Battle Armour Skeletor repair guide - MOTU - Toy Polloi
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- The Battle Armour feature used on He-man and Skeletor from Masters of the Universe is a great gimmick. But it does tend to stop working. So I thought it was time I took apart a few of my Skeletors to see if it could be fixed.
NOTE: Do not use this method on Battle Armour He-Man, he will not survive. He-man suffers with gold plastic syndrome and will shatter. You have been warned.
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How you figured out that torso cracking technique I’ll never know.. that’s why you’re the master! Awesome outro!
now if only ram man were that easy to open...
Brilliant!!!! I know what I'm going to be doing tonight.....
Another car I hope... hahaha 😜
Just kidding 😀
@@Tim-57 lol
Great idea splitting it open with the hammer! I thought you were going to cut it open and lose some of the plastic, but this is a marvelous solution!
I would put the slightly bit of oil to the spring to try to protect it from rusting again.
I had Battle Armor He-Man and Skeletor when they first came out. The He-Man figure had problems with its position mechanism right out of the packaging. 6-year-old me was devastated, so I wrote Mattel to explain what the problem was. Let me tell you, Mattel (at least back then) got an A+ because their response was to send me a brand new figure that YAY! worked like a champ!
i knew you were the best....this video just proved it once again...bravo.....thank you
Wow, thank you!
Well done! Thank you for showing so many how to keep the old toys alive and well!!
What a wonderful video sir I really thoroughly enjoyed this, This has inspired me to repair some of my own Masters of the Universe figures thank you.
Bought a Battle Armor Skeletor for $4.50 at a flea market yesterday. The memories came flooding back! His battle armor works, but I watched the video and subbed anyway! Such good information!
Just woke up in South Texas to another great video Dave, thank you and good morning!
this is a very good mechanical fix, didnt know tapping the arm pegs would loosen the glue of the body, keep up the good work n hope u find a broken battle armor he man to work with
I love this intro!!!!!! Hilarious man! You definitely are the “A-Team” of toy fixing and restoration.
This is so awesome! Fixed a Skeletor using this right after you posted it, and I fixed a He-Man tonight. I can confirm the plastic is softer on He-Man, though! Tried to be gentle but put a couple small cracks in his torso. Nothing a little glue couldn't fix, though, and he's good as new now!
I just tried to fix a He-Man and legitimately ripped it apart without even cracking at the seam. Not only is the torso hard as a rock, but the glue is too powerful!
hallo,
Ich danke dir für dieses ganz tolle Video.
Ich selbst habe vor wenigen Tagen auch einen BATTLE ARMOR SKELETOR bekommen.
Bei diesem war die rechte Achse herausgebrochen und der komplette Innenraum durch die Feder verrostet.
Mein Skeletor habe ich heute fertig gemacht, er steht wie eine eins, und die Brustpanzerrolle funktioniert teilweise.
Der Mechanismus der Feder ist wirklich sehr schwierig :D diesen habe ich dann mit einer Heißklebepistole fixiert.
Für den Anfang bin ich zufrieden, es könnte besser sein, aber wir sollen nicht vergessen dass das Spielzeug mittlerweile 40 Jahre hat
zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt werde ich ihm eine neue Feder schenken, hoffen wir dass er dann besser funktioniert
Ich danke dir für dieses wundervolle Video, du hast mir wirklich ganz toll geholfen.
Bitte macht genauso weiter und wenn möglich gerne noch viel mehr MOTU Restaurationsvideos
Liebe Grüße
Psychodad
I attempted this last night. I wasn’t able to get it so I gave up. Then the next morning I tried it again, got it finished perfectly, the actual torso cylinder got a little messy because I used glue, but I repainted the messy parts and now he’s good to go! I actually glued down the spring part sticking out. Worked pretty well. Thanks.
Thank you so much for these vids. You kept me busy for the last three weeks, seeking white vinyl and styrofoam rods. But also, thanks to you, got Leia and my Snowtrooper new capes, and Luke, Vader and Obi-Wan some extending lightsabers. Ram Man and Stridor also never looked better. Eagerly awaiting the next fix.
Brilliant as always mate. If I remember correctly if you use acid to remove rust when you finish you have to dip the metal piece in baking soda in order to stop the continuation of oxidation.
Thank you so much this makes making better savage he-men easier
This may help: ua-cam.com/video/QOJwBwc5Fz8/v-deo.html
@@toypolloi very much appreciated but there are some issues with the savage he-man but still you did a great job
Thanks so much for the helpful video! I received a broken Battle Armor Skeletor in a lot of figures. I followed your video and helped immensely to get it repaired! Also in the lot is a MotU Clawful with a dysfunctional Snapping Claw. Any chance you have an instructional video on repairing the spring-action?
Thanks Again & Cheers!
I am here from baremetalHW
Great channel I have liked and subscribed! 😊
Thanks for coming over.
Wow I'll have to give this fix a try on my skeletor.
I've heard of the hammer trick before but it's nice to see it actually works!
