Vintage MOTU Fright Zone restoration - Part Two - Toy Polloi

[@ChaosFox0]

Thank you for this! My tree's unfortunately broken in a different way (split in the back near the base) but this is inspiring me to actually work on it. Also the snake replacement is brilliant. I never thought to look for another snake puppet. I just stick a halloween snake skeleton through the hole as if my snake died.

[@krystenreid8106]

thats actually a really clever idea

[@chrismayer3919]

Although I never was partial to any MOTU toys, I must say that you know how to breathe life back into ANY broken item 🤓😎

[@mikesmith2718]

Excellent fixes . I stuffed my original snake with foam to hold its shape and stop the rubber from sticking to itself and ripping. That puppet Is a great stand in for the original.

[@richardromanyshyn608]

I swear I could smell the rubber smell as you were painting that puppet. Looks great 👍

[@jonathancampbell5523]

A trick to getting the holes to line up for reattaching two broken pieces of plastic like the tree limb is to drill a hole in one piece and then insert a short piece of paperclip heat the tip with a lighter and press the pieces together. The hot paperclip will leave a pilot hole in exactly the right place. Take it apart, drill the second hole and insert a longer piece of paperclip or more substantial rod. If you hold the small piece of paperclip with needle nose pliers while heating, you can insert it into the first hole and then make the pilot hole without melting the the surrounding plastic. It’s important to use a very short piece so you can align the parts to get a perfect fit.

[@impossiblepie]

Great work!

[@Bernhard2024]

You are an Inspiration. And there are now better snakes on ebay!

[@toypolloi]

Cool. I will see if I can upgrade this to something better.

[@TheAndres7986]

Excelente

[@loganjorgensen]

Some real nice work on those clips. Funny I remember playing with that puppet a lot, it's true it didn't really look much like a real snake heh. Bet a black wash paint job would look good on that tree, make the bark details pop more.

[@ChaosFox0]

Alright, one more post on this video. Last night, thanks to you and your videos, I took down my Fright Zone (which was in fairly good shape, apparently) and fixed all of the little broken bits on it, and I'm SO happy to have done it. Thank you so much. It's definitely got pride of place in my collection again. I still need a replacement snake, but I'll get there soon!

[@mechachrist]

Believe it or not, mask makers often use a mix of house paint, water and (sometimes) liquid latex to paint masks. There are several KZbin videos showing the mix. It’ll let you repaint the snake without having the final result crack and peel. You can find cheap, small.containers of latex house paint in most any color you’d want.

[@beavis6363]

Wonderful. I had a look at original snake puppets, and heck, I think your solution is a complimentary upgrade.

[@thetworoos]

These fixes are all really creative and well done. The clips in particular are very impressive! Great job!

[@toypolloi]

Thanks a lot!

[@andybennington637]

Looks good! Good job.

[@toypolloi]

Thanks!

[@andybennington637]

@@toypolloi you're welcome. I love the snake BTW. Looks 👌

[@steventurner6902]

A fabulous job of fixing a classic MOTU toy. Thank you for sharing your work with us, I really enjoy all you create and repair :)

[@toypolloi]

Thank you very much!

[@darkwind9000]

That snake looks fantastic in that set!

[@oliverbelmonte7077]

Very Well done,Sir Dave.The Vintage Motu Horde Fright Zone has a reinvigorated look. Not perfect but it’s a delightful,pleasing sight for me.

[@toypolloi]

Many thanks!

[@CuteFluff8]

This was so fun to watch! Impressive work! Now I need to find plastic weld for my restoration supplies!! 🤗

[@retrorevivalprops]

For painting the snake, if it's latex try Elmers glue, lighter fluid, and oil paint, I've not tried painting latex with contact cement as the base as you need rubber glue to let the paint stick, acrylic and latex is an alternative also.

[@BronyNumber4096]

I went looking for "MotU Fright Zone playset" to see if I could find any pictures of the snake puppet. My gadd, it actually looks _worse_ than the _yellow_ snake puppet! You could have left it alone and _still_ had a better-looking snake puppet than the official one!

[@daviddunn4538]

Tamiya makes flexible paint for plastic radio control car bodies.

[@kevmitchell9408]

The snake looks perfect Dave.

[@michaels8940]

I like the snake. You made it better than it was especially the eyes. I think it looks fantastic the way you finished it. Great work sir.

[@toypolloi]

Thank you so much 😀

[@kennybacchus2629]

Vintage he man. Toy fixed like ok ✅

[@h.b.hatecraft953]

That snake looks better than the original.

