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Hi everyone,
So here is a fix that I have been using on the Mattel figures. It's quick, cheap, and as far as I'm concerned, works pretty well.
1. Head out the the automotive parts store and buy a roll of gasket sheet. I don't remember how much it cost, but it was around 5 bucks or so. It looks like this:
2. What we intend to do with it is make gaskets for the waist and hip joints. So cut out a rectangle roughly an inch by 3/4 inch. Then cut straight to the middle and cut out a hole. You can cut it with sharp fingernail scissors or exacto blade. It's very soft and cuts easily. Here is a pic of the piece:
3. Now open up the waist of your Mattel body and place the gasket inside so the elastic in the body fits inside the hole you made. Here is a fantastic drawing to make it obvious:
4. You can use a nice, new exacto blade to trim the gasket to follow the shape of the pelvis. It's very easy to cut, so just push the blade down into the gasket, don't try to slice with the blade as it will knock your gasket out of place. This particular figure was extra loose so I added another gasket on top of the first. You can do this for the hips as well, however it is a bit tricky to cut around the shape of the pelvis here. Here's how it should look all trimmed up:
And that's pretty much it! The body at least should stand up straight and at best should hold some poses:
a few footnotes: You don't have to take the head off at all, mine just happens not to have his.
If you put the outfit back on and the gasket is pushing it out of shape, then you just need to trim it back a little more.
You may notice I sanded the bottom of the torso and the right leg. This turned out to not be necessary.
Have fun and don't cut yourself!
So here is a fix that I have been using on the Mattel figures. It's quick, cheap, and as far as I'm concerned, works pretty well.
1. Head out the the automotive parts store and buy a roll of gasket sheet. I don't remember how much it cost, but it was around 5 bucks or so. It looks like this:
2. What we intend to do with it is make gaskets for the waist and hip joints. So cut out a rectangle roughly an inch by 3/4 inch. Then cut straight to the middle and cut out a hole. You can cut it with sharp fingernail scissors or exacto blade. It's very soft and cuts easily. Here is a pic of the piece:
3. Now open up the waist of your Mattel body and place the gasket inside so the elastic in the body fits inside the hole you made. Here is a fantastic drawing to make it obvious:
4. You can use a nice, new exacto blade to trim the gasket to follow the shape of the pelvis. It's very easy to cut, so just push the blade down into the gasket, don't try to slice with the blade as it will knock your gasket out of place. This particular figure was extra loose so I added another gasket on top of the first. You can do this for the hips as well, however it is a bit tricky to cut around the shape of the pelvis here. Here's how it should look all trimmed up:
And that's pretty much it! The body at least should stand up straight and at best should hold some poses:
a few footnotes: You don't have to take the head off at all, mine just happens not to have his.
If you put the outfit back on and the gasket is pushing it out of shape, then you just need to trim it back a little more.
You may notice I sanded the bottom of the torso and the right leg. This turned out to not be necessary.
Have fun and don't cut yourself!
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