Vintage Star Wars Palitoy X-Wings - From Junk to Displayable - Toy Polloi

[@treetheodore6906]

Very helpful. Incredible insight & clever problem solving. Thanks!

[@toypolloi]

Wowsers, thanks!

[@colmustard2546]

Excellent to see a new Star Wars repair video. More please, they never get old. It is interesting to see how your methods of repair have evolved along with these ever aging toys. Great work as always. Thanks for all the videos you make.

[@PaulGrahamRetroPaul]

The yellowing looks so good. Really adds to the "space aged" look. I love your fixes purely as I adore seeing life being put back in to old toys. It's a real talent you have :)

[@ranwolf76]

the model kit builder in me really want to take some paint to these, especially around the engines

[@brucewinkler3317]

Dave From Toy Polloi Has Taught Me A Lot Of How To Fix Action Figures & Vehicles.

[@mgs6490]

Great job, always love when you fix broken parts instead of replacing them with donor ones. Plus a bonus toy polloi speak and spell for the win. 10/10 !

[@robertmeasel1139]

No words …you are so talented and I love watching your stuff. 👊

[@toypolloi]

Thanks. That's very kind.

[@briansadler7270]

Dave I'm sure you've heard this thousands of times during your stent on youtube. However I have to say it again. You sir are amazing. I truly wish I had your vision when my son and daughter were little. I was pretty good at keeping there favorite toys going well past their life expectancy, but this is next level. Bravo dear sir for another Fenix risen from the ashes times two no doubt. Thanks to the skill and pure love for these old toys of ToyPolloi. I can see this video helping quite a few people in the future.

[@toypolloi]

Thanks Brian. I wish I knew all these skills as a kid as well.

[@mikebull1972]

What a fab result from what looked like a pile of scrap!

[@Glorbified]

Awesome. Made my day to start the morning watching this. The X Wing seems like a prime candidate for one of your custom sticker sheets, with red 5 markings and other specific details.

[@ebombaci77]

I read you. I used Dave's Snow Speeder custom stickers and my speeder looks BETTER than the original!

[@gazz_N7]

WIZARDRY!!! Excellent stuff!! X-wings are cool, and seeing them be restored is even cooler!! Thank you for sharing!!! 😗👍

[@jedi69outcast]

I hope one day you get enough X-Wings to make Red Squadron with all the appropriate decals to match each ship

[@andrekramer6608]

Came for Star Wars restauration years ago and it's still, what I enjoy most. I often hit road blocks with my own projects, but there doesn't seem to be a problem, that can stop you. You are the true master of toy repair.

[@kieronball8962]

Excellent restoration work, Dave. And although I have to say that I prefer the look of the pearly white X-Wing, both look great for display.

[@subtwo2418]

Right, I need to get some plastic weld and styrene, my X wing needs this level of repair, amazing work Dave as always thanks 😎👍🏼👍🏼

[@dial3]

Great job!!! I love how you are able to repair these broken toys!!! I know for some people 3D prints are a no no but personally I think they’re great for people like myself who just want to complete the toys.

[@jackgoff4668]

Lucky for you that you don't have to deal with the electronics of the Kenner version.

[@lostonwallace1396]

I LOVE videos like this one where you do some fabrication to fix up these vintage, classic toys! Nicely done already as usual! As I get older, I tend to like the look of the yellowing on some of the older toys. Kenner Star Wars toys, in particular, can look great with a bit of yellowing. That said, some of the toys like the Wampa, don't look as nice with heavy yellowing--especially if arms are yellow, but the torso isn't etc. I cleaned up a Wampa a few years ago that was VERY yellow. The Hydrogen peroxide and sun method worked well, but I gave it a second pass with Salon40, and that really did the trick. My Wampa has looked like a new Wampa now for about 4 years, and I'm very happy with that. I took an X-wing that looked very yellow and stained, and did wonders with it a few years ago. The canopy was intact, but very yellow, but I decided not to alter that, as I liked how the aging looked on it. To see where I started, Dave, if you're interested, just copy the following url fragments to the "www." and make the links: What it looked like when I started: lostonwallace.com/xwing1.jpg lostonwallace.com/xwing2.jpg lostonwallace.com/xwing4.jpg lostonwallace.com/xwing5.jpg Part of the clean-up: lostonwallace.com/xwing7.jpg lostonwallace.com/xwing8.jpg lostonwallace.com/xwing9.jpg Final: lostonwallace.com/finalxwing1.jpg lostonwallace.com/finalxwing2.jpg lostonwallace.com/finalxwing3.jpg lostonwallace.com/finalxwing4.jpg lostonwallace.com/finalxwing5.jpg As you can see, it was quite a transformation. Since I didn't have one in my collection, I wanted it to look nice. If I ever get an extra that's in such a state, I don't think I'd actually bother to whiten it at all. I'd just wash it down with soap and water, add some new stickers and parts and just enjoy the aged, weathered look.

