Help with Headmasters...

Post by **Hound** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:13 pm

Is there a technique to tighten up the hips on a headmaster and the forehead flap thing on their backs?

jolfead · Post by **jolfead** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:58 pm

thanks for good posting

tahukanuva · Post by **tahukanuva** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:01 am

^I think I've found my new signature.

EDIT: Bugger. Spammy's gone.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:42 am

Hound wrote:Is there a technique to tighten up the hips on a headmaster and the forehead flap thing on their backs?

Clear nail varnish?

Post by **Hound** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:02 am

Cliffjumper wrote:Clear nail varnish?

Yeah but how do you apply it? You can't exactly disassemble the toy.

tahukanuva · Post by **tahukanuva** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:13 am

Is it a pin joint? I haven't tried this, but perhaps you could knock the pin out and apply a very thin layer of varnish on it before putting it back in? If you get it too thick to go back in you could file it down. Of course, I'm wary of pin removal myself, so I'd understand hesitation to try this option.

Post by **Hound** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:48 am

No there's no pin. As best I can tell there is no way to take the joint apart at all.

tahukanuva · Post by **tahukanuva** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:53 am

Are they held together with witch magic?

I've never owned a Headmaster, so I don't know what type of joint it is.

Post by **Hound** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:02 am

As I look at it, I think you would call the piece of metal holding the legs to the body a rivet.

It's not something you can unscrew or remove.

Post by **Sades** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 6:31 am

tahukanuva wrote:Are they held together with witch magic?

I've never owned a Headmaster, so I don't know what type of joint it is.

No offense, but wouldn't it make more sense to help if you know and have the toy rather than try to guess it out?

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:57 am

There are some standard techniques, and it's not like we don't have pics and a fairly good exposure to eighties toy stock... Powermaster Nebulans are pretty similar and weedily contructed IIRC, whereas the original Targetmaster ones are quite robust due to the single big rivet at the hips.

Asides from lightly varnishing to create friction, you can sometimes wind thin cord such as cotton or nylon thread around a joint to beef up worn material.

http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Hardhead/hardhead.htm

Thread at the hips and central knee joint?

Savannahtron · Post by **Savannahtron** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:32 pm

I used to use plastic wrap on BW toy joints to tighten them up without actually altering or gluing the toy. IIRC, the flap is just a snap in, you could take a thin pair of tweezers and pop it out.