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Post by superdaddyco on Jan 16, 2014 12:46:17 GMT -5
Hi guys. On my vintage Lion Voltron, the left hind leg of the red lion is missing. Has anyone had any experience replacing these chrome legs? How difficult is it to find replacements and what would be a reasonable price? Or......should I just look around for a loose vintage red lion and swap out the whole arm?
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Post by Mr. Ginrai on Jan 16, 2014 12:54:29 GMT -5
It shouldn't be too hard.
Do you have popy/godaikin/matchbox version? (I will assume popy for now)
There is no difference really I am just curious.
Let me know if you have a made in Japan or Taiwan version (I will assume Japan for now as well) and I will check if I have any junk lions that I can get a good limb off.
If not, it may be easy to find a red lion or body that has mint legs where one might be broke or missing so it will be cheap etc.
I would only replace the whole lion as an absolute last resort.
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Post by superdaddyco on Jan 16, 2014 13:49:14 GMT -5
Morning. It's a Popy if I remember correctly. I'll take a closer look later tonight about where it was made.
I was looking at some pictures online, and I noticed some red and green lions have some weird "fin" sticking out of their backs.
Thanks!
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Post by glane21 on Jan 16, 2014 16:06:24 GMT -5
You have a Taiwan Lionbot, a bootleg of the Popy. The grey hinges in the wings are a dead giveaway. I can hook you up with a replacement red lion body with good legs if you want, PM me.
Also the versions with the fins on the red and green lions' butts is the Trendmasters reissue from 1997 or so.
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Post by Mr. Ginrai on Jan 16, 2014 19:16:21 GMT -5
I didn't see the picture earlier. glane21 is right. He will be able to hook you up with an easy fix.
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Post by xtrlowz75 on Jan 18, 2014 23:51:26 GMT -5
The parts come off easy too, to replace and restore these. Thats what I love about the Japanese and their toy engineering. They made their older/vintage toys easy to repair. The arm lions only have 1 or 2 small screws to pull out then the body easily comes in half to get to the leg screws to pop them out. The front body sections of the arm lions can pose issues because of the decal that goes over the button, and the chrome belly decal if there. But the rear section has no such issues on both lions and will be an easy repair/swap. Use a set of jewelry or precision screw drivers to do the repair and to avoid stripping out the screws.
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Post by Mr. Ginrai on Jan 19, 2014 0:46:50 GMT -5
Use a set of jewelry or precision screw drivers to do the repair and to avoid stripping out the screws. Great tip! I will add that for Phillips head screws (+ shape on top) regardless of whether I have to use a standard or jewelry size screwdriver, I check what size I need - 000, 00, 0, 1, 2, 3 etc. Sometimes even though the size of the screwdriver is correct, the depth/angle of the wings at the tip is not correct for the screw you need to grab. If you use the wrong size and the screw is softer metal (or stuck very tightly as some of the screws have not moved since the toy was assembled) you have a good chance that you will strip the grooves on the screw head and you won't be able to get the screw out (or back in). Make sure after you get the correct size that you hold the toy firmly and apply force with the screwdriver while turning to maintain grip in the screw head.
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Post by superdaddyco on Jan 20, 2014 15:36:26 GMT -5
Use a set of jewelry or precision screw drivers to do the repair and to avoid stripping out the screws. Great tip! I will add that for Phillips head screws (+ shape on top) regardless of whether I have to use a standard or jewelry size screwdriver, I check what size I need - 000, 00, 0, 1, 2, 3 etc. Sometimes even though the size of the screwdriver is correct, the depth/angle of the wings at the tip is not correct for the screw you need to grab. If you use the wrong size and the screw is softer metal (or stuck very tightly as some of the screws have not moved since the toy was assembled) you have a good chance that you will strip the grooves on the screw head and you won't be able to get the screw out (or back in). Make sure after you get the correct size that you hold the toy firmly and apply force with the screwdriver while turning to maintain grip in the screw head. Thanks for the tips guys. I was able to get a vintage red lion body (no head) from ebay just now for around $6. It looks pretty much the same with the one I have.....so I may even just plug the existing lionhead on this one when it comes in.
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Post by xtrlowz75 on Jan 23, 2014 1:12:06 GMT -5
Cool, glad you got a lion body so cheap. That will make restoration easy.
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