Toybiz Accessories for Lord of the Rings Action Figures

Looking for unwanted Toybiz LOTR accessories please..!!

Send some pics or something and we can advise

Don't know how..!!

Well I just had a look at mine and I can see it's one of those irritating neck and head as one source on a long ball socket type joint. Really the only thing I'd try is boil a kettle pour into a bowl you can get ur hands in if need be, use some tongs or something and dip the head into the water for approx 30 seconds or more to soften the plastic then use some form of tool like a screw driver (thin small) to try and get the ball joint out. Then if you had other broken figures or a fodder bin (a box or something which collectors and customisers keep broken bits or spares in) you could use something from that of that but if not then possibly use a screw into the body neck and work the head on top to achieve 360 movement but it would mean it wouldn't move its head forwards and back. I would not that for me it's easier to do as I have loads of spare bits and bobs which I fix figures with.

For example if a figures hand joint snaps I heat the arm wrist socket, pop the broken bit out, find a suitable replacement in my fodder bin, slice off the bottom of the hand piece (not just the plug or joint piece that goes into the arm as that will just snap again, you need a bit of the bottom of the hand you take the joint from to remain). Then I attach the joint piece and the hand with super glue and that's it really, I light make the hand shorter to go with the new bottom part before popping it back into its socket (It's complicated to explain). In essence you could use a swivel joint piece (a point of articulation that rotates 360• as in a full circle but no other movement like the swivel of a boot on any Lotr figure) and insert that into the neck area of the body and make it part of the neck for that movement. Can't be of much more help I'm afraid, but hope this helps.

I would but I don't have anything to work with right now so I can't u less I intentionally break something to repair it and that ain't happening

Some time ago I bought an Isengard Orc Captain..Unfortunately he arrived in the mail with his head snapped off at the neck..Both his very ugly head.. and his body have been kept and are in great condition and I am now thinking how do I go about attaching his head back on, and is their any way of keeping the articulation in the neck..He is a cool figure and rarer than many of the other figures so I am thinking it is worthwhile fixing him up..!!

Can you send some pics or create a Tutorial please (pics are worth a 1000 words) demonstrating how I can fix, without the usual spare parts as I don't have any other broken figures to work with..!!Cheers Deaditor

No worries..!!!!

That's why I will leave the creating to the experts..!!

How much would it cost you to make 2 Helmets for the Moria Cave Trolls Sir Deaditor..!!

I very much prefer the design where the helmet sits on top of the head like the Battle Troll Helmet..This helmet looks really awesome on the Moria Cave Trolls head however it just needs a little bit of tweeking in the making of, to accommodate the wider face of the Moria Cave Troll..!!

Are we talking helmets like the one I made or the ones that toybiz made?

Toybiz bro..If you can find a Moria Cave Troll and put a Toybiz Battle Troll helmet on his ugly noggin.. you'll see it looks Ultra Cool..!!

I do like the helmet u made for your Battle Troll with the Mordor Troll look with the side of face protection, but I don't want it permanently attached to his face/head..

If you could design a Helmet that can be removed when required then I would get both from you..!!

The helmets would have to be sculpted using the Moria Cave Trolls head..Do you have one of these in your collection..!!!

I would probably get 2 of each (Battle Troll Style and Mordor Troll style) as I want to buy 2 more Cave Trolls, then I would have 4 big mean ugly bastards in my Army...

I don't have one of those helmets it's partly why I made my own. I could have made it removable but didn't see the point. I'm not sure I could make 4 and in that design I've never attempted that but also the cost would be an issue as I worked out for 2 helmets I'd probably do £25 ish for each or 50 total and thats down to cost of materials as well as time needed, which I wouldn't charge at a typical hourly rate or it would be ridiculous in cost.

In Australia 25 Pounds is $50 .I picked up a Loose Cave Troll for $30 at a Toyfair a couple of weeks ago in v/good condition complete with his Long Trident Spear and Large Club Weapon..!!

I have been chatting a bit with LOTR Customs via IM messages and maybe one day ( after watching lots of YouTube videos ) I might have a crack at making a Silicone Mould and then make a cast out of Foam, Fibreglass or Plastic and make a heap of helmets up myself..

I already have a Battle Troll helmet to make copies of..Can you help me with design tips on making the Silicone Moulds..!! or should I use a different material for the Mould, and the best type of Cast material to pour into it to actually make the helmet..!!

Cheers Deaditor

Dr Nightmare's tutorial he sent you seems to be a good one I would imagine the toybiz helmet with the 2 massive spikes would be difficult to cast but not impossible. Like I said the reason I was iffy about doing this as a commission is that I'd have to make the helmets from scratch and that takes a lot of work and materials and some skill, hence the price. I don't think I can be of much help with moulding as I haven't done it for years and did mainly injection moulding and vacuum moulding with big machines at school. DIY stuff I've seen is possible but I would use dr nightmares process.

