Many thanks for your suggestions, Shepp!
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You'll need to repair the holes on the front piece that the screws go into, I suspect they may be damaged, and the screws aren't biting into as much as they need to stay still.
As a non-destructive way to try and fix it (without any sort of glue and taking the figure apart), see if three or four of layers of teflon tape on the screws help.
Or, there's water soluble Elmer's glue. a dab on the tip of the screws, tighten them down, and then use some weight to press the back and front together while the glue hardens. If there's a problem, water will remove the glue.
Hope this helps.
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I folded the tape width wise to fit the length of the screws, as they're not long; so effectively about 6-8 layers of Teflon. Worked well for the tighter screw, it holds, but not the looser; its hole threads are definitely stripped, although I can feel some ridges with a tiny screw driver.
Tried the glue, no change. The hollow shaft is more than double the length of the screw, so the glue is likely continuing down the pipe.
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edit: Another thought; it might be that the plastic shaft that goes through the arm pivots have broken partway through. If this is the case, you gotta take the figure apart. There's enough pressure surrounding the pieces to keep the back piece connected because it would need to pull straight out instead of rotate along the axis of the "butt" pin (and that can't move very much).
You'll have to remove that "butt" pin to take the back off. Be careful and good luck trying to keep the springs where they're supposed to be.
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The shafts are intact, that 2nd 1 is just highly stripped inside.
I've never removed a pin before; I kinda don't want to, as I'm not too sure what I can do afterwards.
I wonder if I can replace the screw with the next diameter?
Do you know where I can get screws that small?
The Canadian Tire near me is usually no help, even if they have the products!
