1/6 Scale Action Figures, Repairs, Modifications and Enhancements

Introduction

Over the years I came up with a quite a few methods to repair, modify and enhance action figure bodies.
Some of those methods are described on separate pages, others are on the page of a specific Girl.
This page lists an overview of all repairs, modifications and enhancements on this site.

Repairs

Repairing broken figure parts.
It does not happen often that some part of a figure breaks, but if it does here are some ways to repair it.

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Neck

Removing a ZC neck post from a head

Arms

Making a replacement arm

Body

Repairing a broken waist joint

Repairing a Barbie torso joint

Repairing a CG-style hip joint

Knees

Repairing broken knee joints

Firming up floppy CG knees

Legs

Making replacement lower legs

Ankles

Repairing a broken ankle cup post

Making a replacement ankle cup

Repairing broken ankle pegs

Firming up loose CG ankles

Firming up loose LM ankles

Feet

Fixing wobbly feet and wobbly ZC sneakers



Modifications

To combine parts of different types of bodies or to improve functionality, looks or both...

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Neck

Adapting a LM neck post to a CG head

Adapting a Dragon neck to a CG head

Adapting a CG neck to a Barbie head

Adapting a Triad Alpha neck to a Barbie head

Adding a ball joint to a fixed Barbie neck post

Body

Creating a body out of loose parts

Fitting a Barbie waist to a Slim LM body

Hands

Upgrading hands to v1.5 wrists

Ankles

Cutting down ZC ankle cups

Feet

Fitting magnets to boot feet

Converting Ladies Mission feet to fit Triad Alpha ankles

Custom ankle posts for fitting Hot Toys-style shoes to Triad Alpha or CG bodies


Enhancements

Mostly meant to make things look better...

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Head and Face

Replacing hair

Repainting a face

Arms

Trimming TTL elbow bulges

Body

Preparing a new body

Improving the shape of a TTL lower body

Improving the shape of a LM/Armoury body

Padding a Cy Girl Body

Hands

Manicure Cy Girl Style

Feet

Improving the shape of stiletto boot feet

Reducing the length of Triad Alpha feet



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