Vintage G.I.Joe Broken knee repair

Vintage G.I.Joe Broken knee repair - Toy Polloi

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These poor vintage G.I.Joe figures have seen some action in their time. Both have broken knees that need fixing. Time to get the Lego out. Different era's of Joe's have different Knee construction so require various methods to fix them up. Watch the video to see the process.
0:00 Intro
0:50 The differences in the legs
3:35 1987 Ice Vipers knee repair
9:01 1989 Night Viper knee repair
13:05 The fixed figures
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@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

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@sithcarebear1 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved these old O-Ring Joes. I would spend hours mixing and matching parts to create my own new figures. Great fix Dave!😃

@kieronball8962 2 жыл бұрын

With Dave and Toy Polloi around, G.I. Joe will always have a leg to stand on! :)

@GreyHulk2156 2 жыл бұрын

You're the MacGyver of toys, fixing things with just a paperclip, PTFE tape and some LEGO. ;P

@davidtexmex1616 2 жыл бұрын

Smashing repairs as standard 👏🏼 Lego needs to get sponsoring you with a custom parts-toolkit launch 👨‍🔧

@christopherlacher3544 2 жыл бұрын

I use the little red hoses that come with wd-40 cans work great. But I do like this method. And believe I will use it from now on. Just ordered some of those lego parts on ebay.

@manofaction1807 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!! What a great idea. Now all I need are a bag of antennas. Put a little nail polish in the bob that the knee attaches to. It will snug it up.

@impossiblepie 2 жыл бұрын

Dave , thank you for helping to save the environment, because of your fantastic repair videos , less broken toys are now being saved from garbage dumps around the world! Cheers!

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@Tim-57 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave🙂

@TheHBHikerBoyScout 7 ай бұрын

I found you can repair that bottom peg on Night Viper with the right size comb tooth. Fits the accessory perfect.

@Byle1990s 2 жыл бұрын

Broken knees that’s me every day.

@dougjames4972 2 жыл бұрын

Lego to the rescue!!!!

@occamsrazor4370 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely fantastic. I’ve never seen this approach to fixing G.I.Joe’s (Action Force). Looks like I need some legos. Now if you can find something for arm joints, never seen a repair of thous ever. Thanks bro. Nice tip

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@rawnostalgia 2 жыл бұрын

are you referring to the elbow? or are you meaning the top part of the arm that fixes into the body?

@nyquist75 2 жыл бұрын

Yo Joe! I might even try this thanks.

@lemontangs 2 жыл бұрын

Night Viper was my favorite G.I Joe as a kid. Now my kids play with it as well as a host of others Joe's. My biggest bane with this character was the visor and rifle holster stubs (on the leg) would always keep breaking. Still to this day a cool looking toy.

@thetworoos 2 жыл бұрын

A great how-to guide for a common problem! Nice job! 😃

@kayvtv Жыл бұрын

Night Viper was my first toy! :D

@davecardoza4762 2 жыл бұрын

Great fix today Dave. Thank you for giving us great ideas on fixing our Gi.Joes. The plastic used on these action figures was so delicate that the joints would break easily due to constant play. I have 2 Night Vipers and I fixed the leg of one, but there's another problem with that particular action figure. The two connectors on the sides of the helmet where the visors or night vision goggles go, are always breaking. I would love to see another video where you tackle that problem. Again, thanks Dave for your superb ideas on how to fix these toys. 👍

@Portal2099 2 жыл бұрын

Good info Dave!. I need to get some lego antennas. Also, Night Viper in particular has a lot of pegs... the pegs on his leg to hold his gun, and the pegs that hold his visor on, then another peg that holds the night vision scope onto the visor. Thank you buddy!

@r.davidhill7639 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video David.

@KatrinaLeFaye 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your 50k subscribers, your capes have made my Star Wars figures did them proud.

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@frankschuler2867 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Just like new!

@sdavifcom 2 жыл бұрын

Thoses are rather simple fixes, but great nonetheless. Thanks Dave.

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

Not all fixes need to be complicated. Most times simple is best.

@actionfigureplus 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome repair fix!

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@irish3335 2 жыл бұрын

Super useful into thanks for sharing and demonstrating!

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@eltenda 2 жыл бұрын

Great how to

@thedaleymeelee3389 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful and very useful video. Thanks!

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@macorourke2222 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Brother Thanks for sharing 😀 👍 ♥️ 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸🌎🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯

@MisterCasket 2 жыл бұрын

I'd call them Landmine Vipers.

@TheChibitodd 2 жыл бұрын

Great video ! Again

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@1980mke 2 жыл бұрын

just picked up an ice viper last summer

@grizzlehorn7387 2 жыл бұрын

I learn so much from you @toypolloi

@rawnostalgia 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great tutorial, I've been watching a lot of your videos of late and since I had been picking up some loose and broken figures it helps a great deal thank you and congrats on your subscribers

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@brianartillery 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent fix, Dave. As I watched this, I thought: 'Just like the Germans have a word for everything, LEGO have a part for everything.'

@jonboldrey5339 2 жыл бұрын

Killing it dave with the videos! 👍🧐

@lemuelsanabrialopez5789 2 жыл бұрын

I love your video

@jeremygregorio7472 2 жыл бұрын

He used to be a soldier until he took an arrow to the knee

@garym6315 2 жыл бұрын

I'd definitely be interested in more videos about joint repairs for these sort of figures - luckily my Action Force figures are mostly okay but my Galoob A-Team figures seem to be broken everywhere, and luckily those and the Black Hole figures seem to use the same basic design as these Action Force / GI Joe figures.

@oliverbelmonte7077 2 жыл бұрын

Ah.....another unique way to fix the legs of your 3 3/4 inch vintage gijoes, courtesy of Sir Dave.

@Dustin2112 2 жыл бұрын

Oh the HUMANITY! Poor Legos

@autoneurotic 2 жыл бұрын

I love GI Joes but my God, they were the most fragile toys I had growing up. Each and every figure became destroyed in time.

@aroexplorer Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the work!. excellent video. Do you have any tips to improve the articulation of the Joes' legs?. over time, they become soft and lose stability to stand. big hug from Brazil!.

@toypolloi Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's an old video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftqdqZd3z8ivhqc.html

@GreyHulk2156 2 жыл бұрын

With all your mentions of "G.I. Joe knee", it made me think maybe we have a name for the female Joes now. "G.I. Joanie". ;P

@mykeg2401 2 жыл бұрын

Only if 8 year old me had this knowledge… I had Quite a few joes that didn’t make it home to mama joe….

@erikw5 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if you take requests but do you know if it’s possible to fix the spark action for the G1 transformers that had that gimmick?

@KirkLee1983 Жыл бұрын

Cool work but I sure hope you don't sell these I'd hate to get 1 of these in my Collection not knowing it's been broken at 1 time.

@ZombieKG 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought a Night Viper with a broken visor peg. Which lego piece would you recommend to replace it with? I thought of using the Lego piece commonly used as the gear shift in smaller sets

@toypolloi 2 жыл бұрын

Whip antenna is the smallest you can get. Either that or some smaller diameter styrene rod.

@ZombieKG 2 жыл бұрын

@@toypolloi Thank you sir 👍

@bretticus6722 2 ай бұрын

Would this method work on an 84 Breaker figure?

@toypolloi 2 ай бұрын

Worth a try. I think they are all the same or very similar in construction.

@WeaselJuice 2 жыл бұрын

All my Joes are starting to disintegrate, so I’ve started selling them on EBay while they are still in one piece. I’ll take that $ and reinvest in the newer generations.