Vintage G.I.Joe Broken knee repair - Toy Polloi

[@toypolloi]

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[@sithcarebear1]

I always loved these old O-Ring Joes. I would spend hours mixing and matching parts to create my own new figures. Great fix Dave!😃

[@christopherlacher3544]

I use the little red hoses that come with wd-40 cans work great. But I do like this method. And believe I will use it from now on. Just ordered some of those lego parts on ebay.

[@davidtexmex1616]

Smashing repairs as standard 👏🏼 Lego needs to get sponsoring you with a custom parts-toolkit launch 👨‍🔧

[@kieronball8962]

With Dave and Toy Polloi around, G.I. Joe will always have a leg to stand on! :)

[@GreyHulk2156]

You're the MacGyver of toys, fixing things with just a paperclip, PTFE tape and some LEGO. ;P

[@impossiblepie]

Dave , thank you for helping to save the environment, because of your fantastic repair videos , less broken toys are now being saved from garbage dumps around the world! Cheers!

[@toypolloi]

Thanks 👍

[@manofaction1807]

Brilliant!!! What a great idea. Now all I need are a bag of antennas. Put a little nail polish in the bob that the knee attaches to. It will snug it up.

[@occamsrazor4370]

This is absolutely fantastic. I’ve never seen this approach to fixing G.I.Joe’s (Action Force). Looks like I need some legos. Now if you can find something for arm joints, never seen a repair of thous ever. Thanks bro. Nice tip

[@toypolloi]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rawnostalgia]

are you referring to the elbow? or are you meaning the top part of the arm that fixes into the body?

[@Portal2099]

Good info Dave!. I need to get some lego antennas. Also, Night Viper in particular has a lot of pegs... the pegs on his leg to hold his gun, and the pegs that hold his visor on, then another peg that holds the night vision scope onto the visor. Thank you buddy!

[@TheHBHikerBoyScout]

I found you can repair that bottom peg on Night Viper with the right size comb tooth. Fits the accessory perfect.

[@davecardoza4762]

Great fix today Dave. Thank you for giving us great ideas on fixing our Gi.Joes. The plastic used on these action figures was so delicate that the joints would break easily due to constant play. I have 2 Night Vipers and I fixed the leg of one, but there's another problem with that particular action figure. The two connectors on the sides of the helmet where the visors or night vision goggles go, are always breaking. I would love to see another video where you tackle that problem. Again, thanks Dave for your superb ideas on how to fix these toys. 👍

[@lemontangs]

Night Viper was my favorite G.I Joe as a kid. Now my kids play with it as well as a host of others Joe's. My biggest bane with this character was the visor and rifle holster stubs (on the leg) would always keep breaking. Still to this day a cool looking toy.

[@thetworoos]

A great how-to guide for a common problem! Nice job! 😃

[@nyquist75]

Yo Joe! I might even try this thanks.

[@Tim-57]

Thanks Dave🙂

[@kayvtv]

Night Viper was my first toy! :D

[@KatrinaLeFaye]

Congrats on your 50k subscribers, your capes have made my Star Wars figures did them proud.

[@toypolloi]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Byle1990s]

Broken knees that’s me every day.

[@frankschuler2867]

Beautiful! Just like new!

[@irish3335]

Super useful into thanks for sharing and demonstrating!

[@toypolloi]

My pleasure!

[@r.davidhill7639]

Another great video David.

[@sdavifcom]

Thoses are rather simple fixes, but great nonetheless. Thanks Dave.

[@toypolloi]

Not all fixes need to be complicated. Most times simple is best.

[@1980mke]

just picked up an ice viper last summer

[@dougjames4972]

Lego to the rescue!!!!

[@thedaleymeelee3389]

Wonderful and very useful video. Thanks!

[@toypolloi]

You are welcome!

[@darthcerebrus5074]

I know this video is a couple of years old so I will just add that plastiweld or uv resin gives a longer lasting hold than super glue.

[@actionfigureplus]

Awesome repair fix!

