Vintage Kenner C-3PO removable limbs repair - Toy Polloi

[@Tim-57]

Hey Dave Great custom🙂 I really do not understand why collectors get bent out of shape when you save a toy. You do not pass them off as original and as you have said many times, you are sharing your experience with people who want to fix their own toys.. 🤷...oh well. Your ideas have helped me in every day little fixes around my place, just the other day I thought; how am I going to get that back together?" Oh... I will boil some water, get my 'plastic nippers' and pop it back together. Thanks for your inspirations. Take care🙂

[@TheToyBoy1978]

C-3PO: Wait. Oh my. You've put me back together correctly Dave, unlike that Filthy Furball. ;-)

[@jamesschulziii9098]

You rock thank you kindly for your creativity sir and damn the haters. Toy polloi forever...

[@LiamGoodison]

the man who put 'danger' into toy restoration

[@TheRazoredEdge]

I've missed your Vintage Star Wars videos quite a lot. Hope to see more soon!

[@toypolloi]

There are a couple of Start Wars videos coming up soon. So you are in luck.

[@saintscott67]

Thanks for the mention Dave, me and Archie are over the moon that you’ve fixed the C3PO.....another great video and another great fixing tutorial, hope to see you soon at another toy fair 👍

[@scottjohnson388]

Love that intro. Great work on the Threepio figure.

[@krisskywalker4513]

I'm very proud of you that was a great repair of c3p0 figure

[@No1.OriginalTrilogyStarWarsFan]

Ace as always Dave

[@velvetplatz1024]

Wow!! What a great fix! I never would have thought of that....I've got tons of those Lego pins saved up and now I have a great use for them.... Thanks. Cheers from British Columbia, Canada.

[@toypolloi]

You need to watch more Toy Polloi. Lego is my go to for all fixes now. It's easy to work with, and so many pieces just seem to fit other toys.

[@giannistoysdios7152]

Another great restoration, my friend! I like it when you're not just fixing a toy, but you are making it better as well. Thanks for sharing!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Just Like you do too!

[@mogmuffmunch]

Thank you for your videos Dave. I dont have a lot of spare money and most of my figures are pretty rough looking,but thanks to all your tips they don't look too bad. Thanks again bud.

[@ivangonzalez8415]

Way to go Dave! Man,your vintage star wars videos get to the thousands in like half a day.👍

[@toypolloi]

Star Wars videos are always my most popular. Cheers

[@malcr2325]

Nice fix. Thanks to you I have got my self a collection of Lego bits now. Very useful.

[@balddanny]

I love that at 10 minutes you state the importance of test fitting and then, a couple minutes later, I was thinking "he should stop and test" but you didn't and ended up going too far. Even the masters make mistakes!

[@theairsoftpirate3976]

The og c3po has always been a favorite of mine. Mine looked similar, but mine had knee and elbow articulation. I'm sure it was a later model but besides that it was very similar. Great video.

[@grantwelsh7594]

Must...not...break...head...off...3P0... This is a fantastic custom. I would add some wires dangling out of his head for effect.

[@paulb3476]

Ha! I literally just attached a C-3PO leg to a B-Wing pilot that was missing a leg 😀

[@taradhar3200]

LOL 😂

[@paulb3476]

@@taradhar3200 He was missing a leg I did that with the Tie Fighter Pilot too back in the day

[@bluesguitarz]

I really enjoyed this video,and I enjoy restoring old toys .Ive actually got kicked off of an action figure group on Facebook for posting pictures of my own R2D2 figures that I restored for my own enjoyment,even though I'm not ever going to sell them.

[@GALAXIE67]

Another successful restoration!! Great video 👍☯️👍

[@BrynSmith76]

Hi Dave, Bryn here at Bryncredible Customs, just wanted to say, great video, loved the removable head idea. If I ever get a decapitated 3PO, I will do this. As this is a custom figure and you are a man of many talents, if you wanted to do a follow up video, perhaps instead of painting the neck peg gold, you could paint it to look like the wires poking out of his head. Also you could also make a custom decal like R2-D2 has but to show the wires on his waist. Keep up the great work and I look forward to your next video and perhaps another parts trade soon.

[@MichaelJShaffer]

Not just repaired but UPGRADED. Lovely fix, Dave.

