Vintage He-Man Face restoration - Masters of the Universe - Toy Polloi

[@AC-gb7do]

This channel is criminally undersubscribed, it’s crazy how informative Dave is!

[@toypolloi]

Totally agree. I've tried everything I can to get seen and get new subs, and so far it's very slow going. Maybe one day I will have a big surge.

[@spunkhead]

toy polloi is a legend....

[@erickburgraff4521]

My 7 year old son and I absolutely love this channel. I love seeing him experience these toys for the first time while watching your show.

[@ronaldquiros9599]

Waoooooooooooo exelent transformation 🇨🇷

[@TENACI0USP]

Your content is really enjoyable, but you keep fast forwarding through the best parts. Watching the actual restoration is very relaxing. Could you do an alternate vid where you don’t speed up the best bits, please

[@Dylanquinn666]

Great video! I got myself a vintage Hordak that's seen better days. I'm planning on disassembling him, replacing the rubber leg joints, priming him in grey and doing a complete repaint. Nice to know regular miniature paints will do the job! I'm gonna get the airbrush out for the larger areas.

[@Classic80sFanboy]

Another fantastic video Dave. Proud to be called a channel member.

[@toypolloi]

Thanks again!

[@mikesmith2718]

Amazing what paint will do for played with figures. The content has been very good recently with a wide variety of toylines and fixes.

[@dougjames4972]

I like how you kept the french He-man the same "ragged" style! With another fantastic video you again have shown us that restoration is but a few minutes away!

[@kurokoro]

This customization and fix videos are quite relaxing and therapeutic to me, I really enjoy them.

[@toypolloi]

Glad you like them!

[@Slenkamure]

been painting 28mm figures for a long time.............that pin thing is genius. I have now got one with my paint brushes for eyes and tiny details

[@gochem3013]

I love 80s toys. And I love MOTU.

[@YouvegotmailAKAEP1C_GHOST]

Always a good day when we get a MOTU polloistoration video

[@TheGrayskullChronicles]

Very thorough explanation of the restoration process. What I like about your method is that it leaves that authentic 80s vintage touch to the figure rather than altering/modernizing it (the temptation is there, I know...). Good job!

[@thetiggr78]

I really want to express my appreciation for what you are doing. Thank you so much for bringing so much good in to our hobby community.

[@PlaytimeMasters]

This was awesome! Thanks Dave!! I feel far more confident about repainting my own He-Man!!

[@Tim-57]

Great tutorial Dave! As always, thank you and take care🙂

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

Can't stop watching these. I'm hooked lol. Terrific channel, sir

[@toypolloi]

Thanks 👍😊

[@grotgrusson5124]

Lovely and interesting video as always. Regarding matching the paint, or more correct: _see_ if the paint match, I have a suggestion. Cut a hole into a white paper, paint around the hole, let dry and then hold the wanted color under the hole. This method will give you a werry good to tell to see how well it matches. =)

[@lostonwallace1396]

French He-Man must have had factory paint that was meant for another type of rubber/plastic than the kind used on their He-Man's head. Obviously the paint doesn't tend to bond as well as the paint on the American version. Perhaps it's the other way around though, and the paint was thinned at the factory to reduce cost? Hard to say, but clearly there's a big difference in the different production lines. Thanks once again, David, for posting another paint restoration video. The pin trick is interesting, and might be a good way to go for those who don't have small brushes, or aren't particularly artistically inclined. I always use a small brush when I do details on action figure's faces. Years of drawing and painting 28mm D&D miniatures has given me a very steady hand for this kind of thing, so I'm good to use the brush. One trick though, that I picked up from my miniature painting days, is to take a tooth pick and split it up into slivers using an X-acto knife. Kind of like splintering it from the point back into smaller slivers. These small slivers can then be dipped into the paint in order to produce a very small point. A lot of painters used to do pupils on the 28mm miniatures using this method, and it worked very, very well. I imagine it could work well for larger action figure eye painting too, on things like the dark pupils inside the iris.

[@burrocakes8048]

I’ve gotten into repairing my children’s toys for continued play and general longevity. This channel is fantastic and so informative about affordably maintaining/repairing toys (vintage or not). Great job!

[@toypolloi]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jessicataylor7005]

You're basically a toy doctor!

[@andybennington637]

Wow! Nice work. You even made HeMan look good!

[@Captain-Palsy]

Just joined Dave i have been watching you for years, Cheers.

[@bentonrp]

Thanks for the paint advice! Reminds me where I can get the game paint & varnish and stop wasting toy repaint efforts on craft acrylics. Very nicely done video.

[@jasonkowitz4598]

Very nice work on the painting. That paint pin idea is a really good deal!!!

[@jamesschulziii9098]

For the love of toys. 😎I did have the original he-man and let me tell you, he looked that beat up by 1986. Lol another great video!

