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Is it possible to fix broken click knees?

Postby IgareldaGrimmenth » Sat Apr 02, 2016 9:14 pm

I have a doll I found second hand who has one broken click knee. Can this be fixed?
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Re: Is it possible to fix broken click knees?

Postby zirconmermaid » Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:42 am

Basically you would need a donor knee. It is not easy and involves cutting open the leg and replacing parts then gluing it together. Unless the doll is a truly vintage Barbie (60's era) it is not really worth it. It is easier to get another body and replace it.
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Re: Is it possible to fix broken click knees?

Postby IgareldaGrimmenth » Sun Apr 03, 2016 7:10 am

zirconmermaid wrote:Basically you would need a donor knee. It is not easy and involves cutting open the leg and replacing parts then gluing it together. Unless the doll is a truly vintage Barbie (60's era) it is not really worth it. It is easier to get another body and replace it.

That sounds pretty hard. She is a hasbro maxie doll, no idea if she is worth anything, I just thought she looked cute.
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Re: Is it possible to fix broken click knees?

Postby victoriavictrix » Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:56 pm

IgareldaGrimmenth wrote:
zirconmermaid wrote:Basically you would need a donor knee. It is not easy and involves cutting open the leg and replacing parts then gluing it together. Unless the doll is a truly vintage Barbie (60's era) it is not really worth it. It is easier to get another body and replace it.

That sounds pretty hard. She is a hasbro maxie doll, no idea if she is worth anything, I just thought she looked cute.


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Re: Is it possible to fix broken click knees?

Postby DollyKim » Mon Apr 04, 2016 5:13 am

What about putting an elastic tube around her leg like a brace or sports wrap? How she broke her knee could become part of her back story.
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Re: Is it possible to fix broken click knees?

Postby Dark Angel » Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:37 pm

DollyKim wrote:What about putting an elastic tube around her leg like a brace or sports wrap? How she broke her knee could become part of her back story.


That's a cute idea. :)
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Re: Is it possible to fix broken click knees?

Postby IgareldaGrimmenth » Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:22 pm

DollyKim wrote:What about putting an elastic tube around her leg like a brace or sports wrap? How she broke her knee could become part of her back story.

Love love love that idea! I just might try doing that. Maybe I could make her a wheelchair too.
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Re: Is it possible to fix broken click knees?

Postby WhiteDove01s » Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:53 am

Turning dolly damage into part of the doll's character is always fun. I have one girl with a burn scar on her leg (some kind of bubbling in the vinyl that I went on to 'enhance' with a little caulk and paint to look even more like a burn), one girl who had some kind of small but odd black smudge on her cheek that resisted removal (and it's now part of her story that she's a mechanic who tinkers on things all the time and it's an oil smudge), and most recently a twist-and-flex barbie with a broken waist joint who 'officially' has a broken back/is paraplegic.

If you do make a wheelchair, I'd love to see the results, as I still need to either make one (or get a Barbie Becky and mug hers, as I plan to get a Becky someday anyway but she's got a perfectly decent poseable body and doesn't actually need a wheelchair).
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