[@campbellruleV1kiwiGI]

Another great example on repairing & reusable toys. Your channel has inspired on creating my own channel which I have started this year. Thank you so much mate

[@jeromyfisher297]

Three cheers for the restoration and preservation toy historian! You deserve a museum, thank you for a Star Wars video. They never get old

[@MRK1973]

That was great! Fixing up old Star Wars toys like this makes me love the toys even more, and got me back into collecting in the first place.

[@impossiblepie]

Thanks for sharing Dave, love watching you repair vintage toys.

[@stephentaylor7555]

They look awesome!… Great job!👍

[@garym6315]

It's a shame when there's toys like this which have such intricate parts like the wing assembly, where once it snaps it requires a heck of a lot of work to repair. I wish all toys had easily replaceable parts like the rubber bands in He-Man figures or the O-rings in GI Joe style figures. I love the idea of there being a modern replacement part that can replace and maybe even improve upon the original part, yet hidden away inside the toy where you'll never see it. Imagine if there was an axis part for wings that was made nowadays that was super reinforced, and could just be slotted in where the old one was.

[@paulbennett4548]

I have just found your channel and thoroughly enjoyed watching the restoration. When you got to the part of putting the stickers on. I was transported back to Christmas days of the late seventies and early eighties it was my job to install all the stickers. The lads asked 'why are you washing the new parts dad' I explained that it would help them stay on better. My sons in their early fifties now still have their SW toys some forty five years later and the stickers are still on even after many space battles. Still having fun.

[@TeflonDave]

Those look amazing, Dave! Great job! I had one when I was a kid and LOVED it!

[@gregochaba9338]

Amazing as always!! I fixed up a Kenner X-wing recently myself using some of your techniques, and the result was quite nice. So many thanks to you for that!!

[@namelessjedi2242]

Another amazing project. They look great!

[@dblankenship6947]

They look great. Thank you for sharing you methodology.

[@grantwelsh7594]

Oh man, I’d love to have one of those Palitoy R2s. 🤩

[@jonathanblanford5567]

Amazing work! I love watching you save toys!

[@toypolloi]

Thanks 👍

[@TheRetroTinker]

That filthy x wing looked fresh out of the Dagobah swamp! Another masterful repair. Well done!

[@paulkirkby9413]

Great Job on these two the 3D printed parts are well nice.

[@markshellard5894]

Classic restoration

[@SQLJedi]

Awesome Job Dave! Keep up the great work.

[@mattalki]

Mine are broken at the wings as well, and the canopy is long gone. I still have my guns though. Mine is also extremely yellowed, almost orange (my falcon is like that too). I'll need to do some heavy deyellowing at some point. Great video! I love when you take stuff that most people would toss and make them perfectly fine again.

[@scotthawthorne3760]

Excellent! Really impressed.the whiter X wing looks almost box fresh. Really good video. 👍

[@warsincs]

Would like to see some of the optional battle damage stickers added to one of those fighters.

[@toypolloi]

You can see that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b32YhIqog5mZa5Y&pp=ygURdG95IHBvbGxvaSB4LXdpbmc%3D

[@Tim-57]

Hey Dave Awesome video, so great to see those ships back together. Also a funky new song, for the freshly boiled water debending fixes. 😎 Happy Weekend to you and MrsTP😊 Take care

[@knuthamsun6106]

they both look amazing. I like when he customizes his own stickers, I thought maybe he would for the more yellowed XWing, maybe with the vintage style battle damage. Excellent video as usual

[@toypolloi]

Thanks. I've done stickers before for the X-Wing. You can check them out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b32YhIqog5mZa5Y&pp=ygUYdG95IHBvbGxvaSB4LXdpbmcgY3VzdG9t

[@knuthamsun6106]

whoa! you were already that good at all of this SEVEN years ago?! 🤯

[@jozefgoos1735]

And again a fine repair

[@Scopay73]

Two thumbs up!! They look great!