[@mistermort77]

Interesting, as always. My French He Man (that I have since My child days) is in good shape, even if I played a lot with him. But, yes, the paint of his hairs have suffered a little

[@garym6315]

I've never heard of Thunderpunch He-Man, but look at how much better the figure looks with painted wrist gauntlets and painted fur lining on the boots

[@cajuntacos8423]

Ghostbusters and he man you're on a roll toy polloi maybe you could do a restore of the Ghostbusters firehouse I think people would enjoy that!!

[@CBacci-yj9mm]

Love toy polloi and of course oipolloi Cheers fro. Switzerland

[@imm311]

Amazing video!!! God bless you and yours

[@kejaris949]

10:04 I still love that track your playing TP. Nice music man!!!

[@cemorenomoreno3163]

Thank you!

[@Chucitron]

I was just doing this last night. I had a hard time trying to do the mouth and hoping you would make a video on it. Thanks polloi!

[@spunkhead]

Great job as always.....

[@Captain-Palsy]

Army of He Men

[@rebeldad1344]

Awesome video.

[@DougPalumbo]

Good idea!

[@randonlee]

Fantastic

[@deopersad2915]

Awesome 👍🏾👍🏾

[@billpagan3070]

Those look great Dave!😁👍. Amazing job👍

[@colt5189]

Something I've always been impressed on action figures and other things like vehicles and playsets is how they were able to do such fine detail painting at the factory? I believe the factory had some kind of mask they put on the figure and then paint it and then have to use a new mask for each color. I still have no idea how that process worked. I don't know how possible this would be. But I'd love seeing someone do videos at a toy factory showing how action figures and other things get painted and how they are able to paint with such fine detail. As also it looks like over the years that they've been able to paint with higher and finer detail. There are some figures and things that have such fine paint detail all over the figure that I have no idea how they pulled that off without making a paint mess. I'd love seeing a video at a Hasbro or Mattel factory showing us them putting say masks on the figures and painting them.

[@toypolloi]

This video shows the templates used. Quite interesting to see. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3WkhpyXnq5_h5o

[@colt5189]

@@toypolloi Thanks. It's nice that KZbin's closed captioning does a translate to English so I'm able to understand what he is saying.

[@toypolloi]

That's how I watched it as well. The translation is not perfect, but you get the jist.

[@absmustafa7665]

Thanks Dave another great vid 👍

[@spunkhead]

Yes!!!!!! i needed this ...

[@stevewthebactatank9640]

Good Job Dave I love using the Vallejo Paints both on the brush and airbrushing. You can mix the top coat into the colour to give a hardened paint finish instead of a separate top coating it if using a brush, doesn't effect the flow and makes the paint really level out. Handy for things like the teeth and eyebrows where a top coat would be overkill. You should also get a few primary colour Vallejo Model Air paints too, designed for airbrushing, but great for thinning down the Game colours when adjusting the shade for brush painting. You can also use Maskol to provide a liquid mask to prevent overpaint if you wanted to be super neat, not really necessary on these figs as they were mass painted but it is ideal if you are repainted lost print. I have recently restored a bunch of Lego Fabuland figures and maskol was a game changer repainting the eyes and noses on some. What's happened to your molotow chrome pen? thought the trim on Thunder Punch would of got sprucing too :P

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

Have you ever used toothpicks to rub paint off? I feel like they have more friction and can absorb water to loosen up paint. But you know what you are doing, they look great.

[@jonboldrey5339]

Nice job dave! Yeah his hair is a pain 2 paint

[@bronykingamethystrain5676]

Thank Mattel that they went with separate molds for the hair and head in Origins.

[@squirejj224]

I have to go find my Masters of the Universe toys and start repainting and fixing them.

[@TheTimPilot]

Looks brand new :D Is there any chance you'll do a video on how to fix the spring action in the arms of Fisto or Jitsu? :)

[@greenlanternhg5141]

Oh I got a Prince Adam that’s gonna benefit from this 😁

[@calumryan6328]

If you use the right fine detail brush you can be just as careful painting small details and it works a lot better, especially if you’re getting into an area like he-mans mouth

[@gttran2020]

Working on my first custom He-Man/Prince Adam 🙏🙏🙏

[@williamgriffin7584]

love your videos...im a big he-man fun..

[@toypolloi]

Glad you like them!

[@adrionjones]

What is the song/artist playing while you are painting French version and Thunderpunch He-Man??? Love that.

[@malcr2325]

I was going to ask you if you had tried Game colour paints by Vallejo? And here you are with one already. They are generally of richer colours with added variety to the basic range Model colour ones. Though that too is a massive range. My friends shop in Birmingham Jewellery Quarter stocks all the ranges of them plus Tamiya as well. Seeing as you paint GI Joe vehicles as well you may also want to try the Vallejo style Military colours. Though they are more for Military modelling painting and grubbier colours. I thinl there is a specific range name to them but I cannot find my few examples to check. Just a possible addition if you see them. Great bit of mixing today. As I finished this originally comment typically I found the range name "Panzer Aces" also Vallejo.

