printed them out on plain paper, used double sided sticky tape on the back and after applying them I used clear nail polish on them. The Polish of Na-il soaks into the paper and it makes them a bit shiny. It saturates the colours and makes them look older.
A brilliant source for cheap rubber are bicycle innertubes, I always keep my old tubes that are beyond repair. I think poundland sell innertubes, I wouldn't trust them on my bike but would be ok for something like this. Great content thanks for sharing.
Great job! It’s amazing how just cleaning up a vintage figure/vehicle will make it look brand new again and how well the toys were made back then. Great job, also, on the decals!
Need to get a Mr. clean Magic eraser to remove the scuff marks from the plastic that what my son and I use on our Frankenstein Star Wars toy builds. Love to channel, look forward to the next episode. My son says hi hello from Wichita.
Wow that upscale software is great, that's one of the biggest pitfalls with scanning old print items the Halftone factor, wonderful there is something to remedy that. Used to scan comic books and it always looked bad, like a photocopy of a photocopy in image quality drop.
Hey there Dave! I hope you are well. Great vid as usual my friend. I always love the rugged build of the classic MOTU toys. I could just hear in the plastic, as you handled it how durable it was. These things took major beatings from us kids and they still work and are as solid today as the day they were made. Thank you good sir.🙏
@@toypolloi I sure did! I never would have thought about the tape deck bands. I was thinking more of some sort of adhesive backed rubber that I would need to cut out or something. Thanks for this!
Yeah, I made this guy out of parts I had. Body and legs are he-man, arms from Tri-clops, and the head is a repainted French Prince Adam that was covered in blue pen. The end result looks really nice.
On the tread bands, I was looking at stepper motor belts. The rubber belts that are used on filament based 3D printing machines to move the machine parts around. Haven't found anything exact yet. But they do have a similar tread pattern which hooks into a drive gear on the motors of the printer.
I bought a bag of black rubber bands for mine, but they're kind of a really dark grey. I think the belts are much closer to, if not the same as, the originals.
@@toypolloi The elastic bands are okay and would do the job, but they come with that distinctive smell, as well. I'm curious to see what the inevitable Origins version comes with.
Go to an automotive or tire shop. Somebody that sells tires and inner tubes. See if they have any busted inner tubes. Use them to cut out the belt parts.
Thank you so much for this video, now I can go and fix mine. I will have to see if I can find rubber for the belt, currently I'm using a 7.5mm wide cable tie, cut to length and rounded the edges. Is there a reliable way to de-yellow the clear plastic on the wheels?
A couple of my MOTU vehicles had batteries left in that leaked and caused heavy corrosion. Do you have any videos dealing with that? I'm wondering if I need to try to completely replace the contacts (which seems especially difficult on the Attak Trak).
Hi, one of the legs have come off my attack trak. I have no idea how to attach it back on. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.. love ur videos
Do you have all the bits of plastic. One of the wheels on this was broken and I quickly repaired it with plastic weld. Didn't show it as there was really nothing to see.
@@toypolloi hard to tell for me. I bought it with the wheel separated, so i cant tell if its missing something or not unless i try to pull off another wheel to compare.
The orange part of the wheel should have a cylindrical pole sticking out of it that is pushed over the metal rod in the body. DM via any of my social media channels if you want send a photo of it. Cheers
Nice job and thanks for restoring my children's toys, but I have seen in many of the last videos that you say many times, example "THE BATTERY COVER" they did not look good that you put them in later and I don't know why you don't do it at the time of the video If it is due to laziness or you want to show that it is a poor job, it also happens with the paint match, I think that those of us who see your video deserve a quality job with a final result that meets the best of your effort and although I understand your premise is to spend little money and do it well greetings.
Thanks, I think. Some fixes don't need to be perfect, it's always good to remember that. And the battery cover is a great example. It's hidden on the bottom of the vehicle and will never be seen. Currently the UK is in lockdown and has been for many months so I can't go the shops to find the exact match of paint so I just use what I have. It's not perfect but it does a good enough job for now. In future when I can get out and properly pick up paint again I may come back to this and repaint it. For now it works just fine. Things do not need to be 100% correct to be enjoyed. Wabi Sabi all the way.
Had this as a kid and actually forgot all about it. Wonder what even happened to all the vehicles I had. I saved all the he-men but the vehicles disappeared
I was mostly joking. But being as I have a huge vintage collection, and they are all loose, most of my MOTU could use new stickers. So it wouldn't hurt me if you eventually did. I appreciate all the work and thank you for sharing the downloads with us. Now to go find some decent photo paper to print with.
