Jointy Hands

I traded for some Soom male jointed hands; they were meant for the Mecha Angels--but I think they are the same size as the hands for the Soom 2016 body, which is what I wanted to put them on. But ugh, unassembled. There were directions, though:

Actually the directions were pretty helpful. They say to cut the elastic on the diagonal and then put a drop of glue on the tip to stiffen it (I used Aleens Tacky Glue because I knew I was going to get my fingers stuck if I used SuperGlue.)

I also used a bit of monofilament to pull the elastic through the really tight spots on the middle finger joints. I started at the pinky end with the smallest holes and worked my way around to the larger holes of the thumb, because it gets harder the shorter the elastic gets. I also used a hemostat to hold the "loose" end of the elastic while I worked. IT STILL TOOK FOUR HOURS. But it was worth it to have my carpenter be able to move his fingers on his nice new Super Gem body!