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Unearthing my Transformers collection (Info needed and repair tips)
The Last Gent
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Okay, so, the other day, we emptied out my basement, and I found a mysterious plastic bin. Upon cracking it open, what did I find, but my huge collection of Transformers figures. Anyway, it sent me down a huge nostalgia trip, and I spent the rest of the day unpacking the whole collection, seeing what was still in one piece, and what was busted. And now a bunch of them are posed on my desk. Its late Beast Wars, Beast Machines, and early Robots in Disguise stuff if anyone cares. But yeah, I now have some questions I'd like to pose to anyone knowledgeable about this stuff.
1) Is there a website where I can find scans of the instructions for figures from this era? Because I must've thrown them all out at some point and I'll be damned if I can remember how to transform RiD Megatron/Gigatron into all 6 modes. Basically, I'd need them for most of my larger figures.
2) Some of them will need repairs, so I'd like some tips on what kind of glue to use on plastic. Hot glue? Crazy glue? etc....
3) Is there any way to tighten up ball joints that have become loose over the years? My Beast Machines Thrust for example now has limp elbows.
And last of all,
4) is there ANY way to fix ball joints that are missing a chunk of the socket? My RiD Prowl has a piece missing from the socket on one of the doors that the ball pops into, and I wonder if I can fix it, because the rest of the figure's in perfect condition (my apologies if that made no sense).
Anyways, any advice, links, etc. would be appreciated, and I don't intend to sell these guys, in fact I may just begin collecting again after this (I may start another thread on that subject)
Okay, so, the other day, we emptied out my basement, and I found a mysterious plastic bin. Upon cracking it open, what did I find, but my huge collection of Transformers figures. Anyway, it sent me down a huge nostalgia trip, and I spent the rest of the day unpacking the whole collection, seeing what was still in one piece, and what was busted. And now a bunch of them are posed on my desk. Its late Beast Wars, Beast Machines, and early Robots in Disguise stuff if anyone cares. But yeah, I now have some questions I'd like to pose to anyone knowledgeable about this stuff.
1) Is there a website where I can find scans of the instructions for figures from this era? Because I must've thrown them all out at some point and I'll be damned if I can remember how to transform RiD Megatron/Gigatron into all 6 modes. Basically, I'd need them for most of my larger figures.
2) Some of them will need repairs, so I'd like some tips on what kind of glue to use on plastic. Hot glue? Crazy glue? etc....
3) Is there any way to tighten up ball joints that have become loose over the years? My Beast Machines Thrust for example now has limp elbows.
And last of all,
4) is there ANY way to fix ball joints that are missing a chunk of the socket? My RiD Prowl has a piece missing from the socket on one of the doors that the ball pops into, and I wonder if I can fix it, because the rest of the figure's in perfect condition (my apologies if that made no sense).
Anyways, any advice, links, etc. would be appreciated, and I don't intend to sell these guys, in fact I may just begin collecting again after this (I may start another thread on that subject)
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http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=cs_instructions&letter=T
As for loose ball-socket joints, I have heard that applying a coat of clear nail polish to the ball portion will tighten it up a bit.