I broke the right arm of my Marvel Select Black Spidey sometime back. Had a bit of a heartache as it is the first Marvel figure which broke on me and it had to be a Spidey...
So I remember seeing somewhere of using screws as a way to replace pegs. So I decided to go ahead with it.First I dug out the remnant of the peg that was embedded in the arm. You can see that the remnant of the peg was not really a peg already. If it still remain as a peg, I could have used it for the fix.
Then I cut a screw to a suitable length copying the peg length from the left arm.
Using the other undamaged side as reference:
Thereafter I screw the screw into the part where the peg should have been and adjust to the appropriate length. After test fitting using the "boil and pop" method for the arm, I finally found an optimal length of the screw which would not make the arm look jutting out and neither will it be too tight for the arm to turn.
Then I drip a drop of superglue into the newly drilled hole and screw in the screw to the desired length. Then I coat the screw head lightly with oil (since the screw head is slightly larger than I would like it to be) and heat the arm and pop it back on again. Presto! My Marvel Select Spidey is whole again!!!
Thereafter I screw the screw into the part where the peg should have been and adjust to the appropriate length. After test fitting using the "boil and pop" method for the arm, I finally found an optimal length of the screw which would not make the arm look jutting out and neither will it be too tight for the arm to turn.
Then I drip a drop of superglue into the newly drilled hole and screw in the screw to the desired length. Then I coat the screw head lightly with oil (since the screw head is slightly larger than I would like it to be) and heat the arm and pop it back on again. Presto! My Marvel Select Spidey is whole again!!!
glad to see you updating your blog, dude ;) useful tips for fixing figures, thanks :)
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