Repairing an EMCE Uhura figure

[Mejo]

I bought the line of EMCE Star Trek figures that came out way back when and over time the elastic bands holding them together have slowly started to deteriorate. My Chekov fell apart but I found a tutorial on how to repair him that worked out great. Recently, my Lt. Uhura figure's head fell off and this looks like a trickier fix. Does anyone know a repair procedure for a female EMCE figure? And is it the same as an original MEGO female figure?

[TrekStar]

I do not have a EMCE Uhura, but I’m pretty sure just like the original mego female’s there’s no neck plug, it should fit back on the body stem. You could ask Dr. Mego Paul Clark, on how to fix it.

[apes3978]

I bought the line of EMCE Star Trek figures that came out way back when and over time the elastic bands holding them together have slowly started to deteriorate. My Chekov fell apart but I found a tutorial on how to repair him that worked out great. Recently, my Lt. Uhura figure's head fell off and this looks like a trickier fix. Does anyone know a repair procedure for a female EMCE figure? And is it the same as an original MEGO female figure?

Do you mean the neck stem came off, or just that the head itself came off of the stem? If it just came off the stem, as TrekStar says, you should be able to just pop it back onto the stem.

I'm pretty sure that Dr. Mego sells Brown (AA) female bodies, so maybe you could just buy one of those replacement bodies for your Uhura?


Edited to add: I checked and Dr. Mego does indeed have repro Brown (AA) female bodies, $4.00/each. Can be seen here about half way down the page (Just has the listing, doesn't show the actual product): http://drmego.fatcow.com/store/page10.html


Also, CTVT has repro Brown (AA) bodies: https://www.classictvtoys.com/custom...alebodies.aspx

[Mejo]

The head is still on the neck but the neck came out of the body. I managed to get out a small rectangular piece that was loose inside the body but I can't figure out how that could have possibly connected to the neck, which is just a tube with a hole on one end and no way an elastic band could attach to it.

I may have to buy a new body (thanks for the link) but I was hoping I could fix it. Is there a link anywhere to an internal view of how Megos are assembled?

[Mejo]

I just looked through my copy of World's Greatest Toys by Holcomb and saw how the female Mego looked and the EMCE version is nothing like it. And I can't find any EMCE female figure repair info online, so either I glue the neck on, or buy a new repro body. I'm thinking the latter.

[Mejo]

Scratch that. The EMCE design is pretty much the same as one of the original MEGO female bodies. I think I'm just going to super-glue the base of the neck onto the body, and the head will still swivel on the top part.

[Mejo]

I other news, I discovered my EMCE Cheron's limbs are broken down his left side. Sigh ... at least I have experience in fixing that problem.