Replacement MOTU leg connectors by Rama and Amos Del Retro

Back in February, I came across a post on one of the Masters of the Universe Facebook fan pages about replacement leg connectors from a group in Argentina. I had already known about the screw and o-ring method, thanks to He-Bro - http://he-man.us/Innovations/BrokenLegs.html, and I had used it on a broken Teela earlier this year. It worked well but it doesn't feel permanent. I have a feeling that I will have to replace that sometime soon in the near future. Plus, I am having to actually damage the figure by screwing eye hooks in their legs. Anyway, these new leg connectors felt like something worth looking into.

If you go to their website,www.stands-rama.com, they have a tutorial posted on how these work:

Now, my spanish isn't great but I kind of got the idea of how these work. Heat the legs, push the connectors through the crotch and attach. Seems easy enough. I searched for some more tutorials and found this one from Toy Palloi:

And this one from Michael Mercy:

I'm gung ho at this point so I ordered a set of 10 from their Ebay shop (https://www.ebay.com/itm/MOTU-Connectors-to-Repair-the-Legs-of-the-Vintage-He-man-Figures) and waited out the shipping from Argentina.

2 weeks later and they are here!

I went through the process and was able to fix my vintage Man E Face

After that, I went through and fixed 5 more! Here are my thoughts:

1 - Putting the connectors through the waist is the hardest part. Be patient.

2 - Don't use string, I ended up tearing one connector. Find some thing small and blunt and slowly work it through

3 - King Hiss was the EASIEST fix and Sy-Klone was the toughest.

4 - Use the hair dryer method on the legs before connecting, I found that a minute of direct heat was perfect and made for the easiest connection.

5 - My final thought - These. Are. Wonderful! Not only do they work but they feel like brand new, straight out of the package. Complete poseability and flexibility. Nothing feels like it is going to snap. And if they do, I can easily replace them... its like my MOTU are now immortal!

If you are a doubter, just ask King Hiss:

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