I loved the battle damage feature when I was a kid
I remember having some toy cars with a simular feature when they crashed, I think they were made by matchbox
Yeah, those are called Crack-ups. It uses the same feature.
@@toypolloi thanks mate :) I might see if I can track some down now I have the name
Great video as usual
Those cars are hot wheels crackups
absolutly fabulous..
Heck yea, Claw Hammer rocks so hard!
Thank you k just got my battle armor skeletor and it wasn't working I did everything except the holding the spring with the knife part at the end I just made sure it had tension and it was facing up I put it back together and it worked thanks cool video and channel
Holy Moly Dave
I have never been this early commenting 😉
Nice fix as usual.
I keep meaning to let you know how I fixed the thumbs on the small GI Joe.
I drilled a small hole, put in a paper clip and molded the clay around it.
All inspired by you.
Take care.
Tim
Tim 57
Sounds cool
@@camcordernonsense5264
Thank you 🙂
Tim 57 I’m gonna try that, thanks.
@@kleverstudios
You are welcome.
I hope that it works for you, as it did for me.
Battle Armour Skeletor! READY FOR ROUND 2!😈
Dave...you are the master of repairs!
Awesome job!!
Amazing fix this will save so many battle armor figs and gives me the confidence of making a battle armor faker
Another great fix! I'm sure the tip with the tapping will come in handy for other figure line restorations as well. By the way, the outro was a nice touch 😆 😆 😆
I've been waiting 30 years for this video :D
I’m glad you did this, because I’m currently looking at a Battle Armor Skeletor with that same problem, I’ll see if I can get it and try this. Thanks 👍🏽✌🏽
Great stuff! Spring loaded toys always give me a headache!
I had this one, and I love him and the He-Man one.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again...man, I love being a Toy Polloi fan.
That's funtastic !.Thank you for doing this and showing us your handiwork !.I had thought about putting one in the freezer,then after,into boiling water,to see if it would crack open.I have a few of each that aren't working and I am going to try this now !.I have always been curious if the tumblers are both identical,with just different emblems on them.Now,once they are open,I can compare their inner structures.Thank you again !.Take care & stay well !.Jeff.
Toy polloi the great fixer😎👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
i don't know if it helps, but i'd seen a video where someone put some old figure into the freezer overnight and that seemed to help break the old glue when prying apart.
Kyle: Lots of kids want to play with toys in the bath, like me. That might be why they get rusty inside.
Kyle's Dad: Yep...we better watch out for that. Another interesting video from you, Mr. Toy Polloi! Great work.
At last another video great work as always my friend
marvelous work, like always... i love this MOTU repairs, thank you very much
Awesome!
Great videos , I have a broken battle armor heman, but it's his twist punch.
The battle armour figures didn't have the waist mechanism, it was not possible to do both. So you're figure is not broken, that's how they all came.
@toypolloi I unfortunately found that out the hard way, being I didn't pay close attention to when you cracked you skeletor open. The battle armor he man is pretty thin.
I have to admit, I wouldn't have thought of taking a hammer to an action figure to break a glue weld. I'd love to know if a He-Man figure battle armor figure could withstand that sort of thing, as you've noted that Skeletor is made of a different and harder plastic.
Thank you ❤
Welcome!
Hilarious ending!
Amazing intro and outro! Do you do the editing yourself? What music is that in the end, love your channel!! Thanks
I would suggest to add a soft cloth on each peg before tapping with the hammer.Also a plastic tool rather than a knfie is a safer option :)
Thanks for the tips.
I seen amother guy on UA-cam do this, but I think it was in German .I carefully watched his technique but I was afraid to try it because I couldn’t understand what he was saying to do with the hammer. Lol. Thank you for explaining it. I have two or three Skeletors that need this repair. I may be wrong but I believe all of the bodies for MOTU Is an ABS plastic. It should all be roughly the same. Maybe some are thinner than others though, but ABS is impact resistant. I have cut some of the regular bodies apart with a razor knife and reassemble them trying to repair the action punch feature. I haven’t figured that out yet either. I hope you figure that out soon. I would love to see you do a video on that. You are the master! Your work inspires me to repair and experiment with some of my toys. Thank you for what you do.
I've not seen that. I will take a look and see what he does. Cheers
Toy Polloi I think it’s basically the same thing you are doing . I’m just not bilingual.
I seen him motion with a hammer and I was like “ is he being sarcastic or is that the technique that works?” Your demonstration confirmed to me that “yep that will work “ thanks again.
Great video! Do you have or know of a fix for the springs in the waist of a MOTU figure?
The hammer technique does not work on B.A. heman unfortunately. The plastic is too flexible. It will just bend not splitting apart.
That is what I suspected.
Very informative thank you
Very welcome
Wow, the intro is great.
Thanks bro, finally i could repair that damn mechanism ja ja
My pleasure.
Worked perfectly,thanks!
i did not know.. u got banned from forum for repair old toy... for me is good to have a video how to repair old toy can use for the future..keep it up on your work.