[@greenlanternhg5141]

Such a easy repair and useful for so many figures 🤔 I know I say it a lot but I always get amazed by your work 😁 Great video ✌🏽👍🏽

[@seandavidr]

I like the copper colored C-3P0

[@Skraboing649]

Great vid as ever Dave! Keep 'em coming!

[@magnoliaweathershield443]

I love the new intro. Thanks for another really interesting video!

[@DougPalumbo]

Once again, brilliant!

[@brianw94]

Thank you for another amazing video!

[@parky2310]

Brilliant as ever Dave 👍👍

[@lostonwallace1396]

I don't actually have a broken C-3PO, but I do have a few figures, including the type with the removable limbs. If the limbs or neck ever break at the joint areas on my figures, I'm absolutely going to use this Lego fix. A really great job on this one, man! That 3P0 looks as good as new now, and all of his playability is fully restored! It's been a while since you've done a STAR WARS figure fix, so this was nice to see! I'm still hoping that you'll do a fix video for broken R2D2 clickers some day. It's a common thing to find R2s with broken clickers, and buying replacement clickers online isn't practical, as you can buy a complete replacement R2 figure for the price people charge for them.

[@toypolloi]

I've got a couple more star wars videos coming up. I try to be vary what I work on, but I know people like the star wars videos the most. I'll do and r2 video soon. I've got a couple that need a full restoration from chrome to legs and clicker.

[@lostonwallace1396]

That sounds great,@@toypolloi ! I enjoy Star Wars toys a lot, but I also enjoy GI JOE, the BIONIC MAN, MICRONAUTS, ADVENTURE PEOPLE and tons of other stuff, so I really love that you mix it up! I still have a box of stuff to send to you with Major Matt Mason stuff. I haven't forgotten, but I've been putting off sending it until I can gather a few more bits and pieces for you. As aways, you are a gem amongst toy collectors! I'm looking forward to more of your wonderful videos, man!

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

awesome save great video as always

[@TheCrabbmann]

Thanks again for you vids and hard work , I always look forward to watching them and gaining amazing tips for repairs. Cheers Dave!

[@toypolloi]

Thanks Lance!

[@thedungeondelver]

Love the channel! Might I recommend a dremel, and a set of fine files? I am a tabletop gamer, and I work with minis a lot and find those invaluable tools for working on my "toys". By the way, your video on fixing the quad-laser cannon for the Millennium Falcon was invaluable, thank you so much.

[@grillopsa]

Now he looks like a Crash dummy. Great work.

[@georgelea4297]

great video as always Dave love how you use Lego to save toys

[@carlo2384]

Wonder if using magnets - instead of replacing pegs - would be an improvement over original design? Great video!

[@lordjesseye2685]

I was thinking same thing

[@The1queencollector]

They used magnets on the modern Jango Fett decapitated head so yes magnets do work if you can find the right size

[@TheAtariCreep]

Another great video bro. Love the Lego mods, I just used this kind of trick on a custom Power Droid Build recently. Keep up the great work.

[@eddietowers5595]

baremetalhw suggested your channel and MAAAN, it's an awesome channel! Where were you my child hood life when my G.I. Joes needed a medic, LOL. Please excuse my impertinence, I'd like to suggest using a drill or small bench top drill press as a lathe to reduce cylindrical plastics of any size. using nails or needle files as the cutting tools. Although, binge watching your channel, you've done awesome without, obviously.

[@toypolloi]

Thanks for coming over. Glad you are enjoying my videos. I try to show how to fix stuff with the most basic tools. As most people don't have lots of equipment. No point showing fixes that very few people can reproduce. I do have better equipment, but it's fun to show what can be done with very little.

[@eddietowers5595]

Ah, yes, yes your right. Every day fixes can be had in the most easiest ways. Good point.

[@rebelines]

I love it! Says he’s going to go in very slowly. 7:54 And then drills at speed. 😂

[@jjam73bass]

Fun video as usual. Thank you. If you don’t have one already, I highly suggest a dremel. Very handy tool for these kind of fixes.

[@toypolloi]

Thanks. I do have a dremel. I just like showing you can do these sort of fixes without the need for anything special. But I probably should use my dremel more often.

[@marcossierra4011]

Cool I fixed one too thanks to your video

[@toypolloi]

Glad I could help

[@fritzk3627]

Great project!!!

