Vintage Mattel Big Jim repairs - Show & Tell - Toy Polloi 

Wow. I loved my Big Jim figures so much. That was in the 70s. And as I remember correctly one figure broke his hip joint. And I was crying so heavily. It was traumatizing in some way. The second Big Jim figure was Big Josh, full bearded. The black Big Jim figure was Big Jack as I remember correctly. So lovely to see that these three figures are in your good hands. Thank you Dave. Keep, up the good work. Stay safe. Stay healthy. The human malware is still around.

I had Mego Our Gang (Lil Rascals) figures and Big Jim figures when I was a kid. They all suffered from broken ankles and wrists. Poor Buckwheat had a broken ankle when I got him in the package. I made him a wooden crutch after numerous unsuccessful glue surgeries.

You gave Big Jim a prostetic ankle? Neat!

Black figure was called Big Jack in the states Amazed so many guys who grew up through the 70s don't know or remember the line, as Big Jim stuff were "big" with all my peers early through mid 70s. Still have original Big Jack and some accessories, bought back nice camper and rescue rig on ebay last decade or so

I owned what a blast from the past.

Your videos are very good and understandable for everyone.

Very nice. Big Jim was Awsome. The hip ball is the big time bugger.

Great job!!

Good job, I have three figures from the James Bond line from Big Jim and a couple of vehicles that I'm planning to restore, this video helps me to do that

Love these videos, thank you!

Those whip antenna work great!

Had these as a child with the Rescue Rig! Great ideas for the repairs! Fearless!!!

That was fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing!

Awesome I'm hoping to get some in the future of big jim figure's 👍🏾😀

Really nice save! I have been a Big Jim collector since the 70's. They have always been hard to repair. You have to be careful with the hands and feet splitting. The worst is repairing the leg ball joints. Not easy to do. I have also been making vinyl reproduction decals for Big Jim vehicles for about 20 years.

Nice repairs! Especially that ankle!

Awesome to see you getting some Big Jim stuff. I have 2 that have the head broken away from the piece in the neck. Great memories of these as a child thanks for working on them

Very nice. That ankle fix is quite clever. Thanks Dave.

Bravo

Thanks Dave. These figures were very foreign to me as a child growing up in England and Australia. I think they must have been specific to the US market? He looks like the love child of Action Man and Steve Austin. Nice fix, love the new bionic ankle. "Dave can rebuild him, he has the technology..."

Stellar fix. I am always impressed with what you can do with Legos. Looking at Big Jim I can't help but notice how much he resembles Free Moving Ken also by Mattel which makes sense as Mattel has and still recycles everything. =-)>

Awesome stuff brother! Nice😁👍

Great video. I just finished restoring my Big Jim figures from childhood (47 years old!) and had similar issues. Luckily I found one full new leg for one of them, but the other two needed hand replacements. They are not easy to repair, so I ended up gluing them at the wrist and have the same result. They can rotate but not pivot, I am ok with that for display purposes.

I really like your random fixes. I bought the plastic weld on your suggestion a few months ago and it has been majorly helpful so far. Thank you!😄 You always have the best solutions and tips and tricks! I‘d love to see some more of Big Jim on your channel. I just recently got interested in him because his accessories go quite well with G.I. Joe and Big Jim is much commoner to find here on the mainland.

I think I had only one Big Jim figure and that was when I was very young 🤔 I don’t even remember what happened to it, I wish I could find some now and not at crazy prices 😶 Great video 👍🏽✌🏽

Amazing

I miss my big jim

Love the foot fix. I believe the hands have two nubs that hold the wrist piece in place. A little work should free the broken circle from the hand and you can then replace it the way you did with the Lego joint. Have you tried a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser on the arms? It made my Big Jim's arms look factory fresh.

Another fun interesting entertaining video Cheers!

I've been waiting for this 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I've sctuslly never seen any Meccano at a Toy Fair. I've not seen any at the NEC tair when they were on but never really occurred to me that it would be of use to me. I do look for Lego though when I get a chance. I hope the they start again in the new year. Clever fix though and inspirational on the spur thought!

Great stuff. Big Jim... The tiger from Big Jim was eventually used as the mold for MOTU's Battlecat

How you figure this stuff out … incredible.

Fun fact: These same arms and hands were used by Mattel for two dolls in the Barbie line, 1980 Sport & Shave Ken and 1982 All Star Ken, so this hand repair method would be applicable to those dolls as well. Yes, the arms are a bit out of scale for Ken, but Mattel used them anyway.

Hi, perhaps on the hand it might be a good idea to try using a peace of lego sort of like the black e grey one, that lego often uses for gear lever on vehicles

Thanks man I am watching your action man vids and I want to repair some that my father got when he was young (even though they are geyperman in spain) and I was looking for some videos for repairing his big Jim's but I don't find anything this morning and now look at this video

I'm surprised you couldn't have gone a similar route as you did with the foot, with the hand.

I wonder for the Big Jim figure with the broken hand, you can use a ball joint (some of modern Lego sets have them for mechs and stuff)

another brilliant restoration, Dave .do you think that the mecano pice that you used for his foot you could use if you have any broken action man feet

Resgards from Spain . I have more than 200 Big Jim.

You could mold and cast the part you made for the ankle.

Very Cool Brother. Was wondering have You ever fixed a hand on a Vintage Sixmillion Dollarman action figure?

I remember having some of these as a kid ,, but being English I don't think they were called Big Jim. That was the US line ... I "think" it was Mark Strong over here ??? .. Just dont quote me as the old grey cells are not what they were LOL

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Dave if you don't mind me asking, what did you use to fill in the mechano piece where you put the lego antenna?

I love big jim. My Jim has melted plastic on torso under arm joints is there any easy fix for this?

I need to repair their waist any advice?

How to open capitan laser (big jim mattel) i want to repair the light in the head but I don't know how to open the body and the head...please make a video, thanks

Hey Dave I am running out of ways to say; "Wow or great fix or how did you think of that?....or..." Any suggestions? 😉 These are figures I actually had back in the day🇨🇦 Not sure what became of them... Take care of Yourselves.

I have some super Joe commander and Luminos figures who's rubber knees elbows hips shoulders and hands have dried to crumbles. They are a shambles of body parts. Joe is held together by his clothes. And luminous is transparent and doesn't wear clothes. And both rubber hands have virtually turned to chalk. Its a pittifull sight. And I can't find a good way to save them. I've considered monofilament fishing line under tention and makeing 4 hands from scratch. Plus luminoses hands should be clear. I've seen these figures in the blister card on eBay that are all basket cases of hardened rubber hands & joints. Falling apart in the package. Fuseing all the joints with epoxy is a last resort.. Any ideas would be great. I'm sure this is a common problem with the Super Joe Commander toys.

I once took apart my talking G.I. Joe to see how it worked, but sadly, I could not put Humpty back together again.

Big Jim looks suspiciously like Ken from that time period

So Big Jim got a mechanical ankle? Kind of fitting considering that he looks a bit like Steve Austin the six million dollar man.

Jig Bim