[@toypolloi]

Thanks 👍

[@eltenda]

Great how to

[@rawnostalgia]

This is a great tutorial, I've been watching a lot of your videos of late and since I had been picking up some loose and broken figures it helps a great deal thank you and congrats on your subscribers

[@toypolloi]

Glad you like them!

[@macorourke2222]

Great video Brother Thanks for sharing 😀 👍 ♥️ 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸🌎🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯

[@brianartillery]

Excellent fix, Dave. As I watched this, I thought: 'Just like the Germans have a word for everything, LEGO have a part for everything.'

[@TheChibitodd]

Great video ! Again

[@toypolloi]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@garym6315]

I'd definitely be interested in more videos about joint repairs for these sort of figures - luckily my Action Force figures are mostly okay but my Galoob A-Team figures seem to be broken everywhere, and luckily those and the Black Hole figures seem to use the same basic design as these Action Force / GI Joe figures.

[@MisterCasket]

I'd call them Landmine Vipers.

[@lemuelsanabrialopez5789]

I love your video

[@oliverbelmonte7077]

Ah.....another unique way to fix the legs of your 3 3/4 inch vintage gijoes, courtesy of Sir Dave.

[@grizzlehorn7387]

I learn so much from you @toypolloi

[@jonboldrey5339]

Killing it dave with the videos! 👍🧐

[@aroexplorer]

Congratulations on the work!. excellent video. Do you have any tips to improve the articulation of the Joes' legs?. over time, they become soft and lose stability to stand. big hug from Brazil!.

[@toypolloi]

Yeah, that's an old video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqXQp2d8n8d-jNU

[@autoneurotic]

I love GI Joes but my God, they were the most fragile toys I had growing up. Each and every figure became destroyed in time.

[@Dustin2112]

Oh the HUMANITY! Poor Legos

[@erikw5]

I don’t know if you take requests but do you know if it’s possible to fix the spark action for the G1 transformers that had that gimmick?

[@GreyHulk2156]

With all your mentions of "G.I. Joe knee", it made me think maybe we have a name for the female Joes now. "G.I. Joanie". ;P

[@AveryMontembeault]

Would you use a similar method to repair the pegs on the outside thigh of the night viper (or rock n roll v2, metalhead, etc.)?

[@toypolloi]

Most likely, yes.

[@jeremygregorio7472]

He used to be a soldier until he took an arrow to the knee

[@mykeg2401]

Only if 8 year old me had this knowledge… I had Quite a few joes that didn’t make it home to mama joe….

[@ZombieKG]

I just bought a Night Viper with a broken visor peg. Which lego piece would you recommend to replace it with? I thought of using the Lego piece commonly used as the gear shift in smaller sets

[@toypolloi]

Whip antenna is the smallest you can get. Either that or some smaller diameter styrene rod.

[@ZombieKG]

@@toypolloi Thank you sir 👍

[@KirksCORNER-1983]

Cool work but I sure hope you don't sell these I'd hate to get 1 of these in my Collection not knowing it's been broken at 1 time.

[@bretticus6722]

Would this method work on an 84 Breaker figure?

[@toypolloi]

Worth a try. I think they are all the same or very similar in construction.

[@chartreuseninjano.7762]

What about GI Joe rust stains

[@occamsrazor4370]

White vinegar. Drop The screws in the vinegar for a couple hours. Brush them clean.

[@WeaselJuice]

All my Joes are starting to disintegrate, so I’ve started selling them on EBay while they are still in one piece. I’ll take that $ and reinvest in the newer generations.

[@idkwhattocallrchannel]

Dear toy polloi I was wondering if you could help with my action man collection .have a good day

[@toypolloi]

What help do you need?

[@idkwhattocallrchannel]

@@toypolloi to expand it and I have so much uniforms I need some figures

[@toypolloi]

I would suggest joining some of the Action Man Facebook groups. Always plenty on offer there.

[@idkwhattocallrchannel]

@@toypolloi OK