This is battle damage action man, the real possible effects of being a soldier. Of course having a field medic like you makes all the difference.

Read about this chap in the annual and realised I had not watched the actual video...how satisfying, to see him come back from the red (boom boom) and live again, with dignity. Great stuff!

Your videos have made me start collecting bad shape toys for repair rather than good shape toys for display lol. Love watching you do these!

Sometimes i wonder if the Person who messed up the Figure in the Past is watching this... would be funny somehow. Great Video btw, thanks!

Well done! Looks like Sid(?) from Toy Story had this guy at one time.😉

Once again you have rocked the GI Joe/Action Man foundation all the way over here in Georgia ( USA ) with your amazing talent. Wow, Wow, Wow. You are absolutely the best at bringing childhood memories back to life. Thank you.

Yes! At 13:50 you ask if this is worth it - and it IS! Not because it gets a figure which is collector-grade or A-grade or anything, but because the process is fun. I've watched a lot of your channel (kind of addicted to it; send help) and I think that is what shines through - the restoration of these toys is the fun part, that is the "hobby". It is like my hobby of miniature building - yes, it is quicker and easier to buy a new kit and assemble it from scratch and then you have it for the shelf or gaming table . . . but if you want "bang for your hobby buck" then a $10 eBay rescue and three days of paint stripping and sanding and rebuilding things with styrene and casting replacement components is much better value. People's mileage my vary, but I for one love the building and painting and so forth part of the hobby, so any kit which is complicated or needs work or whatever is a win in my book.

The final result nearly brought a tear to my eye 👍

At times in the video this was almost like watching actual surgery (all the "blood"). Bravo on saving another one from the landfill

Imagine if this was in Toy Story, a Combat Carl figure was in a deep, depressing broken hibernation, then a cleaner restores him to his former handsome self... after thinking he'd never look normal again.

I like the tan. It’s like he’s been adventuring in the sun all day and developed a farmers tan. Impressive restoration as always!

You truly are a miracle worker!

This was probably the most dramatic restoration I have seen you do. That was amazing!

Fantastic job. good to see another actionman being saved 👍

I know you are really good at these things. But when I saw this poor guy, I would not have guessed you could get him such a fantastic shape again. Congratulations!

I gave this video a thumbs up just for the thumbnail of the chalk outline of a Dead action figure

Really interesting and helpful video. Just a tip that I have used for Action Man in the same sort of state - T-cut removes the staining although as you mentioned it sort of gives the plastic a more flesh like color but that is no bad thing.

Damn the NHS really helped this action man out

WOW..WHATTA MESS..LOTTA WORK.TURNED OUT WELL..GOOD JOB! GREAT INFO!❤

He looks great! Way to see it through to the end.

You did an amazing job. Thank you.

Fantastic, excellent

Wow that was brilliant. I bet he has been laying at the bottom of an old box for years thinking will I ever get back to how I was and thanks to you he has. Absolutely fantastic well done 👍

That was an awesome save, he looks practically brand new! thanks for sharing, very informative

Wow!! I didn't think he could be saved, let alone come up so good. I've said it before but you are the master Dave. The best on KZfaq by far!!!

Great work! your very patient. Fantastic job!

WOW that is some real awesome transformation, didn't think it was possible to get it back to its normal color. The master strikes again fantastic work as always.

Amazing work!

You really are a miracle worker! And with a ton of patience, I might add. lol! Great job on this one! My older brother had the bearded GI Joe with an outfit just like that orange one but it was light green. I can still picture it, all these 40+ years later!

I always enjoy these little journeys from 'broken junk' to 'as good as new'... absolutely amazing!!! ;)'

Excellent restoration.

I just noticed the thumbnail for this - it's superb, and funny.

I've recently taken up restoring some toys I had from the 80's. Watching your videos has given me inspiration. Thank you.

This is toy necromancy!!!! Rising the body of a dead action figure so it can be displayed again Hahahahah... Truly excellent job!!!!

Always a little happy moment when a new toy polloi vid appears. Really love these longer restoration episodes. Great as usual

Brilliant! It's so cool that you saved him - think of all those adventures he had with his previous owner(s) that would have gone to the tip with him otherwise, and been lost; we may not know what they were, but they still live on in some fashion in his little plastic form, and may be re-lived at some point again in the future. Utterly fantastic job, sir! Be safe. :)

u know the saying, time heals all wounds...awesome job

Amazing job! Watching your videos I was able to restore my brother's collector King Kong. It has very weak pegs on the arms so they broke. He tried to super glue them several times but they were just too heavy and kept falling apart, so I saw you Rancor and Wampa restoration and helped me so much to finally put both arms back into a wonderful piece that is back on display, otherwise it will be somewhere in a box.

Amazing work man, great to see the love for Action Man

Stunning work !!!!

That was fantastic! I can't believe he came so clean. Great job!