I started following you on Instagram. If you find up my Instagram(BurningHeartCustomCreations) I have up pics of my collection there. Although I've picked up more recently and still need to build some more shelving to get it all displayed better.
Where do you get off fixing the toys that you own! HOW DARE YOU! Making a new battery cover?!? What gives you the right? Are you Mattel or a licensed representative of their company? Did you get PERMISSION? That battery cover will obviously spontaneously combust when those knock off wheel bands cause He-Man to wreck and kick the bucket leaving all of Eternia to fall under the unscrupulous Mwah-ha-ha-ha of Skeletor. You should leave broken incomplete toys broken and incomplete! THEY BELONG IN A MUSEUM!!! Okay I couldn't think of anymore dumb stuff to say so well done! Good find on the tape belts as wheel bands! Great video!
I dont even collect heman toys or Action Man toys, I just enjoy watching this, it is very intresting.
Glad you enjoyed
That handmade battery cover was very impressive
Thank you for enhancing the stickersheet and making it free for personal use!
You are so welcome!
@@toypolloi Yes cause the guys on Ebay do charge a bit.
As kids we used to cut strips of old bicycle tube for the tracks.
battery cover=masterpiece. I love when you work on the MOTU means of transportation!
I fully restored an attak trak last year. I have four original rubberbands sealed in the bag, but they dried out, so I couldn‘t use it. Instead I used black rubberbands from tatoo maschines I bought on E-bay. That works very well. My seatbelt and the battery cover is original. The stickers are replacements in good quality. To care of the old plastic, I use always Balistol (a german weapons oil you can use for so many things to care on). Great job, and greetings from germany.
just sitting here waiting for Eddy's review...
Groovin tunes up in here.
Love that wash up music! You know you made it when you have your own theme music! Cheers
exactly
Nevermind the haters!! I've learned so many valuable tips, tricks and custom ideas from you informative videos. Your love for these wonderful old toys is so apparent and refreshing in a world gone wild for the latest greatest things.
Never really into MOTU but this is a fantastic restore
Thank you so much,for your motu videos.You helped me to fix my vintage motu figures and vehicles.thank you mister.
Happy to help
It's a clever toy - the MOTU vehicles were unique in how they moved, eschewing basic wheels and tracks.
I'm from Argentina and see that you used the Top Toys stickers scans. Is good to see that you make new version, now i can restore mine. Thanks :D
Glad you like them!
Another awesome video Brother. Always suspenseful. Always rewarding. Thanks again.
Another excellent video!!! Thank you so much for sharing your innovative ideas and approaches to bringing life back to these wonderful toys. A job very well done!!! It's very kind of you to offer the decals. I look forward to reconditioning my Attak Trak!
I just figured out a cool way to make the stickers look more like the originals aka vintage-ish. I printed them out on plain paper, used double sided sticky tape on the back and after applying them I used clear nail polish on them. The Polish of Na-il soaks into the paper and it makes them a bit shiny. It saturates the colours and makes them look older.
A brilliant source for cheap rubber are bicycle innertubes, I always keep my old tubes that are beyond repair. I think poundland sell innertubes, I wouldn't trust them on my bike but would be ok for something like this. Great content thanks for sharing.
Seriously, you're the best! I might actually get around to fixing mine up now. ♥ Thank you!
same
Keeping this in mind when I get mine
I really must on with my collection. I loved he-man back in the day. Best toy line ever. I'd still love a guide to re-flocking Panthor.
My dad and his brother buried his old human 12 inch figures in my grandpa's backyard, I tried so hard to find them with a shovel. Sadly not luck.
That edit at 0.35 makes it look like you though He Man up in the air and he lands on his feet........well done 🤣🤣
The goofiest, most impractical, yet most awesome thing in the He-Man line. Always wanted one.
Brilliant Dave!!!! Just waiting for my attak trak to arrive, this video will help me no end 👍🙏
Dave, if you ever do some more Toy Polloi badges, you should definitely include the phrase "...snugger fit". 😄👍
Ha ha. Not noticed that one before. Thanks :D
Gigapixel is pretty legit. Worth the price in my opinion. Keep up the solid work. Oh yeah, great music selections, as usual.
Great job! It’s amazing how just cleaning up a vintage figure/vehicle will make it look brand new again and how well the toys were made back then. Great job, also, on the decals!
Great video! Another fantastic restoration, always impressive and entertaining
Thank you very much!