[@aped3]

Has it been Hard to find Supply to fix the Toys this Year ???

[@toypolloi]

In some ways yes. Not being able to go to toy fairs has certainly made it difficult. But luckily I have backlog of projects, and many people have been having a clear out with all the time spent at home. So I've been sent a fair amount of people's unwanted toys. I've enough to keep me busy.

[@BoilandPop]

Every painting video always drive me a little crazy, does Humbrol make a thinner? Thinner is your friend! As always, thank you for the great content.

[@shmeca77]

Hi,do you use for the face/hair a top coat gloss or it’s better to use top coat mat?Look more sober and close to the original?Cheers

[@Paulies-dn38416]

Hi, Can you do a video for repainting the boots? Like the reds for he man and skeletor. Cheers As usual .....awesome

[@toypolloi]

You'll see that covered in this very video. Cheers

[@josephherman4702]

I was wondering if you have a small divot in the figures face how would you go about fixing that prior to painting? Was thinking of filling the divot with super glue then sanding down prior to painting but wasn’t sure if you would recommend something else. Thanks

[@toypolloi]

I would most likely use Milliput as it it's easy for sculpting and shaping. Superglue is very messy and hard to control. Check out my Miles Mayhem video to see what can be done. Cheers

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

What's the He MAN toy with the hard rubber head the paint chipping on that was insane

[@adrianlovelace5970]

im hoping to get a video about fixing loose motu legs... that dont use a leg band. like flying fists heman

[@brianartillery]

Hello, Dave. Did that 'Thunder Punch: He-Man have ring guncaps in that backpack originally?

[@TheTimPilot]

Yes it did :)

[@DarthOmnious1]

Dave, I was inspired by your videos, and I want to restore my he-man. Does painting touchups harm the value of my figure? Like coins, you are not suppose to clean them it harms the value. May just be a completely uniformed question, but I got excited when I started watching your videos and wanted to work on my own collection.

[@toypolloi]

Depends how much you spend on them in the first place and why you are collecting them. I only buy cheap beater figures and collect for the fun not the value. Wabi Sabi all the way. Cheers

[@hughragsdale7351]

👏👏👏

[@shmeca77]

Dear Toy-polloi,what is the color you use/mix # for painting Skeletor foots?Do you use a varnish after?(if so what #?)Thanks

[@toypolloi]

Hi, Watch my video on repainting Skeletors face. I give all the details in that video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5fVf31tfLqIjMU

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

The Canadian version is called Eh man.

[@Tim-57]

😂🇨🇦

[@Jake_E57]

Full title: Eh-Man and the Hosers of the Universe

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

@@Jake_E57 lol

[@HappyCynic]

The northern English version was Eeeee-Man.

[@andyshepard9891]

What type of paint do you use when restoring MOTU action figures? Is it acrylic or oil based? You may have said somewhere in the video or somewhere in another video before.

[@toypolloi]

All covered in each video. Type and colours for each repair. Cheers

[@lfecustom9474]

any links on where to buy the paint brands/varnish/brush used on your videos?

[@benrositas8068]

Toy Polloi: Today, we're going to fix up He-Man! Toy Polloi's Army of Skeletors: Not if _we_ have anything to say about it! ATTACK!

[@jedi69outcast]

Any plans on getting the new Snake Mountain?

[@shmeca77]

Cheers,what is the color/mix # for Man-at -arms blue helmet?Do you use model color vallejo?Thanks

[@toypolloi]

No idea. Use the colour chart on Vallejos website to find a close match and mix to get it perfect.

[@markshellard5894]

Why we’re the wrist armour never painted?

[@toypolloi]

Cost I guess. Keeps the figure cheaper.

[@markshellard5894]

@@toypolloi take a look at these I don’t remember them myself kzbin.info/www/bejne/paKUm4uQqZuHjpY

[@johnhulster7658]

I use acrylic paint and varnish like yours. But it hasn't dried for 20 days, it's very sticky, even with a hair dryer. Do you have this problem??

[@toypolloi]

Maybe you didn't mix it enough. A little talcum powder may help remove the sticky feeling.

[@johnhulster7658]

@@toypolloiOk thank you. .wearing. I mixed correctly. Maybe it will end up drying out over time. Or I will have to clean everything and put them back to original. Because it really sticks too much. .for the talc as it is white in addition I am afraid that it will make things worse and make a paste on top.

[@batman-news]

Hi Dave, thanks for your awesome tutorials. Where can I find the humboldt vallejo color converter you're talking about in the beginning of the video? Keep up the great work!

