Vintage Super Joe Collectors

[kryptosmaster]

I prefer using original parts rather than "re-heading" Joe onto another body. Hasn't anyone made new joints available to restore these guys yet at a reasonable cost?
I have one original hand in excellent shape that I would lend out if someone was able to use it to create new FLEXIBLE Kung-Fu grip hands. Perhaps someone with the right equipment could even use it to create the opposite hand as well?
It's a dirty shame that these guys fall apart at the slightest touch but they can be resurrected if someone would make the proper joints available.
I'm in for 4 sets right now and would buy more if they worked well.
Rich

[TrueDave]

Any news on that head plug adaptor? :-)

( who makes the Z body? I've been busy for a bit , out of touch.)

[Trappy Trek Freak]

Man I have been making all kinds of superjoes with the UFC bodies, the neck fits the SJ head perfect with little tweaks. Doc Mego makes a resin SJ head without the beard and it has the plug, but there is nothing like an original that you can squeeze. I think if you made a Z-body with the neck built on like a ufc body and the little socket post it would be brilliant!!! I can send you some pics, my avatar is one of my Joes with DM head that I dremeled out and drilled a hole to accomadate the socket post. You can be on to something big here if you can rebuild all the superjoes out there in the world withou arms and legs. I made a commander with your hands. We can rebuild them, make them stronger, faster, better!!!

[Trappy Trek Freak]

I have a casted set of kung fu hands that are rubbery-like and I am getting some casted joints this week in the mail to rebuild an old one guys and I want someone to cast this stuff so I can share and help people out with their SJ teams.

[kryptosmaster]

I have a casted set of kung fu hands that are rubbery-like and I am getting some casted joints this week in the mail to rebuild an old one guys and I want someone to cast this stuff so I can share and help people out with their SJ teams.

I'm definitely interested. I have 4 Joes waiting to be reconditioned right now.
Rich

[cjefferys]

I bought a restored Super Joe Commander on ebay a couple years ago. It was very well done, but the seller told me that the guy who did it doesn't restore them anymore. Is it true that to restore these guys you have to split apart the body pieces (i.e. cut them open at the seams)? I would love to get a restored Darkon, Luminous and Shield (or have the ability and materials to restore them myself) someday.

[justzeg18]

Super Joe figure - eBay (item 230478262420 end time May-29-10 12:59:00 PDT)

check out the bit in this auction about having molds to make all the joints and hands.
could be worth asking him about more.

[rche]

I bought a restored Super Joe Commander on ebay a couple years ago. It was very well done, but the seller told me that the guy who did it doesn't restore them anymore. Is it true that to restore these guys you have to split apart the body pieces (i.e. cut them open at the seams)? I would love to get a restored Darkon, Luminous and Shield (or have the ability and materials to restore them myself) someday.

the SJ are like the big muscle body Joes in how they are strung. There are rubber loops that pull the limbs in and this material pretty much disintegrates eventually. There are a few ways to restring the muscle guys, but to do it right you have to crack the torso and split the limbs at the seams. The Super Joes are similar, but much smaller which makes it that much harder to do. Luminous and Shield are also made of a clear plastic that cracks easily.

Tough little time bombs to repair.

[kryptosmaster]

the SJ are like the big muscle body Joes in how they are strung. There are rubber loops that pull the limbs in and this material pretty much disintegrates eventually. There are a few ways to restring the muscle guys, but to do it right you have to crack the torso and split the limbs at the seams. The Super Joes are similar, but much smaller which makes it that much harder to do. Luminous and Shield are also made of a clear plastic that cracks easily.

Tough little time bombs to repair.

Nothing like an all-original guy when you're all done though. Beats using replacement bodies. Where else you going to get a 1-2 punch?

Rich

[Neutron X]

The Super Joes aren't like the Muscle body Gijoes. In the middle of the joints is where the connectors are located making it much harder job to repair. The plastic can get brittle too. They are very very time consuming to repair not a 20 minute job. More like 1 1/2-2 1/2 hour repair if you are good. This doesn't count time to get casted hands if you can find them.

[cjefferys]

Nothing like an all-original guy when you're all done though. Beats using replacement bodies. Where else you going to get a 1-2 punch?

Rich

I agree 100%.

The Super Joes aren't like the Muscle body Gijoes. In the middle of the joints is where the connectors are located making it much harder job to repair. The plastic can get brittle too. They are very very time consuming to repair not a 20 minute job. More like 1 1/2-2 1/2 hour repair if you are good. This doesn't count time to get casted hands if you can find them.

Yeah, the guy who I bought my restored figure from said that he paid quite a bit for the restoration, because it was tricky and time consuming. My Super Joe looks great though, the guy did a wonderful restoration job.

[kryptosmaster]

The Super Joes aren't like the Muscle body Gijoes. In the middle of the joints is where the connectors are located making it much harder job to repair. The plastic can get brittle too. They are very very time consuming to repair not a 20 minute job. More like 1 1/2-2 1/2 hour repair if you are good. This doesn't count time to get casted hands if you can find them.

Yeah, I've started splitting the limbs on a few to get an idea if there's any way to repair these short of repro joints. So far I don't have any good ideas. I can't see elastic cord working very well. I was thinking maybe there might be cheap donor toy out there with joints that could be cannibalized or modified and retrofit to SJ. Like maybe a ninja turtle or He-man or something that's cheap at garage sales.
As far as hands go, yeah the originals being remolded would be the best but I saw a website where a guy used castaway gripper hands and they looked pretty good but I don't think they come in black (for Darkon) or clear? for Luminos.
Rich

thinking here: I wonder if the guys at castaway or DM would have any inroads to getting some joints and hands reproed. They would know what materials to use and how hard it would be to get molds made, etc. There's definitely a market for them if we can get them made at a reasonable price.

[rche]

right; so not exactly a shrunk down muscle bod, but the time bomb joint material was still there and the limbs are smaller and easy to break. And you do have to crack the bits open to repair the joints properly.

I think thatbatmanguy said he did superjoe repairs. Is he still around here?

[rche]

As far as hands go, yeah the originals being remolded would be the best but I saw a website where a guy used castaway gripper hands and they looked pretty good but I don't think they come in black (for Darkon) or clear? for Luminos.
Rich

I was wondering how the Castaway rubbery hands would work for the SuperJoes. I have seen them with Mego hands, so I figured the scale would not be an issue.

Can you post the site with CAW hands on the SJ figures?

thanks

[ThatBatmanGuy]

right; so not exactly a shrunk down muscle bod, but the time bomb joint material was still there and the limbs are smaller and easy to break. And you do have to crack the bits open to repair the joints properly.

I think thatbatmanguy said he did superjoe repairs. Is he still around here?

Yep, I'm still around. As a matter of fact, I'm repairing a Super Joe now. It's still not an easy thing to do either. My rates are $25.00 per figure and that includes shipping & insurance back to the customer. I had to recreat the elbow and knee joints. It's not something that can be cast in resin either. Well, you could cast it, but it just wouldn't hold up very long. Sorta like the originals. So, I have to build each joint each and every time. The hardest part is re-attaching the legs to the crotch. The knees and elbows are pretty easy. For the hands, in the past I used Doc Mego, but now I'm using ZICA. Better hands for this figure re-build. I also make SuperJoe chest decals.
Bob