18:07 Gigapixel did an amazing job on that old fluffy scan 😯
Great video Dave. Top tip on the wheel belts👍
I have 6 of these three fully competed and the other three are missing wheels and even side cannons but love your idea on the battery covers.
I still own mine as well
Need to get a Mr. clean Magic eraser to remove the scuff marks from the plastic that what my son and I use on our Frankenstein Star Wars toy builds. Love to channel, look forward to the next episode. My son says hi hello from Wichita.
I don't like those magic erasers. They are quite abrasive and can damage the plastic.
I want Colin Furze or the Hacksmith to build a full-size version of this one too
Love your videos the tutorials are very helpful
Just wonderful 👏👏👏👏👏
Wow that upscale software is great, that's one of the biggest pitfalls with scanning old print items the Halftone factor, wonderful there is something to remedy that. Used to scan comic books and it always looked bad, like a photocopy of a photocopy in image quality drop.
Great restoration, great detail on the stickers and that replacement battery cover is awesome
Beautiful!
Great video and an awesome project. Well done
Thank you very much!
Hey there Dave! I hope you are well. Great vid as usual my friend. I always love the rugged build of the classic MOTU toys. I could just hear in the plastic, as you handled it how durable it was. These things took major beatings from us kids and they still work and are as solid today as the day they were made. Thank you good sir.🙏
Good work.
Fantatstic Video and a great help, thank you!
Nice job, also I thought the mate stickers didn't look quite nice, the glossy ones look a lot better
Brilliant!
Now this turned out awesome. I will be working on mine soon. Love how u show us how to do these restorations for ourselves. Keep up the great work!!!
Fantastic!!!
Many thanks!
A good matter could be how to modify vehicles to make the figure sit properly
Downloaded the stickers for an extra I have earlier lol great timing
Nice!!
wooo hooo! I've been waiting for this!
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@toypolloi I sure did! I never would have thought about the tape deck bands. I was thinking more of some sort of adhesive backed rubber that I would need to cut out or something. Thanks for this!
Thanks Dave, perfect as always.
Hello Dave 🙂
What an interesting vehicle.
Your fixes and touchups make it look great!
Thanks for sharing and take care.
Toys are fun!
He-Man has Tri-Clops's arms on. I did the same thing when I was a kid. I never liked the unpainted gauntlets on He-Man.
Yeah, I made this guy out of parts I had. Body and legs are he-man, arms from Tri-clops, and the head is a repainted French Prince Adam that was covered in blue pen. The end result looks really nice.
Smashing work on this, the battery cover looks great. Fond memories of this, I’m sure I used to attach a passenger at the rear of the vehicle 🤔
On the tread bands, I was looking at stepper motor belts. The rubber belts that are used on filament based 3D printing machines to move the machine parts around. Haven't found anything exact yet. But they do have a similar tread pattern which hooks into a drive gear on the motors of the printer.
Fantastic video as always dave, now I just need to find one to repair!
Love the motu! Nice 2 dave!
I bought a bag of black rubber bands for mine, but they're kind of a really dark grey. I think the belts are much closer to, if not the same as, the originals.
I was thinking of getting rubber bands as well. These came up while I was searching and I thought they looked a closer match.
@@toypolloi The elastic bands are okay and would do the job, but they come with that distinctive smell, as well.
I'm curious to see what the inevitable Origins version comes with.
Great video ...and great toy
Thank you 🤗
@@toypolloi 🤙🤙🤙🤙
Very nice one I would love to get back
I was looking forward to this one. Great work 👏 👍👍.
Glad you enjoyed it
What about cutting a 4mm (or better 5, because the stretching will thin them out) strip of a bicycle innertube for the rubbers?
Dang, I really wanna get one of these!
Nice! 😲 at this point, is there any Masters Of The Universe toys you haven’t worked on?
Loads and loads. I don't have that many MOTU toys really.
Super nice and interesting video as always.
Do you have any suggestion on how to make a replacement armor (chest plate) and shield for He-Man? =)
Go to an automotive or tire shop. Somebody that sells tires and inner tubes. See if they have any busted inner tubes. Use them to cut out the belt parts.
What a guy
Perfect !!
Say, would the MOTU origins figures fit in with these old MOTU vehicles?
Whats the Facebook group name? Great job on such a great motu vehicle.
Why is there no normal plastic weld at amazon?
Thank you so much for this video, now I can go and fix mine. I will have to see if I can find rubber for the belt, currently I'm using a 7.5mm wide cable tie, cut to length and rounded the edges.
Is there a reliable way to de-yellow the clear plastic on the wheels?
