can someone help me fixing a figure's leg?

[Rach147]

hi there been a while since i've been on this forum. hopefully im in the right location for this if not please move it to where it has to go

anyways so my help question if i got this figure last week from my comic guy (of course brand new still in box)

www.actionfigurefury.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Marvel-Select-Storm-Figure-no-stand.jpg

if that link doesnt work let me know. it's the Marvel Select Storm figure
when i took her out of the plastic her right leg at the hip part seems to be sticking out and looks really odd to the rest of the figure

does anyone know i can sort of pop in correctly so her right leg doesn't look so off centred (sorry i don't have a picture nor a camera to show what i'm talking about) but if anyone can help i would appreciate it

thanks

[elee0031]

I love this figure, but I never took mine out of the box. So I don't know how the leg is coming off. So the problem you're looking at is either 1 it's a broken joint or 2 the joint is loose. If the joint is broken there's no easy fix and you loose the articulation. You can use sculpt to reseal the leg. If number 2 it would be better as you can simply snap it back in place. You will have to use a lot of pressure on it.

[Rach147]

its not broken or loosen its hard to explain it sticks out like the joint was put in wrong sorry this sucks without pictures.

[smiler]

If you boil it for a minute, the plastic will soften and you may be able to pop it back in!

[elee0031]

if it sticks out - meaning that you see a gab from where the joints connect from thigh to leg it means that you may have something that either wasn't sanded down all the way causing it to look that way. Right now my best tip is to play around with it and see if you can loosen the joint, sometimes the figures are very stiff from being sealed away too long and need each of the joint to be articulated and loosen.

smiler had said to boil the figure, this will loosen the joint for you to pop the leg off and see what is going on at the connection point and remove anything that is blocking - be it excessive paint or uneven plastic that needs to be cut or sanded down.

Again hope this helps.