[@toypolloi]

Just google Humbrol to Valejo, There are a few. But this is one I have used before. www.creativemodels.co.uk/paint_conversion.php/manufacturers_id/9/page/2

[@NyeKiryu]

how to restore painting of the figure that is coming out I have an old figure, it looks perfect, but the top of the hair has faded a little. It was black and a little bluish. original figure how to restore faded hair? please

[@toypolloi]

With out seeing the figure, I would say repaint the hair the correct colour. Feel free to drop me a message via any of my social media channels. Cheers

[@Nanpa0]

I live in the states and came across a lot of poor condition He-Man action figures. It would be quite a project to restore. If you're interested let me know, I'm not selling them but I see that they would be in good hands with you.

[@toypolloi]

They'd be fun to have. But shipping costs tend to make in not worthwhile sending from the US to UK. Shame.

[@MrHemanclix]

have you ever done a restoration on vintage MOTU Ratlor of the Snake Men? the neck on mine keeps jamming shut. I'm about to cut the body completely open to find out what's going on inside. last time (about a month ago) the jam-up cleared kind of accidentally while I was cutting him along the seams, so I glued him back together hoping for the best. now he's jammed up again an I need a permanent solution. my Son and I really enjoy playing with all my vint-MOTUs as well as his new MOTU Origin figs and his WWE-MOTU figures. we just got all of the figures from wave 4 of WWE-MOTU and Jake the Snake needs help now that He-Man has Mr. T on his side 😅😀🤣 yeah, the Snake Men are just outmatched right now. King Hisss needs new He-bands and Ratlor needs to be in top shape aswell 😀🤓. any advice would be great. thanks so much, I really enjoy your videos 👍

[@eltenda]

I would have keep the france one like that I need one lol

[@toypolloi]

I have a couple of them and like to show as many fixes as I can in one video. I prefer the other he-man versions.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

He-Man has blonde or reddish hair but black eyebrows? So his curtains won't match his carpet? 😄

[@SupremeCommanderBaiser]

That one He Man has one really light skinned arm compared to his torso.

[@wokkolandia]

I love your videos and have learned a lot from them. You would honor me if I took a look at my videos and told me what you think about it. Thanks, and keep making great videos like this 😘

[@killan001]

These Hemans look like they have been at a diddy party

[@Scrimjer]

French he man Oui man

[@theheaterguyryan5052]

It is funny because most of the wear and damage to these toys was caused by people who are full adults in there 40s now amazing really when you think about it,it is a little snap shot in time of their childhood so long ago.

[@Dragnmastralex]

if you gave He-Man a mustache... it would be Chuck Norris

[@sofaking7045]

you gonna talk about the new show at all?

[@toypolloi]

I'm not really a show review channel. I may talk about the toys if they make them available here.

[@sofaking7045]

@@toypolloi evil lyn is wearing pants now

[@TheNightBadger]

French He-Man? Il-Homme?

[@spunkhead]

they look like they just came out the package...

[@toypolloi]

Thanks!

[@Laura_M-16]

Pretty much anyone can repaint a He-Man head but no one can make him pretty.

[@toypolloi]

Rugged charm is what he has.

[@rolandkatsuragi]

The French version is so different. By the way, Vallejo is Spanish not French.

[@MrMarkusmarc]

Great content and really instructive however the choice of Music is really distracting, and spoils the video. No Offence.

[@toypolloi]

You can't please everyone 😂

[@lofi-guy]

Was gonna get the new "Origins" He-man but the face is just weird & the shoulders look a bit too round. The original is best but unfortunately I don't know what happened to my childhood MOTU stuff. Waiting to find a complete original for the right price but I'll be lucky.

[@babaganoosh1969]

No faker he man?

[@joshuaoric2902]

it's Musclor not He-Man

[@aximusprime]

Nope.

[@martinefrensoquigomez7835]

@@aximusprime i think the person commenting grew up with the French dub I'm guessing, where he's actually called Musclor

[@aximusprime]

@@martinefrensoquigomez7835 irrelevant. In the United Kingdom, where Toy Polloi is from, he's He-Man. The character was originally developed as He-Man and in the majority of the world he's He-Man. To definitively say he's Musclor and not He-Man is smug. I stand by my original statement, "Nope"!

[@eddyvoidsoul6963]

As a vintage toy restorer. I find your methods highly offensive. You just do what ever you feel like. You are not restoring. You are just bodgeing a quick job. Shame on you

[@toypolloi]

Thanks for the great review. I'll be using that for future promotion.

[@depniff]

Eddy. How would you have dealt with this particular issue? Would you have left them as they are or do you have a better method? There must be thousands of these toys sitting around in 40 year old's lofts some of which might end up being binned because people think they are too tatty so I'm not sure that it hurts to show how someone could refresh them if they want to. So it's a genuine question if you have a different method or can expand on where he's going wrong.