[@briansadler7270]

These are my favorite type of video Dave. Have you ever tried, or thought about trying to make one of the nets c3po goes in. Would be a cool video I think. Thanks again.

[@toypolloi]

The bag is on my list of projects to work on. A few people have asked about that one. Cheers

[@bassmandanmartin3700]

That was brilliant!

[@RedTreeintheGreen]

Awesome work as usual 🤓👍

[@KatrinaLeFaye]

Love the intro on this. I actually raided a Star Wars Droid Builders lego kit, that is long since out of production for the necks of my ERGs. Love your fixes, but you really do need a 20x30 shed for your studio. :)

[@toypolloi]

Thanks. I like my limited set up. Keeps the fixes simple. I don't have the space for more.

[@gamerid6507]

nice as usual

[@RobNY5150]

Great video. I have a 1977 C3PO with a broken/missing left hand. Other than that’s it’s in great condition. It’s a real shame. I’m trying to find a replacement arm on eBay. Any suggestions about how to replace the entire arm if I ever find one?

[@74bobby]

Love it

[@eltenda]

Great video as usual

[@citadelli]

The plastic they used for the chroming was always like a lighter weight and brittle stuff. Have had a few of those just snap in unexpected places.

[@davidtexmex1616]

Smashing stuff 👏🏼

[@bgddyphil]

Need to do this again and make him chrome like the other 3po unit behind c3po a CD r2 at the beginning of a new hope

[@LUPIGUETES]

EXCELENTE CANAL MUY BUENOS CONSEJOS 🇨🇴👍

[@worldsgreatestchannelinthe4234]

Dave; on the Jabba repair video, you gave a part number for the Lego piece needed in Jabba's arm socket. It there a part number for the peg shown at the 2:36 mark of this video? J$H Friday 07.15.2022 10:53 PM.

[@toypolloi]

I'm guessing it's a Lego axle pin as I haven't watched the video in a long time.

[@worldsgreatestchannelinthe4234]

@@toypolloi That was it. Thanks so much for replying.

[@bountyhunter779]

Great video! I found a C3PO on eBay with a broken left hand and loose limbs on sale for only 10 euros. No one claimed it for months so I decided to have it, giving him a new home. It's my first C3 so my original thought was to let the figure as it is ( Clearly a kid had a lot of fun playing with it) but restoring the missing hand will give back some of the old glory. Unfortunately, I haven't found any spare parts or other broken ones to replace the hand. Any suggestions?

[@toypolloi]

I have a video on making hands for c3po. Check that out. It might give you some ideas.

[@bountyhunter779]

@@toypolloi Thank you so much!

[@TheTWRModeller]

From Kenner's Star Wars: The Ultimate Force collection, all-new figures with authentic detail right from the movies! Threepio's gone to pieces and only you can put him back together again! But watch out - the Imperial Sandtroopers are about to find him and Artoo or can Han Solo and Luke Skywalker Yavin Fatigues reach to them in time? Star Wars: The Ultimate Force Yavin Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, C-3PO and Imperial Snowtrooper each sold seperately from Kenner.

[@tomgriffiths2622]

Cool

[@brianm6337]

I like. Just out of insanity- oops- curiosity... Have you ever had a good long look at your Lego repairs, and wondered about mixing/ matching/ assembling an abomination out of them? Some sort of multilegged horror with parts from everyone or something.

[@toypolloi]

That could be fun. I'll see what sort of mutant I can make.

[@tomheckhaus7617]

Is it difficult to split the two halves of the head, torso, arms, legs etcetera? It looks like replacing the pins would be easier if all the old broken bits could be removed. In the final reveal, what happened to 3pO's right hand? Thanks, nice fix.

[@toypolloi]

C3po is glued and riveted together. You would do far more damage trying to split him apart. Not sure what you mean about the right hand. It's just normal.

[@tomheckhaus7617]

Ah, not having any SW figures myself I did not know they were riveted together and glued. So yes splitting will only make it worse. 3PO's hand (left) as I view the reveal just looks stunted, maybe just the camera angle. When my daughter was young we had all the SW's toys. She loved the movies and was quite the fan. When she married I guess she gave it all away. Thanks, always enjoy your videos. Tom USA

[@joshsavickus3788]

You should invest in a set of micro files, for shaving down your parts

[@TheDarthMushroom]

Do you have a Large restoration project planned for soon? Etc. Millennium falcon, transporter video style.

