Restring Restore Vintage GI Joe Figure Hasbro - Elastic, Paint, Clean

I'm taking a 1966 vintage GI Joe figure and doing a restring and restore, and SO much more! In this episode, I'll show how I address rusty rivets without removing paint in the process. Touching up paint on hair rubs, eyebrows, lips, and scar. Learn a little history about the head sculpt, what creeps me out, and if you're a golfer you'll never be able to look at this figure the same way again.

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00:00-03:46 Figure overview, date identification
03:47-12:12 Disassembly and tools being used
14:00-16:16 Cleaning torso and hip ball rust removal
16:47-18:05 Treating rusty wire hooks
20:04-23:50 Cleaning arms and legs
24:30-25:47 Removing rust from leg pin rivets
25:50-28:09 Heat-treating wire hooks with oil
28:11-36:01 Paint touch-up on GI Joe's head
36:06-38:01 Making replacement arm elastic band section
38:06-39:09 Re-attaching arms
39:13-42:23 Making replacement inverted "V" leg and neck elastic
42:54-44:42 Pulling it all together, the final steps in restringing action figure
45:54-47:56 Review of end results restoration and repair vintage GI Joe 12" figure

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