Vintage MOTU Fright Zone restoration - Part One - Toy Polloi

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The Masters of the Universe Fright Zone is a great playset, but suffers from lots of easily broken areas. All of which can be fixed. In this first part I fix the jail cell door and lock mechanism, and the spring loaded floor trap.
Part two will be along soon and I will cover the snake puppet in that.
Enjoy
#motu #vintage #toys
0:00 Intro
2:43 Cleaning
3:22 Repairing the door hinge
10:11 Repairing the door lock
14:49 Fixing the spring loaded trap
21:49 End of part one
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  • @GermanNightmare1976
    @GermanNightmare19762 жыл бұрын

    Stellar work, Dave! I'm so very much looking forward to the second part as well. I've had my broken Fright Zone sitting here since last April and didn't know how to approach it. Now I know thanks to you! ♥ Stay awesome, sir! (As for the snake fix: Hand puppet crocodile for the win!)

  • @kieronball8962
    @kieronball89622 жыл бұрын

    Always fascinating, educational and more importantly FUN. You are a true toy repair/restore legend, Dave. :)

  • @richardromanyshyn608
    @richardromanyshyn6082 жыл бұрын

    I've always liked your sink. I found myself one that has the bigger tub on 1 side. So much that won't fit on a regular double sink

  • @toypolloi

    @toypolloi

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's cool. My sink is often not big enough for the projects I work on.

  • @Grindhead_Jim
    @Grindhead_Jim2 жыл бұрын

    Been looking forward to this one! Gives me a lot of ideas already! I cannot wait for the tree and snake fixes!!! Great video as always, mate.

  • @sithcarebear1
    @sithcarebear12 жыл бұрын

    Awesome Playset, Dave! I always wanted it as a kid. You are correct that it doesn’t look much different but the fixes were extremely important to the functionality. I’m sure the finished product will be amazing. I hope they remake it for the MOTU Origins line along with Snake Mountain. Thank you for another awesome video!🙏

  • @BrynSmith76
    @BrynSmith762 жыл бұрын

    Great fixes TP. Looking forward to the next installment.

  • @paulparker1360
    @paulparker13602 жыл бұрын

    Can not wait to see how you tackle the missing snake monster

  • @davecardoza4762
    @davecardoza47622 жыл бұрын

    Another great restoration of a nice vintage toyline playset. You have done justice to the Horde Fright Zone Dave. Just awesome work! 👍🙏🏼

  • @Phantasia_Workshop
    @Phantasia_Workshop2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve learned a lot from watching your videos. Your solutions are genius

  • @matt1755
    @matt1755 Жыл бұрын

    This would look so beautiful with a new detail paint job. The crows black, roots brown, skulls white. Wow

  • @heisenbat
    @heisenbat2 жыл бұрын

    Love your work. I can't wait for the next one

  • @Byle1990s
    @Byle1990s2 жыл бұрын

    It’s my BOI toy polloi.

  • @gutz1981
    @gutz19812 жыл бұрын

    The closest thing I found to a replacement original snake hand puppet was a Jurassic Park hand puppet. Saw parts of the playset and the random puppet in a bundle area of a retro toy store and even the owner thought it was a good fit to replace with. Child hand sized, and fit well and this was hard enough in rubber to stay static. Wish I bought it, but I am still after a complete playset with box.

  • @eltenda
    @eltenda2 жыл бұрын

    Great project can't wait for part 2

  • @thetworoos
    @thetworoos2 жыл бұрын

    Great work, I'm looking forward to part 2! I'd love to see a bonus finale where you touch up the paint on the figures as well! 😀

  • @williamgriffin7584
    @williamgriffin75846 ай бұрын

    i'm really enjoying how u are done the toys...masters of the universe

  • @Bernhard2024
    @Bernhard20248 ай бұрын

    I`m ill at the moment and I`m at home with a cold. So now, I have a lot of time to watch your videos one after another. I absolutley admire your talent to repair nearly everything. I`m a massive Masters of the Universe fan and collector. I´d like to ask you if you remember the MotU UK comics by Egmont publishing? I love these UK-comics. Did you read them as a boy?

  • @toypolloi

    @toypolloi

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks. I hope you are feeling better soon. I don't remember the comics. I'm more about the toys. Cheers

  • @TeoKaiGuan
    @TeoKaiGuan Жыл бұрын

    Awesome technique and skill , kinda like toy surgery -these plastics do seem pretty brittle like You’ve mentioned.

  • @therex4663
    @therex46632 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos so cool and part 2 is cool to

  • @loganjorgensen
    @loganjorgensen2 жыл бұрын

    Pretty neat repair work on this one. ;) I've often seen posts like that snap off being included in the injection moulded parts likely to save money, in hindsight stainless steel rods or even LEGO grade plastic ones would have held up better long term. The toy companies really underestimate how much stress those points will get, many examples of this exact break.