Thanks for the advice Deaditor..Cheers

Fellow Realmers..Please note I am a Collector, so I am basically chasing unwanted Toybiz accessories for the LOTR figures or very good to excellent home made Custom accessories that Customisers have done, or with the knowledge and skill to make them..Cheers

I'd be careful with which sculpey you use, I've often found them brittle and miliput works better from my experience, though the brands Dr Nightmare has mentioned are likely all fine. With moulding you might struggle a bit due to the spikes on the helmets toybiz made.

Hello Deaditor, can you please tell me what materials you used and how you go about sculpting the Mordor Troll Helmet that you have made for your Battle Troll..!!

I have 2 loose Moria Cave Trolls and I want to make helmets for these guys..I think the helmet you made would definitely need tweeking to customise it to fit the Head shape of my Moria Cave trolls..

These guys have softish rubber heads as they growl and the jaw opens and the rubber head is prone to cracking and perishing ie bits falling off his face, so I need to be very careful..

Any help would be appreciated..Cheers

For helmets, I wrap the head in plastic wrap and sculpt on that. Its up to you if youre more comfortable using something like Sculpey or Apoxie Sculpt

Hello DrNightmare..This would be my first ever custom of anything, I am basically a collector and have never heard of Sculpey or Apoxie Sculpt.

I'll have to Google where I can get this stuff from here in Australia..!!

I'm also now thinking..!!..I actually have a loose Battle Troll complete with his Helmet, how could I do a mould of his helmet to make more helmets..??

These helmets look cool on the Moria Cave Trolls head, actually I reckon they look better on this Cave Trolls head compared to the Battle Troll which it belongs too.

However the helmet needs some tweeking to make it slightly wider and bigger to fit properly on his head..!!

I use Milliput, it is an apoxy resin, you can buy off ebay or amazon cheap, you get 2 parts in the packaging which you take the desired amount of and mix together, some recommend latex gloves be worn when using and water to keep it from drying, so don't use all of it at once. I'd recommend buying it in black (search miliput black)so that you can paint over it easily withut worry of a base coats. For my mordor troll I didn't bother making it removable as he never takes it off, tho if you eally wanted to you could use cling film to wrap the head then go over. (I did this for my 'fighting Uruk-hai from the Amon-Hen ambush). Once you've made a helmet its always good to go over with super glue. Literally I dab a bit on and then spread with my finger as I don't want to ruin any brushes. I then paint a base coat of black and this is usually better to cover in glue as it means the base coat will be the pain job u want etc, though I haven't had any issues with chipping etc. I use 'citdel paints' which are an acrylic based paint, thinner than most acrylics so easier to paint with and get a smoother finish with a few coats and they acheive quite a god effect. I think the helmets posted here(removable) that I've made are: Dain Ironfoot II, the fighting Uruk-hai, Witch-King 3.75'' scale (note this one is made entirely out of plastic, you can acheie this effect using folders made of thin plastic, it's also how I made a lot of weapons by making the general shape then duplicating and sticking together similarly to how a 3D printed would work layer by layer)and also Azog in armour is another example of removable armour. I hope this helps, if you do make something and you aren't happy with it don't worry about it or get worked up beacause it's far better to try again if you aren't entirely satisfied than to destroy work. (see my 1989 Joker or my Dain Ironfoot concept armour as examples of these where I made mistakes and either started over or kept the design and saved for spares)

Sorry for this laboriously long explination, I really hope this helps.
I think for the electronic cave troll (I have one myself I know it suffers from cracking) I would wrap the head in cling film, then take a thin layer of miliput and essentially make a cap like a hair line almost, then when that dries build layer by layer (starting from the back to front as the helmet armour builds on top of each bit) each shard of the helmet (of which there are 3 sections of spikes with 3 fins or 5 on each, use google images etc for research before you begin sculpting). I would also recomment checking out Glenn Webb and searching for his tutorials. He was an outstanding British customiser and was so talanted and so his video's can be very helpful. I don't know much about casting, most of my customising knowledge comes from years of Design and Technology at school, where I could have casted something but not now as I no longer go to school being a University Student) as well as from childhood starting from just simple repairs with superglue to painting and mixing heads from star wars figures or re painting them if they lacked detail etc.

Good luck Battle Hardened! I look forward to your results!

Is Milliput different to Apoxie Sculpt or Sculpey..!!

What about the option of using an existing Battle Troll Helmet to go about making a mould to produce more helmets..

This sounds like a better option for me as I would probably make 4 or 5 helmets.

What would I use to do this please Deaditor and/or DrNightmare..Cheers

I can only suggest you sculpt the helmet, then make a mold like in this tutorial http://www.figurerealm.com/customtutori ... iew&id=100

Liquid Latex is cheap and easily accessible. Alternately you can use expensive stuff like silicone rubber, urethane rubber, etc. Probably easier that way.

