by Billy | Apr 25, 2014 | Action Figure Repair, Customs
Hey Marufans! I’ll admit that I have never been a large fan of podcasts or talk radio for that matter… but I’ve found one that I really love. www.bsxcluded.com has won me over completely (and it wasn’t for the grin-inducing plug they gave me)....
by Billy | Apr 21, 2014 | Action Figure Repair, Customs
Hey Marufans! Here’s a real quick one to whet your paint palette. A good friend of mine, Mike, sent me a Two-Face figure who was constantly looking up. I used a dab of Citadel Enchanted Blue to cover the existing pupil and then dabbed a bit of Chaos Black for...
by Billy | Apr 21, 2014 | Action Figure Repair
Hello, Marufans! Today I bring you a classic tale of a beautifully sculpted figure plagued by shoddy, weak joints. This has been an issue with DC Direct problems from the very beginning and unfortunately it has transferred over to DC Collectibles. For some reason they...
by Billy | Apr 9, 2014 | Action Figure Repair
Look at all of this! What a mess! Nah, this is what I do. You can see that I have been given quite the crazy workload. Bizarro has been fixed. The rest… not yet. Marvel Selects are a different breed, so I have to be very careful. The Malebolgia will be super...
by Billy | Apr 9, 2014 | Action Figure Repair
Yet another import to fix. This could have ended in disaster with one misplaced dremel, but as you can see, all went well! I basically started by drilling a hole all the way through peg. I then added an eye screw into the peg and then screwed it into the leg peg. I...
by Billy | Apr 9, 2014 | Action Figure Repair
This fix was definitely a challenge! The client’s Nathan Drake figure’s arm had actually broken at the peg hole in the armpit socket. This is actually the second Play Arts figure I’ve had to fix like this. I had to be very careful with supergluing...