[@MeanJohnDean]

If you cut some upholstery foam to the right shape you can reinforce the head to hold its shape better.

[@toypolloi]

I just used a rolled up sock :D

[@kerry1979]

To fix those clips & such I would take Palstic zip ties & put them in a glue gun. Like clear zip ties & just go over.I saw a video where you can melt plastic sip ties to weld plastic together. Or make a new part.

[@dattallaudiophile236]

Well, what can I say? you always have a solution, and your fixes and mods are AAA stuff. 15:56 exquisite taste for music, had to pause the video to go looking for it.

[@BrynSmith76]

Looks brilliant now. The scratch-built clips work great.

[@toypolloi]

Thanks 👍

[@gutz1981]

Jurassic Park hand puppets make for a good alternative. Found one in a secondhand toy store that was a perfect and style as I tested it with a fright zone piece nearby.

[@ryanm.968]

That snake is outstanding. It really does fit the style and looks better than original!

[@richardromanyshyn608]

Very Schwarzenegger Conan, I like it

[@Rocket1377]

Nah, the original is way better.

[@georgemartinez1720]

I think the snake idea was great thinking . And the paint job looks great If you want the paint to be more Flexiable thin some Bath Room Chalking with water and mix in the Paint

[@krisskywalker34]

i am so proud of you that frigt zone a great job

[@nomad742]

Amazing!

[@eltenda]

Impressive! Great job!

[@draigaur9543]

I hope that wasn’t one of mrs Pollioi’s socks stuffed into the snake head whilst undergoing painting. XD

[@toypolloi]

Shhh!

[@gofigure6251]

Awesome job! And I LOVE the puppet currently working on a puppet solution for mine as well, this was very helpful!

[@bionicbrit]

Fab video .all the best BIONICBRIT

[@looselycollected7505]

Looks great. Now you just need Hordak and some more Horde characters to put with it.

[@larrychilders6599]

And an Entrapta

[@TheToyBoy1978]

This has been a thoroughly enjoyable two parter Dave with some excellent fixes along the way, and i must say the repainted Snake puppet looks like it was made for the set.

[@toypolloi]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@monkeybrains]

Good job. The snake looked fine to me without painting, you made it better though.

[@markshellard5894]

Super Glue gels would work on the cracks it’s thicker and would fill the gap like zap brand are good

[@truckshackley373]

Maybe mix a bit of liquid latex in your paints if you repaint the snake?

[@ChaosFox0]

I'm going to grab a pair of snakes, and try 'psycho paint' on one of them. It's for allowing paint on silicone, but it may do the trick with whatever the puppets are made of.

[@richardromanyshyn608]

I used your paperclip repair on a broken ankle on Marvel Mashera Venom of my son's. I used a clipped off piece of brad nail or finishing nail. Undetectable and stronger than new

[@Jim_Norcross]

If you mix your paint with a 50/50 mixture of thinner and rubber cement, it will adhere to the latex and will not Crack or flake off.

[@robertmeasel1139]

You are so talented….I really enjoyed this 👍

[@toypolloi]

Thank you!

[@paulparker1360]

Bravo...!!!

[@mrbluesteen]

you did a great job!!

[@ActionPackedVideo]

You might get better paint life on rubber if you give it a watered down coat of white glue. The Elmer’s glue we have in the US makes a layer of vinyl that saves a lot of foam prop surfaces. If it pulls away it will look like the snake is molting which will mean he is that much more irritable

[@GoliathAngelus]

when I repair something like toys or make something I use plastic clothes hangers

[@MonkeyboysToys]

Amazing job Dave! Just wondering why you didn't use plastic weld on the tree branch? Sorry if that's a silly question

[@richardromanyshyn608]

Only dumb questions are those that aren't asked

[@toypolloi]

Not a silly question. It's the wrong type of plastic. So plastic weld would have had no effect on it.

[@MonkeyboysToys]

@@toypolloi oh cool, i guess with your experience you can tell different plastics apart. I would have no idea lol thanks Dave love the channel 👌🙏

[@Grindhead_Jim]

Really great stuff. I was surprised at the simplicity of the snake puppet fix. I had it in my head you were going to fabricate something. I was so ready for a complex fix that I never even considered repurposing an existing puppet. It made perfect sense, it looks great, and it's inspiring me to take a step back and look at things in a different way.

[@toypolloi]

Sometimes you can make a good enough filler. And I think this Snake does a pretty good job. Wabi Sabi.

[@Grindhead_Jim]

@@toypolloi Absolutely! I really like how it turned out.