[@leroysgamesandmore2226]

I should send over my old Star Trek light up enterprise b toy to you for restoration

[@thomashensel5645]

Another great Restoration, the X-WINGs looking very great 😃👍 And without using lighterfluid 😉 At First i thougt that you will use the old original Stickers and use the Trick with the lighterfluid.

[@toypolloi]

These stickers were to far gone and I knew I would just be replacing them from the start.

[@davidJones-mx7yw]

Wonder if dave fixed those other x wings in the video maybe?

[@toypolloi]

They went back in my boxes of broken Star Wars toys for future projects.

[@davidJones-mx7yw]

@@toypolloi oh good hope they get used one day

[@atariboy9084]

The more yellow one you should make it the Battle Damage X-Wing sticker one from Empire package:D

[@DsG_1982]

Exceptional work!

[@zaphodthenth]

I bought a badly stripped down X wing from the flea market, and took it apart... And decided to Steampunk it. I cleaned all of the pieces and spray painted it hammered bronze, made a canopy from a piece of clear plastic, and added two propellers to the back of the top two engines.

[@zaphodthenth]

I even steampunked an extra Like Skywalker and R2D2 to go with it.

[@ebombaci77]

Dave, just wanted to thank you again for your restoration work on Star Wars toys. I've watched almost all your videos and restored several toys including the SW Droid Factory and these restored toys are my favorites. I especially love my Snowspeeder as I used your custom stickers and my speeder looks BETTER than the original one! Absolutely love it! I would love to see a video restoration of the Rebel Transport one day. Keep up the great work. MTFBWY. Eduardo from down under.

[@BaobabArchives]

Constantly learning new things with each project you share with us. Thank you so much for all the hard work! I’ve been repairing some old toys and even scratch building some things myself lately, experimenting with making and printing out my own stickers, but haven’t found a nice sticker paper that prints as crisp as yours seem to turn out. I also can’t find a reasonably priced bottle of that brand of plastic weld here in the states, so I’ve been messing with a few alternative brands, with mixed results. All of which made me wonder what other sort of supplies and brands you have in your arsenal. Any chance for an updated supplies video on here or TP2? Keep up the awesome videos, you really are an inspiration!

[@acemilo]

Those are absolutely resin prints. They probably mixed in some tenacious resin with some clear abs resin which will give it both the flex and the slight discoloration.

[@PhD777]

Outstanding stuff! 👍🏻🎅👍🏻

[@scockery]

Fine work. Anyone who'd have thrown those away is a jerk.

[@sithcarebear1]

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, you have brought these cherished toys back to life. Always a treat to watch you work. Cheers Dave!👍

[@NitrousDiecast]

Looks good! I would like to see an x wing painted to look more real

[@ebrendel2032]

Wow, just awesome. Slightly jealous here in the U.S. as I gotta rewire and clean the wiring, mostly, the contacts are so corroded from being stored with the battery in them(hooray for vinegar!). One question, did or can you do a video on how to de-yellow the big pieces? I got an entirely brown Imperial Shuttle and its driving me nuts.

[@briancatron5496]

Mine are corroded too... didn't think about vinegar

[@timknott5856]

Quality repairs there

[@toypolloi]

Thanks 👍

[@lemuelsanabrialopez5789]

I enjoy all your videos

[@thedungeondelver]

Ohh...OK these don't have the lights & sounds. I was wondering when you were going to repair/replace those :D

[@toypolloi]

The Palitoy version is much more basic than the Kenner ship.

[@gavinhelgeson2880]

I love this kind of content 👍

[@kronos6948]

Were there two different releases of the X wing? I could have sworn the one I had when I was a kid had a red LED in the nose, with a blue button on top for the LED and the x wing release tab was also blue. And, the tail of the x wing was a highly detailed piece of plastic that held the batteries...

[@toypolloi]

Yes, Kenner and Palitoy versions. These are the UK Palitoy issues that are much simpler.

[@fantoystic9205]

As always an amazing job, thanks very much for sharing! I'm curious how you made the front landing gear, though. It looks amazing, and I'd like to take a crack at making one myself. Cheers!

