Wash & Go for Action Man??

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Wash & Go for Action Man??

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picked up a couple of Shabby vintage Action Man figures from ebay a couple of months ago and aim to give them a clean up when i get time, was wondering if anyone had any tips as the hair is pretty grubby aswell as the body :-(

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Sellotape works well, I've found.
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Just had a look in a Action man collectors book, the author recommends carefully scraping the hair with a pen knife blade...for cleaning the face, use a cotton bud & nail varnish remover but avoid any painted parts (like the lips & eyes) as it will damage them.
Personally I just use warm soapy water for the faces or just a dab of WD40
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Thundershot wrote:Just had a look in a Action man collectors book, the author recommends carefully scraping the hair with a pen knife blade...for cleaning the face, use a cotton bud & nail varnish remover but avoid any painted parts (like the lips & eyes) as it will damage them.
Personally I just use warm soapy water for the faces or just a dab of WD40
Cheers T'shot, the thought of using a pen knife on the hair kinda gets me thinking hes gonna get a very short haircut ;-)

when you mentioned sellotape did you mean put it on the hair then pull it off?

oh and whats the full title of the action Man book you have and is it worth gettin?
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After watching Toy Story 2 just now , I consider myself an expert in these matters.
My advice, pay an old man to do it.
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scoobydie wrote:After watching Toy Story 2 just now , I consider myself an expert in these matters.
My advice, pay an old man to do it.
pay an old man to do it?

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Squad Leader wrote:
scoobydie wrote:After watching Toy Story 2 just now , I consider myself an expert in these matters.
My advice, pay an old man to do it.
pay an old man to do it?

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tintinlostsnowy wrote:
Squad Leader wrote:
scoobydie wrote:After watching Toy Story 2 just now , I consider myself an expert in these matters.
My advice, pay an old man to do it.
pay an old man to do it?

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ok this is a bit like the A Team where do i find this old man!

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He may be at the cinema on monday 19th depending if he is in the new film.
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Last time i saw him he was playing ... ... ... with himself !!!

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