Lazy Customizer Tip – Use Silicone Sealant to Attach Heads and Tighten Socket Joints

If you’re a customizer, you’ve probably ended up with a custom with a wobbly or loose head. Maybe the existing socket on the head you’ve swapped in is too big, or you drilled out a hole in a resin head cast that’s wide enough to fit over the peg only to find it flops around like it’s on a bobble head. Because I’m a lazy customizer, I had around half a dozen “finished” customs that were like this. For some, the heads would flop around mercilessly. For others, if you knocked the shelf the heads would just fall off. Pretty bad – I know.

Faced with this situation, a pro customizer would use a two part compound like Apoxie Sculpt or Kneadatite, fill the socket part ways and attach the head – and before it was completely cured, would twist the head so it wouldn’t be stuck in one spot. (Or, as some of you will no doubt be thinking, a pro customizer would have drilled the right size socket to begin with…) But I’ve found a much easier way – with silicone sealant. This is the stuff people use for things like aquarium repairs (I think) and… ok, I’m not a hardware guy, so I have no idea what else it’s used for. All I know is that I use it to attach heads to action figures. It takes five minutes and is super easy.

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Mattel Sponsors Masters of the Universe Art Show for Charity During New York Comic Con

Toy Tokyo and its Underground gallery have become a regular stop for me when I’m in NYC. The Four Horsemen have held their Toypocalypse events there the past two Toy Fairs, and now Mattel is using the venue to host a MOTU art show, with the benefits proceeding the Ronald McDonald House.

Toys, Masters of the Universe, and art? I’ll won’t miss it!

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Poll: Mattel has Announced the Masters of the Universe Classics Castle Grayskull – Will You Buy It?

Mattel has announced Castle Grayskull for Masters of the Universe Classics! It will be offered as a “thermometer” pre-order on MattyCollector.com this fall, and if it hits the minimum threshold it will ship next fall. I groan every time I think of the awful thermometer graphics, but for a $200 item I can’t fault Mattel for this approach. They’ve said Castle Grayskull will be based on the Mark Taylor prototypes. If you’re not a He-Man historian, that just means it will be based on the designs that were used for the playset that came in the original Masters of the Universe line.

The big question is this – since this is a big ticket item at $200, will you buy it?

Photos: Grayskull Museum and Vaults of Grayskull

Mattel to Reveal Masters of the Universe Classics Snake Face, Karatti, and Octavia at PowerCon

Mattel is looking out for Masters fans who couldn’t make it to Los Angeles for PowerCon, with a sneak peek at three figures they’re revealing at the show – Snake Face, Karatti, and Octavia – the Club Eternia line-up for April through June next year. We’ve got some vintage toy line / mini-comic love with Snake Face, New Adventures with Karatti, and She-Ra / Horde with Octavia. Impressed?

Masters of the Universe Classics Mekaneck, Dragon Blaster Skeletor, and Snake Men on Sale 9/17

The Matty logistics shuffle that rendered August void of MOTUC aside from Sir Laser-Lot, but they’re back with a vengeance for the September sale on 9/17. Meckaneck, Dragon Blaster Skeletor, and the Snake Men 2-pack will put the whammy on those of us with Club Eternia subs.

DC has the Club Infinite Earths Black Mask and one of the last hurrah JLU 3-packs, with Vandal Savage, Bats, and Supes. WWE will have Tully Blanchard joining the Arn Anderson, King Kong Bundy, and Diamond Dallas Page figures that seem to be lingering on the site.

For convenience, here’s the link to the bundle page for the 9/17 sale.

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