[@toypolloi]

Thanks. The landing gear looks the part but isn't perfect. I'll do a video on how to make a better one at some point. Cheers

[@grahampeat6945]

Great job as always and the more weathered one indeed looks great. Xanaduprime do some good stuff, I got replacement speeder bike flaps and cannons from them after being recommended by Luke over at Reynolds reviews.

[@loganjorgensen]

Not exactly sure how to identify styrene plastic, I picked up a Hasbro Monster Face that has a crack that plastic weld should fix, but other than most whitish plastic I'm not sure which toys are styrene.🤔 I like the reinforcement additions, I've seen a few toys where I think I'll go ahead and beef them up rather than letting the original weakness break again. Wide flat pieces do bend a lot, in large sheet metal/plastic products they tend to add surface dimple patterns to counter that, don't think I've seen that practice much in toys. Been keen to get some vintage Kenner SW lately, hardly ever see it anymore in the wild though. People will probably get mad at me but I saw a Kenner AT-AT while visiting a thrift store a few years ago but didn't get it, it was so big that I didn't know where I'd put it lol. Quality repair TP it looks strong, interesting to see what 3D printing can offer to vintage toys.😉

[@youroldtoys1257]

Great video.

[@theladyfingers___]

I'd consider putting pre-emptive reinforcements on all the weak spots between the wings, that plastic's not getting any stronger over time.

[@GoliathAngelus]

I like the yellow version too

[@yunoyuluvit]

Have you considered making custom stickers, to make these other X-Wings look more like other members of Red Squadron, like you did with Luke's?

[@toypolloi]

I have. If you check back to some of my really old videos you will see just that!

[@yunoyuluvit]

@@toypolloi Can you point me in the right direction, as I can only find the three part series, but that one just had the Luke scheme, I mentioned. Cheers.

[@jamescriswell1505]

Great video. Have you ever thought of creating some of the other characters x-wings from the movies? Maybe Bigs or Porkens x-wings.

[@MrThunderwing]

Hey TP, another great repair project! What type of self adhesive printer paper are you using for your custom decals there? Is there a specific type of printer you'd recommend for the best results for something like this? Many thanks!

[@toypolloi]

I use whatever I can get at the time on ebay. No particular brand. And I use a fairly cheap inkjet printer for printing. I am sure there are better out there that what I have.

[@MrThunderwing]

@@toypolloi Thanks dude, good to know! P.S. Is that helmetless Luke Skywalker in X-Wing flight suit figure an original creation of yours? Looks cool!

[@toypolloi]

It is, you can see him being made in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGPWiomCn7Gji6M&pp=ygUZdG95IHBvbGxvaSBsdWtlIHNreXdhbGtlcg%3D%3D

[@GermanNightmare1976]

Wonderful video, as always, and such a nice rescue of beautiful toys. I was wondering (with not enough shelf space myself and a squadron of four) -- have you ever thought about wall mounts for X-Wings? How'd you go about it?

[@toypolloi]

I have a very old video about how I hang my ships on the wall. I still use the same method.

[@Triad3Force]

Absolutely brilliant :-D

[@Pzrem]

Great video!

[@eltenda]

Awesome as usual

[@unclemattsworkbench6667]

nice work as always. Know what I would do if I had two extra x-wings and your graphic arts skills? I would costomize them both to be red two and three for Wedge and Biggs. Not sure if 2 and 3 are correct but you get it.

[@toypolloi]

Thanks. I have older videos about custom stickers for these ships. From many many years back.

[@Thehumblecollectoruk]

love these videos you great pieaces out nothing .reminds when you did light up on slave one etc .

[@BrynSmith76]

2 vehicles saved from the dumpster. Nice job. The yellowed ones make ideal Dagobah x-wings. How many pieces are you away from fixing that 3rd one? I'd be tempted to crop the stickers as they are you have a potential red two and red one instead of the standard red 3.

[@toypolloi]

The third is really just parts, not enough to make anything out of it yet. It will go back in the box of bits until I need it.

[@toyfederation]

Great Channel! Great content!

[@toyfederation]

If you haven’t watched our show, would love your thoughts and feedback!

[@TheDarthMushroom]

Would have taken the Yellowstones and made a Degobaa version from the swamp. ❤️

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

Hi haven't seen any of your great videos in a long time 🎉

[@joepisarz682]

You should try and build a swamp landed X-Winh fighter...

[@kyronnewbury]

Hey Toy Polloi! Just curious if you would or have ever added yellowing to the stickers to match the aging of the toy itself?