  • @kennethip7160
    @kennethip71602 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy to see you repairing toys.Great job!

  • @kerry1979
    @kerry19792 жыл бұрын

    Actually I don't think that cell is going to Hold He-man at all.

  • @BronyNumber4096
    @BronyNumber40962 жыл бұрын

    0:46 "and also, the elastic bands themselves have long since dry-rotted to absolute uselessness."

  • @mattstrom5348
    @mattstrom53482 жыл бұрын

    I look forward to part 2!

  • @toypolloi

    @toypolloi

    2 жыл бұрын

    Coming very soon.

  • @Beedo_Sookcool
    @Beedo_Sookcool2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! The rock trap hinge was the only thing on mine that broke, before I passed it on. Great to know it can be fixed easily!

  • @steammachine3061
    @steammachine30612 жыл бұрын

    Just out of curiosity (and because I'm not a heman expert) was this playset released after the she ra show first aired. Reason I ask is because that door decoration head type thing don't half look like the bad guy from the she ra series..... Oh that and I can't be arsed to Google lol. never mind.....Googled it lol. He is indeed

  • @gobucs3146
    @gobucs31462 жыл бұрын

    I had the fright zone, but none of the Horde. I had almost all the heroes/skeletors evil warriors, but no horde or snake men.

  • @chevy-is-a-good-boy
    @chevy-is-a-good-boy2 жыл бұрын

    Adore the Fright Zone, tricky to find one in minty condition for sane money; great choice.

  • @dustinpilkinton9881
    @dustinpilkinton98812 жыл бұрын

    Could the polystyrene and plastic weld fix the trap in place of the lego/paper clips or do you feel it would not hold up?

  • @toypolloi

    @toypolloi

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't think it would be strong enough as all the force goes onto those two very tiny points. It would just take a slight push and they would snap again. The extra support should stop that ever happening.

  • @dustinpilkinton9881

    @dustinpilkinton9881

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@toypolloi thanks Dave

  • @banzaibobA7V
    @banzaibobA7V2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Been looking forward to this one!

  • @grizzly-gundam
    @grizzly-gundam2 жыл бұрын

    my mother has my old rubber serpent puppet still out in the garden as a wee decoration crazy thing is its paint is still there and no rubber rot on it from being outside all these years

  • @MonkeyboysToys
    @MonkeyboysToys2 жыл бұрын

    I wish I had a nice big sink like that. Great video Dave!

  • @mgsalmon79
    @mgsalmon792 жыл бұрын

    I received a Fright Zone one Christmas with Grizzlor and Leech figures. Best. Christmas. Ever.

  • @Fnordathoth
    @Fnordathoth2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome fixes Dave as always. Great stuff!

  • @larrychilders6599
    @larrychilders65992 жыл бұрын

    I would have thought Fright Zone would have been more technological than this

  • @Chasing80sToys
    @Chasing80sToys2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent fixes👍

  • @briansadler5460
    @briansadler54602 жыл бұрын

    Another fantastic video Dave. Never had one of these as a kid. Haven't bought one for these very reasons. Time to rethink that purchase I believe. Thank you sir

  • @steventurner6902
    @steventurner69022 жыл бұрын

    Great show this week Mr. Toy Polloi, I really enjoy learning how to fix vintage He-Man toys. Your show is always very entertaining, educational, and relaxing.

  • @Tim-57
    @Tim-572 жыл бұрын

    Hey Dave Thank you for sharing your fixes once again. Take care

  • @damienwilliams2274
    @damienwilliams22742 жыл бұрын

    Such a great video, simplistic fixes can’t wait for part 2

  • @mikesmith2718
    @mikesmith27182 жыл бұрын

    This set is a nightmare. I finally found a decent serpent puppet with minimal tears but after 3 attempts to get an unbroken tree I gave up and just glued one of the crows back on and the rest is in good condition. These repairs are great especially for collectors looking to get a cheap set with flaws to repair .

  • @gxbouncer1
    @gxbouncer12 жыл бұрын

    Ty for this video I never knew the trap piece was spring loaded

  • @oliverbelmonte7077
    @oliverbelmonte70772 жыл бұрын

    Hooray for Sir Dave .The Vintage Motu Horde Fright Zone will return to its former glory.

  • @mrbluesteen
    @mrbluesteen2 жыл бұрын

    thank you!! i have been wanting this playset for so many years. finally got one a few weeks ago

  • @knuthamsun6106
    @knuthamsun61062 жыл бұрын

    something tells me broken-off tree branches, missing/deteriorated dragon, and missing/broken side clips will be addressed 👌😎

  • @toypolloi

    @toypolloi

    2 жыл бұрын

    They will all be fixed in the second part ☺️

  • @knuthamsun6106

    @knuthamsun6106

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can’t find it now but some guy made a hard-ish non-puppet replica of the dragon for display

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