[@toypolloi]

I've a video coming up soon on the speeder bike, and that's quite an epic. After that it will be the Kenner Death star, once I find a few key parts.

[@BenLaurence]

So I just did this to a few figures and the arms just keep falling out (I didn’t even use a drill on the arm holes) any tips on how to tighten the holes? Plumbers tape on the pegs does not work :(

[@toypolloi]

What figures did you try this on?

[@BenLaurence]

@@toypolloi Bespin Han, Ackbar and a red snaggletooth

[@toypolloi]

I've fixed a Hoth Han before and had no trouble. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3SzdXqDq9x-p80 Contact me via any of the ways in my banner with images and I will see if I can suggest something. Cheers

[@BenLaurence]

@@toypolloi yeah I think it’s just a weird mishap on my part. Thank you very much, I’ll shoot you a message on Instagram if that’s cool 😃

[@MrLethal1986]

another cool idea would be to make the bag for Chewbacca that he carries C3-PO in out of a piece of fishnet.

[@steverino6954]

Is there a way to get packs of those Lego connectors, without buying a bunch of those expensive Lego sets?

[@toypolloi]

Yeah. I buy them in bulk off eBay. There are loads of sellers.

[@adamlucas64]

You can buy them in lego stores, as well as their website. Just go to the customer service link at the bottom of the page and you should find the link to Bricks & Pieces to buy pieces. There is also bricklink.com, brickowl.com, ebay, some second hand stores as well such as Second and Charles. Just to name a few.

[@redspec01]

If you were to need to add paint, what brand matches c-3po best?

[@toypolloi]

I've yet to find a good match. Cheers

[@stephenpannell8659]

Can anyone recommend a good paint to touch up a chipped or scratched C3PO?

[@rumblehat4357]

I was wondering why Kenner never made 3POs head removable. Maybe cost?

[@daltonledbetter7275]

How can I get get ahold of you for a top on a figure? Tjanks

[@agcacustoms2852]

What is toy pollois po box

[@toypolloi]

Contact me via social media or email. I can chat with you there. Cheers

[@camcordernonsense5264]

I was so sure there would be wired with this toy when I was little

[@__-wm9lu]

his head was still slightly raised

[@congydave]

The head on it's own was small and round enough to be a choking hazard, so had to stay on.

[@congydave]

ah you said it at the end!

[@taradhar3200]

The tan pegs are NOT knockoffs they are supposed to be harder. anyway great video 🙂

[@toypolloi]

Thanks for the info. I didn't know that. I'll stick to the grey axel pins in future. Cheers

[@cobra-emperor6starwars665]

I am not getting your notifications for your videos

[@toypolloi]

You need to tap the bell. Or try unsubscribing and then re subscribing. KZbin really doesn't make it easy for creators. They notify very few of my subscribers 😴

[@The1queencollector]

For all those hating on you for using Lego maybe use Lepin lol

[@toypolloi]

I think the light beige pins I used might have been Lepin. The plastic was very brittle, not like Lego at all.

[@The1queencollector]

@@toypolloi could be or something like a Wilkos lego. I love this repair and custom, saving a doomed figure is what it's all about

[@bandicootcollector]

Why would you be banned?? Are Star Wars fans so sketchy that they can't fathom the idea of repairing a toy? It has to be original, destruction and all?

[@toypolloi]

A certain part of the star wars collecting world sets its own rules based solely on value. They don't like what I show.

[@bandicootcollector]

Thank you so much for your reply! Your videos have helped me a lot! I collect Crash Bandicoot figures from the 1990s. They go for a lot of money online, but I'm not interested in reselling - I just want to keep my nostalgic collection safe and looking good - and videos like yours are perfect for people like me! Perhaps Star Wars fans are scared of being scammed or buying 'restored' figures so they don't want people to know how to fix them. But your videos aren't for resellers or scammers, they're for humble collectors like us who want to keep our collections alive and do our best to fight off the ravages of time! I'm so glad you took to KZbin where you can showcase your talents unhindered!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Eventually all your repairs will use Legos and Legos will become extinct

[@MiamiMillionaire]

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