[@JoseCampos-zx1lx]

Sir awesome video like always what brand of paper do you recommend for the decals. There are so many to pic from out there can you post a link on the paper that you usually use.

[@toypolloi]

With the matte paper I don't have any particular brand. Just whatever looks good value when I go searching on ebay. For gloss I check out the tool shop on toypolloi.com

[@JoseCampos-zx1lx]

@@toypolloi .

[@Warrior8bit]

Thanks for your videos. Q have you ever sprayed them white to get that minty look? Do you think that would work? TIA.

[@toypolloi]

I personally don't like painting toys that were not painted to start with. But that's just me. You can paint them for sure.

[@Warrior8bit]

@@toypolloi I understand, cheers. Q Can you offer any advice on types of paper what work well for the stickers? I’ve never printed any out? TIA.

[@toypolloi]

The choice is gloss or matte finish sticky backed printer paper. For xwings I prefer a matte finish.

[@huskydad72]

Do you have recommendations on printer settings for your stickers? I've downloaded them before but when I go to print them they're always smaller or larger than they should be. Thanks and thanks for the great video!

[@toypolloi]

Hi, check out the FAQ in toypolloi.com as I have listed there what you need to do. Cheers

[@bonysminiatures3123]

Awesome job

[@toypolloi]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@emersonalder1486]

Cue “Broken Wings” by Mr Mister 😂

[@Adam_Boots]

You should do some with custom stickers. Right now both of them representing Red 3. You should do them with different marking to fill the squadron. Luke flew in Red 5, not 3.

[@toypolloi]

Check out some of my old videos on the X-wing and you might just see that!

[@nicholighkun]

Soundtrack is bangin' on this one! (Except that "I can feel ya" song). All that controversy of the background music from your recent video has me wondering, what do you listen to while you work on these?

[@toypolloi]

If I am filming I can't listen to anything at all. So nothing. If I am just fixing for myself I often have KZbin on so I can catch up with the other channels I likes content.

[@nicholighkun]

@@toypolloi What about in a general sense, what kind of music do you listen to?

[@toypolloi]

Metal, industrial, death metal, grindcore. Lots of heavy stuff.

[@nicholighkun]

@@toypolloi :O Interesting. I'm a metal head too, but never got into death metal. I actually don't listen to much music these days except soundtracks (games and movies) and my own music, which is either purely digitally made, (kind of metal fusion), or else it's a combo of things I've written on the bass and added some backtracks to. I've become a bit of a snob in my old age I suppose.

[@davidpyott3710]

​@@toypolloi All Death Metal All The Time \m/

[@Norrbottning]

Some clear coat on those 3D printed guns would make them more glossy

[@retro_reflections]

Great job - would have taken the opportunity to actually make it Red Five if it were me, though. :D

[@andystandys]

I've never actually seen one of these X-Wings in person or held one. Is the plastic kinda flimsy?

[@scarnivac]

Great work on this one! Tip: if you want the stickers to have a glossy finish, you can stick clear wide cellotape on top :)

[@thedungeondelver]

Do you find there's any major difference between a Kenner or Palitoy mfgd. Star Wars figure/vehicle/playset/accessory/etc.?

[@Phantasia_Workshop]

Palitoy versions tended to be less complex and with lights and sounds removed

[@TheBadger74]

Only the X-wing and the Death Star playset are notably different. It's pretty much impossible to tell a loose Palitoy figure from a Kenner one.

[@MaxxWatt]

I wondered when the music would kick in :)

[@peculiargames3180]

Very nice.

[@toypolloi]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@magicshow32]

I have an X-Wing and can't get the wings to stay open...any pointers you can give?

[@toypolloi]

Have you opened it up? Most likely the r2 head is not catching on the button to lock it open.

[@magicshow32]

@@toypolloi Just got it so I have not opened yet. Thanks for the info!!!

[@TheBowdoc1]

I absolutely LOVE watching your videos. I have no interest in doing it myself, but your passion and seeing all the toys from my past brings me great enjoyment! THANK YOU for what you do!! I also love watching you go to the toy shows too.

[@toypolloi]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@mr_billy_the_4th]

Where do you get all these bits and bobs from?

[@toypolloi]

Stuff I find, bits people send me. I get them from all over.

[@johnanthonybautista]

would you consider selling them?