After you have the mold, you'll need some flexible casting rubber so the cast helmet can slip on the figure's head without damaging it. Since you're making a thin helmet, you're essentially slush casting, meaning you pour a little casting rubber in there and slosh it around so it hardens into a thin shell.

It's a straightforward process, especially once you have all the necessary materials figured out, but damn it's expensive lol. I think it's better (meaning incredibly cheaper) if you just sculpt all the helmets, makes them more authentic anyway if they all look a little different.

I have just been researching my options on Ebay and it appears the Sculpey Clay is likely to be the most economical and easiest stuff to work with compared to Apoxie Sculpt or Milliput..

I don't cook at home..LOL but Oven baking Polymer Clay sounds alright.!!

Which type of Sculpey Clay do you use for your helmets as their are so many different types available..ie Sculpey 111, Premo, Souffle, Original,etc..!!

I use Sculpey Firm when I have to because it's stiffer so it doesn't sag, but Sculpey III or Premo or Fimo work fine too. Those are the "normal" polymer clays, all the other types of Sculpey are useful for specific applications.

The Sculpey Souffle looks interesting, Sculpey Ultralight might work too.

Can anybody tell me if the Armoured Troll made by Toybiz ( 10 inches high figure ) has a removeable helmet, or is it permanently fixed to his head..!!

You mean the cheaper none electronic one? Yes it does. I have two and have been thinking about using one for a custom, which means I'll strip all the armor off. You looking to purchase stuff or trade stuff, cause I have a lot of lotr stuff I could part with

Hello there.. Yes Toybiz made 3 versions of the large 10 inch Troll..The non-electronic one is The Battle Troll and this sounds like the ones you have as they don't have a softish rubber head or two levers on his back to control arm movements and the electronic roar, and yes I would most definitely like his accessories such as the helmet he has and the single weapon he uses which is a large spikey mace shaped weapon..Would you be interested in selling or trading these items..!!

Can you please tell me what other accessories you have to sell or trade please..I am assuming these are accessories for the 6 inch Toybiz line of figures so I am chasing Helmets, swords, knives, shields, any other weapons and cloth capes..I would also be interested in good condition figures but depends which ones u have, as I have a large collection already.

I haven't had time to look at your profile so not sure what you collect or wish to trade but let me know about this anyway please..

Please note I don't customise figures just collect...Cheers mate

That battle troll has a removable helmet. I got my troll pre-owned so I made the helmet on my custom because it didn't come with one but also I prefer the Mordor Troll helmet to the spiked attack on Gondor look

I bought a variety of Toybiz accessories from a Toy and Collectors Fair last Saturday..Got some swords, knives, 2 helmets and 3 shields for the Uruk-hai..

I also got a Goblin Base that comes from the Sam Gamgee pack and I also got Aragorns big shield from the Council of Rivendell figure..Really stoked to get these accessories.

So often accessories are way too expensive to buy off Ebay.

Is there anybody out there who wants to sell their accessories or knows where I could buy some from..!!!

Yeah either way they are both seriously ugly dudes, the Crossbow and Battle Cry versions of the Uruk hai..The Battle Cry Uruk helmet fits over the Crossbow Uruks head and he looks very nasty as his mouthful of teeth is all you can see..This helmet suits his head shape but is slightly loose Can u make me some helmets, even the Sapper helmets who make the bombs or a variation of the BC Uruk helmet that could identify an infantry soldier that has a sword and shield would be great..!!

Check out the LOTR Customs by "Firefly" his stuff is brilliant..!!

Where have u listed your job lots..!!

and If you haven't listed them yet, please send me info..Cheers Bud

Problem is so often weapons such as shields, swords and helmets are missing in job lots and other times the figures could do with better accessories.!

Haha idk if I need anything or want to get rid of anything I sell doubles on ebay with their accessories and without depending. The good thing about having spares is that you can make custom weapons like I've done: http://www.figurerealm.com/customfigure ... w&id=74581

But the things that you tend to need when buying inbilk are helmets or shields as they often are missing form joblots. For my Eowyn I wanted a Rohan shield but ended up making one from a Borromir one turned inside out.

Gooday Deaditor..Make me weapons worthy of Saurons servants...I need better helmets for all my Toybiz Uruks and my 2 Mordor Battle Trolls, plus other nasty weapons to wreak mayhem with..ARRHH

Can you make me some Troll helmets Deadtor..!!

I assume the helmets are the helmets that came with the battle cry Uruk hai only have 2 those helmets myself lol. Trolls are a pain for my mordor troll I just sculpted a sword and helmet for him. I do sell stuff. Did your profile say you're after a Gimli figure I have way too many XD they are easy to get a hold of. I'm selling joblots at the moment