Been watching your videos for about a year now. Always a highlight. I have just won my first flock haired, eagle eye restoration on eBay so will be referring to your past videos again when I start my first project. I think my first action man was a tank commander, so I might try to put together that outfit. Thanks for the videos

That is just a night and day difference. Spectacular work.

FANTASTIC WORK!

Well done on that nice to see VAM save . I use an old toothbrush it cleans up lot quicker and dont mark the vam body . Zit cream to clean the vam head put the zit cream on and leave it facing the sun for a day two then wipe it clean.

Looks like jack nance....great job by the way...amazing work

Great job!

This Is still one of my favorite videos. Cheers Man!

That is brilliant! Well done, very impressive. You must have real patience to do that

Amazing work once again. You should make him your honorary Toy Polloi Wounded Warrior mascot survivor.

Fantastic job Dave, very impressed.

Amazing. I didn't expect it to turn out so well. You are brilliant,

I was brushing some Vallejo surface primer on an old Aurora Planet of the Apes Cornelius model kit, and decided to put this on in the background as I worked. I quite enjoyed that this was a longer video, Dave. I really appreciate watching you restore toys, so it was nice to get a little longer running time with your update! As always, you astound! You really brought that figure back from the dead. Seeing it cold on a shelf, I doubt that I would have noticed that it was even a restored figure at all! Great work, man!

Oustanding repair and restoration work. Wow

Amazing job removing that paint. I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for the great content!

I think that best restaration you ever done .you done some great ones but this one was amazing

Brilliant job Dave!

This stuff inspired me to do thorough clean-up jobs on a couple of my old He-Man vehicles. Replace the stickers and all that.

Fantastic video. Excellent work.

Amazing job! Inspiring!

This looks like a horror movie. Very interesting. But kinda creepy cool lol

Beautiful work, David!

Your patience should be commended Dave! what a brilliant video, love the long videos this looked like a difficult but rewarding process well done 🙏

GREAT JOB....GREETINGS FROM MEXICO............

Truly spectacular

Just one upped yourself. Brilliant restoration.

Excellent work!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Outstanding! Thanks for saving this Action Man!

Totally awesome, many said it could not be done but here he stands back in a collection where he belongs, pleased we could help a little :)

Magnificent work

incredible. you're a magician.

OMG imagine if the toy story series was true the old owner of this is horrifying but finally he's been restored amazing job #toypolloi

Looks like the kid tried to make him the skinned bodies in Predator.

Hell yeah! No Joe left behind!

This was just the tutorial I needed to work out how to clean up a Vintage MotU Beastman that has been painted bronze. Excellent restoration work.

Impressive idea with reflocking! I'll do the same for my Action Man when I find the right color.

The red in his beard is the blood of his enemies ! Honestly I would have left the damaged beard as it is, it would have given him character and something of a history. But even so, it's an amazing restoration as always.

21:18 Nooooo!! blub blub blub...gurgle This was a great video thanks very much

sheeez I thought for sure the flock was a goner these toys kick ass man

Nice job. For flocking the hair you might know but in model making you can make or buy an electric flock applicator to make them stand on end perfectly. Another paint remover that may be useful in the future: Biostrip, it doesn't harm your hands which is nice.

Amazing work. Thanks so much for this.

This is fascinating. Why have I only just discovered this?

Love your video’s, man! Thank you so much for sharing your brilliance 👍

This was an amazing restoration! I'm as always very impressed by the creativity you bring to fixing these restoration projects, like using the grass to replace the beard, that's brilliant! Have you ever been contacted by the previous owners of any of these toys, people that just happened to be watching and see their old toys?

Great job

The tool used to submerge Action Man's head in the brake fluid reminds me of the sort of dastardly super villain type of plot I would have come up with as a kid. haha

This is my favorite repair you’ve done, from me going “no, no, no” to Oooh...he did it 😮 Great video ✌🏽👍🏽

I don't remember Action Man appearing in Hellraiser? What a job, heard you mentioning this one and wanted to see.

Got to be honest ... I've returned to this video several times for a re-watch

good job hello from France !!!

the other two action mans looks very surprised with the result!, great job indeed... i will try it some day

Great job, Dave! I really didn't think you were going to get him presentable, let alone as good as you did get him!

Great stuff mate, i bet he feels epic now ;)

Dave that was Awesome!

Amazing salvage job! I love watching these restoration videos of yours. Of course, with the clothing you put on him, you could've just removed the paint on the face and been done with it. 😁

Great Save! enjoy the vids! Keep it up buddy

WOW, That was some project, from walking dead to back in action, excellent job buddy! This was worth the wait:)

Someone played "Dexter" with this. Great Video.

Dave you've done it again I seriously thought there is no way he can be restored.but with a hell of a lot of patience and perseverance he looks brilliant well done.at the end it looked like pin head and chewie welcome back mate good to see you looking great.you are a genius.quick question would you go through it all again???

Pre-restoration: possibly Benito Mussolini. Post-restoration: man that forgot sunscreen.