Did my first Bulletman restring today!

[Fire Marshal Bill]

to use the costwald joints you only need to break apart the upper arm and part of the chest, it's really not that destructive and you just crazy glue it back together. i would be interested to see detailed photos of the elastic method you use

Not sure what method he used , but here's a link to restringing a muscle body with elastic:

http://kungfugrip.mysite.com/restringing_vintage_muscle_body_joe.htm

[chazz530]

Not sure what method he used , but here's a link to restringing a muscle body with elastic:

http://kungfugrip.mysite.com/restrin...e_body_joe.htm

That's pretty much the method I used. Can't wait to do another.

[rche]

When you restring that way, you have issues with the arms not holding poses in mid positions. They like to 'snap' back to center. To get a full range of motion that will stay in a pose, you have to tie the forearm to the bicep and then tie just the bicep to the torso ( or across the torso to the other bicep).

[chazz530]

When you restring that way, you have issues with the arms not holding poses in mid positions. They like to 'snap' back to center. To get a full range of motion that will stay in a pose, you have to tie the forearm to the bicep and then tie just the bicep to the torso ( or across the torso to the other bicep).

How do you attach the neck stem? I got the forearm to bicep, I was going to try that but went the other way because I wasn't sure about the rest. Are you saying attach arm to arm? Thanks.

[rche]

You can attach the neck stem to the uppermost body post that you see thru the neck hole.

[chazz530]

You can attach the neck stem to the uppermost body post that you see thru the neck hole.

Thanks. I am going to try it on my next restring. Going to be posting pics of the SJ pretty soon. Would do it tonight but going to a concert.

[Nostalgiabuff]

I have seen that link before for restringing with elastic, to be honest that looks a lot more time consuming and difficult than just poping the upper arms and using Cotswald joints, or there are other people who make the joints much cheaper

[rche]

I have seen that link before for restringing with elastic, to be honest that looks a lot more time consuming and difficult than just poping the upper arms and using Cotswald joints, or there are other people who make the joints much cheaper

I can purchase a wind of elastic for under $5 and restring maybe 20 muscle bodies without compromising the biceps or upper torso. The chrome on the buletman arms is especially delicate and less invasive is better in my opinion. So, for .25 a body compared to $15 or so for the cotswald kit, I choose to spend the extra time.

[Shanester]

Congrats! I find the GI Joe muscle bodies are fun to restore. The voice boxes on the talkers are a pain in the ***, but the regular MB figures are easy.

[LeeNeilson]

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Hi All,

I bought a boxed Palitoy Bullet Man (I'm in the UK) last Sunday, great condition packaging and the figure itself amazingly is still strung with the original rubber. The only flaw is that some of the fingers have broken off his left hand. The guy I bought it from has offered to send me a replacement left arm from another Palitoy Bullet Man he has at home where the legs have come off.

You guys in this thread seem to be experts in the Bullet Man field so my question is this: Do you know whether it is possible to do a straight hand swap on Bullet Man? How achievable would this be? Obviously, as he is held together with his original rubber I'd rather not have to detach his whole arm to swap the hand and force a re-string. Equally, if the hand is hard to get off, I don't want to risk damaging the figure or the chrome.

I'd really appreciate your input.

Thanks,

Lee