Post by W¡LDCARD on Oct 2, 2006 1:04:58 GMT -5
If you've got a figure with a loose shoulder joints that make the arms unable to stay in one position other than down and that allow the arms to flail around when played with (the dreaded helicopter arms), I find that putting pieces of cotton balls into the torso will dramatically remedy the loose-ness.
Tear off some pieces of the cotton and carefully stuff them one by one into the slots around the shoulder ball joint with the file of a nail clipper (below left) or something thin like one. The puffiness of the cotton ball allows a lot of space to be taken up with relatively less material used as opposed to other ways of stuffing the torso (paper, tape, etc.)
Stuff enough cotton inside all around the joint to tighten up the joints and voila. Almost as good as new. Some of the cotton may slip out during movement of the arm. If that happens, take some out or wet down the cotton and shove it back in with the nail file. Be carefully not to scuff up the ball joints or the torso with the rough part of the file.
This method works for me, and hopefully it'll work for you.
Tear off some pieces of the cotton and carefully stuff them one by one into the slots around the shoulder ball joint with the file of a nail clipper (below left) or something thin like one. The puffiness of the cotton ball allows a lot of space to be taken up with relatively less material used as opposed to other ways of stuffing the torso (paper, tape, etc.)
Stuff enough cotton inside all around the joint to tighten up the joints and voila. Almost as good as new. Some of the cotton may slip out during movement of the arm. If that happens, take some out or wet down the cotton and shove it back in with the nail file. Be carefully not to scuff up the ball joints or the torso with the rough part of the file.
This method works for me, and hopefully it'll work for you.
So, I've been playing with him, and have had no problems whatsoever. So yeah, it's playable.