Lol there is ZERO chance I’d crack them the way you did haha. Now I know it works I’ll def be doing it on mine which only rotates once not twice
Probably best way is to do this when repairing band also
Could just leave out the battle damage drum and keep the chest open so Thunder Punch He-Man can put his fist right into Skeletor.
Awesome repair job, I always wanted to know how to repair one of these Battle Armour figures. I wonder do you think you could get the same result of getting it open with a hard rubber mallet to minimize scuffing the joint?
A rubber mallet may work, but as you are only hitting the arm peg, any marks are hidden. And as you see it only took a few taps for it to split. If you use a piece of wood to rest the figure on, then that protects the other peg as well. Cheers
Great thanks :)
another great video!
i'm about to try this on my battle armor He-Man i'll let you know how it goes!
I wouldn't. He will just crack.
Another great toy restore video thanks man
YES! Thank you!
I have this skeletor when i was a kid 😩
Genius!!! Amazing work again👍
You Made The Same way i did. Wonderfull. I was so proud of My repair . Cool Video. Greetz from Germany :)
They woulnt have glued these (well, they may have but as an engineer thst designs things for mass production i know a lot of techniques and "wet" processes are frowned upon). I would suspect the two halves are pushed together then with an ultrasonic welder bonded by fusing the material together. Very tough and bloody hard to rework or repair.
Hola amigo lindos muñecos
I subscribed because of baremetalhw and I am glad I did. Your channel rocks.
Thanks Craig, glad you came over! Cheers
Love this video. What causes the battle armor to fail? Also can u do a video on how to fix the waist action please.
Mine still works well
Hello. My spring is broken in three pieces, because of the rust. Any ideas??? Thank you so much
Great fix!
Cool Video.... I love to fix stuff my self... you are a big help
will not work with the heman armour
Very cool, you are amazing!
Estaria bien hacer un video sobre la capa de scare glow vintage y abriendo masters de las nuevas aventuras!!!
PLEASE!!!
JE-SUZ so many skeletors!!!
Tap that Skeletor!
I have a skeletor with a pushed in chest. Is this the same process to fix?
I have hit the areas with a hammer several times - often quite hard - and can't get this to split for the life of me. Any ideas?
Good morning sir. :)
Do you think the technique with the hammer would work with the 90's G.I.JOE action figures? I need to split open a few Ninja for JOEs to change the O-rings.
Cheers.
Very nice! Do you have any tutorial about fixing the waist mechanism?
Same problem here. I have a few MOTU figures that I used to take with me to bathe when I was a kid. Would love to get them to work again.
Yo that gentle hammer technique is awesome brother :D shoot now I got to try to fix mine :D great video brother :D
Excellent repair video! Could you do it for Battle Armour He-Man? It would be of great help! :)
From what I read it dosnt work for he-man.
Now that you know how to open up the chest of motu figures, would it be possible for you to repair the spring mechanism for the near-term waist?
I've got a He Man where his chest piece is at a angle in his chest.
Toypolloi do you knkw how to crack open a He man, i tried this method and its not working.
Thanks
Bummer! I tried it on my BA He-Man, plastic seems too brittle it cracked front and back where it's weak in the reveal opening of the armor... Thanks for the vid though!
I did say I thought it wouldn't work on he-man. The silver plastic is really weak. Now I know to try a different technique.
Anyway to repair twist punch on MOTU figures?
Well I have mine to repair... Afraid of the hammer part
Nice How to
Once again awesome, I have a He- Man that isn't working. So I'm going to try it out this weekend. Let you know the results.
Be careful, the plastic use on he-man is different, and I have a feeling it won't be so easy. That's why I am saying this is a fix just for Skeletor at the moment. If I can find some broken He-man figures I will do more tests. Cheers
I sure will, what is the email address to send my pocket money memory video.
You can find my contact details in the about section on my UA-cam channel. I look forward to seeing what your memory is. Cheers
Did you end up fixing your he-man with same process?
Hi. I’m in Australia and looking to locate one of the springs that’s inside of either the he man or skeletor battle armour figures. The one inside the figures that spins the chest plates that simulate the damage around. Any idea where I could get one?
Any suggestions on replacing the spring. Mine is completely rusted and snaps when I try to adjust it.
You might find something similar on eBay. I've bought lots of odd shaped springs for projects.
Hi! I'm trying to swap torsos on motu figures but can't get the torso open up by tapping with a hammer. Do you have any pointers for me? Should I put it in boiling water first?
This technique only works on a couple of figures. You need to cut them apart otherwise. And it's not easy to do without damaging the figure.
Thanks for the quick answer. I'm trying to swap the crotch piece (with the legs) of Man-e Faces and Trapjaw. I know the legs are the same, but I need Man-e's crotch piece on Trapjaw for a custom project.
Have you tried opening a vintage Heman or Skeletor with waist spring using this method?
I wonder if it would work the same as those figures had hard plastic bodies like B.A. Skeletor.
This only works on certain plastic. It won't work on most of the rest of the Motu figures.
@@toypolloi good to know, I appreciate you sharing.
Is there a way to take the black off the top of the legs on the battle armour He-man and Skeletor figures ?
Not really. Check out my video on crotch rot.