One of the joys of Facebook is that occasionally you receive a message from an old friend. In this case it was a plea from someone I went to school with – could I help him with his vintage Action Man collection? Of course!
Shortly afterwards I received two tiny little jackets in the post.
My mission was to remove the broken zip from the older jacket, and replace it with the functional zip from a newer one. No problem! I even used vintage cotton thread, for authenticity.
I hung on to the two little jackets for a while, in case I could turn up a second tiny little zip and repair them both. Unfortunately 3½” long zips with green tape and metal teeth are quite difficult to come by, as it turns out. Possibly their only use is in mending broken Action Man jackets.