Can this Vintage Death Star Droid be saved? - Part 3 - Toy Polloi 

Pledge floor gloss revive it also works as a clear coat for Molotow Chrome.

Thank you! Cheers!

_That month literally flew by!_ I wonder if it could be made to fly by even faster if after days of cure time you place the Molotowed parts in a kitchen oven set to about 125°, or if you use a blow dryer.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UV9a1QxEw0A.html Check this vid out, shows what you are talking about and looks great finish !!!

It's magic through the airbrush and I give it a good week to flash off. I would stay away from the Humbrol acrylic he uses as I think it's a pretty average paint and I use MR Hobby lacquer based paints which leaves a much better finish and is more durable.

100%. Gloss black.

Not sure what a Carnival Barker is. But that doesn't sound like me. I don't really bark.

An auctioneer then! That's probably a more accurate term. It's still good though!

More likely coated with aluminium through vacuum deposition. You can electroplate plastic, but you need to put down a conductive substrate first. Probably an expensive process to set up but they would have made millions of these, scale of economy.

They must REALLY, REALLY hate Toy Polloi on some of the vintage toy collector message boards! The other toy collectors => "Let THEM (the broken toys) DIE! It'll make the unbroken toys more valuable!" There is kind of a snooty attitude that develops among collectors. They're like Gollum wanting to be holders of the one, true ring except the ring is a stupid 40-year-old action figure!

@@AvengerII I've always been of the opinion that nothing should be rare. If a Superman comic #1 can be reprinted and sold for a few pounds then that's all I need. I don't want something because it is rare (after all, that's not why we got these toys back in the day), but because it is something that I can appreciate.

@@garym6315 In an ideal world, yes. As far as comics go, I NEVER bought them because I expected them to go up in price and I was going to sell my collection to the "next sucker." I bought for characters, storylines, and creators I LIKED. When you buy something JUST to collect it and sell for a mark-up, I can't see how you're enjoying it. I got out of comics nearly a decade ago because I wasn't enjoying the stories they were making. Right now, if I buy anything comic-related, it's a reprint in trade and hardcover and it's always something I enjoyed in the past, a creator or storyline I like. 99.9% of the time these are comics that were produced well before the 21st century -- 1980s or earlier. I have no use for the nihilism in modern mainstream superhero comics right now. It's awful! I also don't care for the mentality of most active creators and the constant pissing on the fanbase. It's insane!!!!

That’s why I get for not watching all the way through before responding.

Hate to add another thought, but it just came to me. I do not know the reason, but to get a super chrome finish you need to start with a gloss black surface. It sounds crazy, but I’ve tested it and it works amazingly.

Wes Brazwell Does it have to be gloss? Matt wont work?

The Gaming Toy Boy I have never used matte, I assume it would just make it look a little duller.

Wes Brazwell I guess the best way to find out is test it :)

It's worth a try. But I've not had a go myself.

I've seen people use them for details on cars, they work great. As for the pencil, I would try using an eraser and see what happens. But go gently. Cheers

He already tried it but it didn’t really improve it that much.

It's not bad. I have a video restoring a cylon as well. Check that out. Cheers

@@toypolloi Thanks Dave!!

I did, but it would not be easy as ideally you need to split the figure apart. And the DSD is not a figure that comes apart easily at all.

Not yet. I haven't found a c3po to work on. cheers

@@toypolloi Well if you ever do - beware cleaning him. It really took me by surprise that he was actually silver chrome with a clear yellow lacquer. Once washed that lacquer crumbled right off and he looks like he has a terrible sunburn! I've bought some gold chrome spray paint so I'll let you know how it goes.

It should do. I plan to use it on one myself.

@@toypolloi Instead of waiting a full month, could curing be accelerated by placing the chromed parts in a kitchen oven at 125° or blowing on them with a hair dryer? I certainly wouldn't attempt anything of this sort until 72 hours after the application, but it'd be extremely interesting to know.

I am hoping Molotow make a gold chrome at somepoint soon. Until then I am still looking for a good fix.

@@toypolloi have you tried the chrome Molotow pen, let it cure/dry then spray some Molotow Belton Premium transparent yellow over the top? It may possibly be a solution. The spray can be used on glass and generally all surfaces and it's clear enough to show what ever base colour is beneath. In the case of spraying it on glass it retains the glasses natural transparency. Just a thought.

It's not a toy I own. I use Humbrol acrylics for my figure paint touch ups.

I have. Would be pretty easy to make 3po look more accurate just by chroming a leg.

Toy Polloi that would be pretty nice to see on a Palitoy/Kenner figure. How about the Hoth and silver version from a New Hope ??.

It would have been vac metal plated. So not paint. On a large scale it's cheap to do. For single figures, it's very expensive.

@@toypolloi thanks for the info.... do you know what kind of paint was used for the original GI Joe figures?

It doesn't. The dsd is made of a hard plastic that won't soften with heat. You would need to drill out the rivet on the back and split the body. But you will more than likely cause more damage doing this.

Thanks. I may reconsider the project.

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@@anderslang Looking for them, now...

Is it reasonable to suppose the Daleks and R2-D2 could be halfway related or at least cousins?

A lot of the BBC Doctor Who costumes were re-purposed and reused on the original Star Wars movies.

I'm assuming that you mean in coloured chrome, in which case, no. You'd need to candy coat in the required colour to achieve this.

ok thanks, too bad its only in silver...

Are you sure that's not C3po :D