[@grizzly-gundam]

excellent set, i really like that puppet after the paint job! you have taught us so much thanks Toy Polloi ive been thinking of trying a Gunpla kit

[@toypolloi]

You're very welcome!

[@TheCrabbyArchives]

I almost wonder if a fabric snake puppet would work the best for longetivity- yours is pretty good for display of course, but I have had weird experiences with rubber and hard plastic reacting with each other /melting over time

[@steventurner6902]

That's a fabulous idea, thank you for the suggestion :)

[@scockery]

It's a common thing. Putting rubber in contact with plastic can melt the plastic. I had old Stompers toys with rubber tracks melt the plastic bin they were stored in.

[@mattstrom5348]

There is an eBay custom manufacturer, from Canada, that pops up from time to time on eBay, with a particular model of a custom fright zone, rock monster, that is to scale with the vintage, fright zone and does indeed, look better than a new, vintage, fright zone puppet!

[@williamgriffin7584]

🙂

[@Tim-57]

Hey Dave I don't know what the original snake looks like, yours is a great fit. The eyes sure took on a sinister look🙂 Take care

[@Veepar]

I think you should consider publicly displaying the Like count on your videos, now that KZbin has disabled the dislike counter. I know you've said before it was something you didn't like about KZbin, but I do think having the Like count visible encourages more people to actually use it. And having more likes helps you with the kooky KZbin algorithm.

[@billparsonson7259]

Amazing! I've been using a bloody shoelace in place of the clips on my Fright Zone for years, I'll try this! Fantastic. Also, can you tell me the music that starts at 25:43, thats a great ringtone!

[@seanlavoie2]

It looks really good :) I bet the new snake is better than the old one. What is it stuffed with to hold the shape? As a kid I got hung up on it not looking like the cartoon Fright Zone, but it looks like a really good toy. It’s compact too.

[@toypolloi]

I used and old sock. Seemed to work well.

[@Spottedfeather]

looked up the snake on ebay. Found one for 160 dollars...or 121 pounds. 43 dollars for the hinges.

[@Tim-57]

😮

[@toypolloi]

Yep. Crazy prices.

[@Lestat_luar]

Your videos are great, thank you!!! Did you think about getting a 3D printer? It would really help you with the restorations.

[@toypolloi]

I often get asked that. But the fun for me is making parts, and showing people you can fix things without expensive equipment.

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

Has there been no attempts at making a reproduction of the snake hand puppet? Hope that happens someday. If someone could make a reproduction of those silicone Action Man outfits, than it looks possible for that snake puppet. Nice restoration overall.

[@meinemeinungzuxy]

Where can I get this hand dragon? Has anyone a link?

[@toypolloi]

I got this on ebay. Cheers

[@meinemeinungzuxy]

@@toypolloi Thanks a lot

[@Stormmover]

Hi, does anyone knows what is the weight of this playset?

[@severindrax]

on the subject of broken vintage clips: any advice on fixing the old star wars collector cases (c-3po and Darth vader)? both of mine have finally given up the ghost after 40+ years and have broken clips.

[@toypolloi]

Have you watched my video on the Darth Vader carry case? It's from a good few years back and I still use those cases today.

[@severindrax]

@@toypolloi aye, unfortunately the issue I have isn't covered in that video. It's the clips that hold the case closed which have gone. The one on the top of threepios head and both side clips on vader. Luckily the inserts and hinges are still fine. Even if threepio is incredibly brittle nowadays :)

[@toypolloi]

Oh right. I'll have to think on that.

[@krystenreid8106]

I far prefer this snake to the original one.

[@Portal2099]

That's a great replacement for the snake puppet. I always thought the Sectaurs Hyve had the better puppet though. It was a spider, but its made of spandex i think, and fur and some plastic where the eyes go.. It has held up for a long time, for me at least. So maybe a custom spandex snake?

[@COMBOY]

No Lego's were harmed in the production of this video... but in part 1. 😅

[@MJFallout]

Hensom Snek, 9/10 woudnt' Step On.

[@leeislee]

capillar reaction > capillary action

[@littlemoffrey9929]

Try using a Godzilla puppet from 2001 reboot

[@robertgriffiths1724]

That snake is correct

[@chartreuseninjano.7762]

Can't make it fake it

[@pascalizertistorrescastro579]

Each time I'm watching you using plastic weld I'm frightened cause that is a toxic product and I read that it can be carcinogenic with its only contact with the skin.

[@Slenkamure]

looks like this is a uk produced toy......shows tag that says made in china 15:43

[@bacclark6238]

Awesome video!