My brother got me a Ted figure knowing I love the movie(s) and the new TV show, he had it sent to my home and it seems during transit that the head/neck joint piece broke in two.
Is there anything I can do, or alternatives to these? Thank you!
Edit: thank you all for the advice!
It looks like there's a long piece that connected two balls that go into sockets on either end. If that's correct, and you want to repair the long piece so it doesn't break again, you want to pin it. That means drilling into both sides of the break and putting something stronger to act as a bridge through both holes. There are bunches of tutorials on how to do it like this one https://spikeybits.com/2020/04/this-is-how-to-pin-metal-miniatures-the-right-way.html (just an example, you can probably find better ones)
This is basically it, but I'd like to add something. Don't bother drilling through the long piece. Instead, find a peg of equal diameter to the one that broke, cut it to size (+some that will go in the balls) cut off the old peg, drill holes in both balls, and superglue in the new peg.
You can get brass rods in scale modeling hobby stores and/or online and they'll be crazy strong. Alternatively you can get plastic rods in a variety of diameters.
My dumb ass read figure as finger and went wtf? Just go to a hospital.
during transit that the head/neck joint piece broke in two.
Uh, send it back and get another one.
This is the only correct answer
Lots of good advice in this thread. As far as what glue i recommend this site. Make your best guess as to the materials and then check which glues work best. https://www.thistothat.com/
Pure internet gold. No personal need atm but dropped it in shiori for future ref.
Shiori?
Super glue would probably work. Scuff up the surfaces with some sandpaper a little bit, then you should be golden!
Super glue will only work if it doesn't get touched.
Depends on how well you can stick it together. If there's a good amount of surface area then cyanoacrylate (which I think is just normal super glue) will stick pretty well unless you drop it or similar.
You can see that it's only a small flexible peg between the body and head. It's not possible to get firm pressure between the two halves without dissembling and extracting that peg.
I have a huge amount of experience with these types of repairs from when my kids were younger.
Fair, if I was doing a quick super glue fix I'd also stick the rim of the head back to the body
E6000 epoxy glue is the best all around glue out there.
E6000 and epoxy are two different glues, but you're right otherwise
E6000 would be better for flexible plastic, in this case a two part epoxy would be best
I use a tiny drill bit to make a hole in the centre of either side of the damaged joint, then cut a piece of metal tubing (hobby shops sell them) or a piece of plastic such as filament from a 3D printer (getting a ~1cm piece of PLA from your local library is probably free) to use as a pin to fit into the holes and reinforce the joint. Then once you are happy with the fit, glue it all together. If it is really tiny, you may not be able to pin it and then glue might be your only hope. Depending on the weight of the parts and material, crazy glue is usually pretty good for most situations. With plastics, where I need it to grip right away and hold its own weight, I like Testors modeling cement. Way better initial hold than even the gel crazy glues.
I don't know shit about plastics. But I am rewatching the show for the 3rd time.
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