Many adult collectors fix old busted toys.
Its part of the fun of collecting toys for some people.
Some repairs are so sophisticated that they are true restorations and we have covered a few on Moonbase over the years.
One of the most memorable was erstwhile contributor Ferryman's restoring of a battered Fairylite Supercar I posted 8 years ago. The results were amazing.
So how did we approach this as kids?
Did you attempt any toy repairs in your tender years?
Maybe re-loop an Action Man/ GI Joe elastic? Perhaps re-insert the wires of a Major Matt Mason figure? Or what about replace the wheels on your matchbox cars and so on.
I'm not terribly practical as an adult although I will have a go at fixing old toys. I can't see me repairing toys in the Sixties and early Seventies unless it was just a bit of sellotape and paperclip!
Did you fix your broken toys when you were a kid? Did someone else or did they get chucked on the scrapheap?
No - I was too busy breaking working toys!
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Hugh speaks for all of us here I think. Does repainting/over painting count as repairing?
DeleteYep, repainting, let's hear about it Terran!
DeleteNo not personally, but having just watched your 5-part repair video of the C21 Moonship front wheel, I must say I will leave repairs to those with that great gift of restoring. Well done Woodsy!
ReplyDeletehey wow Arto, you watched all 5! I'm chuffed! Hope you enjoyed them!
DeleteYep, that was normal
ReplyDeleteSuper glue on broken "chinese knock offs" of G.I. Joes/Transformers parts, changing changing ball joints etc. from other broken toys to less broken ones.
Maybe that was the reason I loved 1st Toy Story (and even after watching that I tried making some "mis-matched toy monstrosities") and after that I went mostly into Model Kits
Those monster mash-ups in Toy Story were brilliant Ran! Anything that uses a dolls head or an Action Men head and robot legs has got to be scarily good!
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