I have a few of the Steve Austin figures, the 1st 2nd and 3rd edition versions, as well as a Jaime Sommers. All 4 have the reproduction arm skin. I'm laughing as you're putting yours on the figure's arm because I struggled with mine too.
The particular figure you of Steve Austin without knowing if his feet pivot all the way around is the 1976 revised version otherwise known is 1.1. The original version for 1975 had a non-removable left arm. It was permanently built-in to the side of him. Unfortunately, a lot of those kids from the 70s attempted to pop off that are which was never meant to come off naturally, most kids broke it they got upset. Their parents got upset and Kenner remedied the issue in the spring of 1976 (with the dual removable arms left and right).. I am a 40 year plush collector of both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman..
I’ve noticed all those variations but hadn’t really gone down the rabbit hole far enough to pinpoint which is which. Kind of assumed the odd ones were first and the more common ones were the revisions.
@@Kryptosmaster Yeah, I have a very extensive collection. I have well over 35+ of them. I have a video tutorial for each one of Steve Austin figures and their accessories..
use powder to help slide arm skin on / off.. it also will help keep the arm skin from becoming sticky and worn . . i have many old toys like old steve and jamie ....
I suspected that would happen with that torque stress part, people often overestimate the power of glue alone heh. It's not unlike wood repair where adding a piece of material between the broken pieces restores that integrity. Was thinking in hindsight the bionic chips likely should have used magnets with how loose the slot fit was, even those cheap puck kind would have worked and easy to replace down the line. ;)
Well then they’d never be missing and we’d have one less thing to complain about on these. Hahaha. The ones in Bionic Woman’s legs are usually still there because of the covers.
It’s been awhile but if I recall, I was unimpressed with his repair choices. He has some good ideas but they’re not all great. I cringe many times watching some of his repairs.
I have not attempted to do that type of repair on these. Not sure if it’s even possible. Perhaps if you could split the seam on the leg and use a donor foot ?