Thanks. I never have much luck de-yellowing clear plastic. If often causes it to go cloudy. So I just leave it as is.
@@toypolloi Thank you, will just give it a good cleaning then.
A couple of my MOTU vehicles had batteries left in that leaked and caused heavy corrosion. Do you have any videos dealing with that? I'm wondering if I need to try to completely replace the contacts (which seems especially difficult on the Attak Trak).
I have videos on removing battery residue. Cheers
your heman is so shiny? painted arm bands ?
He's a Mish mash figure I made from the remains of a few. Arms are from Tri-clops. Head is from Prince Adam. The rest is a He-man.
Hi, one of the legs have come off my attack trak. I have no idea how to attach it back on. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.. love ur videos
Do you have all the bits of plastic. One of the wheels on this was broken and I quickly repaired it with plastic weld. Didn't show it as there was really nothing to see.
@@toypolloi hard to tell for me. I bought it with the wheel separated, so i cant tell if its missing something or not unless i try to pull off another wheel to compare.
The orange part of the wheel should have a cylindrical pole sticking out of it that is pushed over the metal rod in the body.
DM via any of my social media channels if you want send a photo of it. Cheers
Nice job and thanks for restoring my children's toys, but I have seen in many of the last videos that you say many times, example "THE BATTERY COVER" they did not look good that you put them in later and I don't know why you don't do it at the time of the video If it is due to laziness or you want to show that it is a poor job, it also happens with the paint match, I think that those of us who see your video deserve a quality job with a final result that meets the best of your effort and although I understand your premise is to spend little money and do it well greetings.
Thanks, I think.
Some fixes don't need to be perfect, it's always good to remember that. And the battery cover is a great example. It's hidden on the bottom of the vehicle and will never be seen. Currently the UK is in lockdown and has been for many months so I can't go the shops to find the exact match of paint so I just use what I have. It's not perfect but it does a good enough job for now. In future when I can get out and properly pick up paint again I may come back to this and repaint it. For now it works just fine.
Things do not need to be 100% correct to be enjoyed. Wabi Sabi all the way.
Had this as a kid and actually forgot all about it. Wonder what even happened to all the vehicles I had. I saved all the he-men but the vehicles disappeared
Where do you get these contact cleaners from?
Check out the toolshop section of toypolloi.com Cheers
JUST POST THE DEGOBAH SWAMP ALREDY!!!!!!!!!
A few more weeks. I have a backlog of videos to release and I try to vary what gets repaired each week. Next week is Star Wars, but not the swamp.
@@toypolloi 😢
If I wait long enough, are you going to make replacement stickers for all of the MOTU stuff I need to replace stickers on? 😁
Most likely. It may take a while as my project list is quite long. I will get to them all in the end I hope.
I was mostly joking. But being as I have a huge vintage collection, and they are all loose, most of my MOTU could use new stickers. So it wouldn't hurt me if you eventually did. I appreciate all the work and thank you for sharing the downloads with us. Now to go find some decent photo paper to print with.
I started following you on Instagram. If you find up my Instagram(BurningHeartCustomCreations) I have up pics of my collection there. Although I've picked up more recently and still need to build some more shelving to get it all displayed better.
I can no longer take offence at the skill and care taken. I have moved on to take ofwall and am considering which other boundaries I can prefix of!
Where do you get off fixing the toys that you own! HOW DARE YOU! Making a new battery cover?!? What gives you the right? Are you Mattel or a licensed representative of their company? Did you get PERMISSION? That battery cover will obviously spontaneously combust when those knock off wheel bands cause He-Man to wreck and kick the bucket leaving all of Eternia to fall under the unscrupulous Mwah-ha-ha-ha of Skeletor. You should leave broken incomplete toys broken and incomplete! THEY BELONG IN A MUSEUM!!!
Okay I couldn't think of anymore dumb stuff to say so well done! Good find on the tape belts as wheel bands! Great video!
3D printer. Needs to be your next purchase
My electric lawnmower doesn’t require that much batter power 🤣
don't use gigapixel, it introduces artifacts and dosent tesemble the original scan
What would you suggest?
This was a noisy toy. My dad hated this thing and looked at it hatred. People this thing took huge batteries 🔋
All MOTU are very noisy. The Dragon Walker is just as bad. I can only run them for a minute or so before it gets to much.
The dragon walker... the toy so loud you had to yell over it to do dialogue. You never stop me Skeletor! Whatt?! I SAID!!!
I keep buying Japanese toys how do I stop?
Do you want to?
@@toypolloi I dunno lol, no other country makes anime girl dolls