How would one go about removing a upper body from a MU buck? Then re attaching it to another?
Tried heating them in water and pulling. ... nadda.
Tried heating them in water and pulling. ... nadda.
Marvel Universe Disassembly
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Yeah, most are like Joes. I always do the fingernail test. Press in the plastic with your fingernail, if it makes an indention and is soft plastic, you can boil and pop. If it doesn't, and has the "tap, tap, tap" sound of hard plastic, then you have to crack them apart like the 25th and beyond Joes. If it's the soft plastic, you can pretty much boil and pop to your little hearts desire:
IM had a hard plastic torso, so I only popped the soft parts off.
Here's Eddie's tute for cracking hard plastic torsos:
http://forums.fighting118th.com/showthread.php?t=5532
Weapon X had all soft parts, but his lower torso/crotch piece was hard plastic.
Hope that helps.
IM had a hard plastic torso, so I only popped the soft parts off.
Here's Eddie's tute for cracking hard plastic torsos:
http://forums.fighting118th.com/showthread.php?t=5532
Weapon X had all soft parts, but his lower torso/crotch piece was hard plastic.
Hope that helps.
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I've often wondered this too...so hard plastic torsos need cracking in a vise or with plyers?...good to know...
Yeah, for the most part, Joes and MU figures have the hard plastic. Most SW figures have the soft plastic, but there are some that have the hard plastic(RotS Clone troopers). Most movie figures like Thor, Cap, Avengers have the soft plastic, but then again, some of the IM are a mix, some soft, some hard, lol.. so it all comes down to testing which figure is what.
It may be easier to shed some light in the method of disassembly you would need to use if you told us what figure you were trying to deconstruct.
You could locate the torso seam under his arms and use an exacto knife to cut the glue holding the 2 halves together. That is how I split torsos and I have split a quite few MU torsos that way with no problems
They're not glued, they're sonic welded together. Basically the halves ends are melted and mashed together... 
Look under the armpit. Youll see the line going up and down from the pit to the waist. You can stab an exacto knife in the seam and work it and after awhile you can crack it open. I've had luck doing this with female figures as they're skinnier and usually harder to crack open with a vise(or have stress marks from it). I usually do the same to the seam on the shoulder/neck area to help with the cracking open.
Look under the armpit. Youll see the line going up and down from the pit to the waist. You can stab an exacto knife in the seam and work it and after awhile you can crack it open. I've had luck doing this with female figures as they're skinnier and usually harder to crack open with a vise(or have stress marks from it). I usually do the same to the seam on the shoulder/neck area to help with the cracking open.
I wish to take apart an Invisible Woman & add either 25th Scarlett arms or ROC Scarlett arms.
One day I should go along with wedge1968 & have you crack some torsos for me Joe.
One day I should go along with wedge1968 & have you crack some torsos for me Joe.
I think I'm just gonna order a Iron Spider figure and just use that as a starting point for a MU deadpool.
I wish to take apart an Invisible Woman & add either 25th Scarlett arms or ROC Scarlett arms.
One day I should go along with wedge1968 & have you crack some torsos for me Joe.
and dremel some heads? That's what I always end up doing for him, lol.
@Goldbug..... fffffuucccccck!!!!
And Joe, I hate the leg articulation from the Origins one, and that figure is crazy overpriced now.
And Joe, I hate the leg articulation from the Origins one, and that figure is crazy overpriced now.
I see the complete comic pack in the 20s on ebay. Might have to bite. Bullseye could be of use also.
dremel some heads you say? I think I could use some help with that too!
correction: long ago
I just got DD last week for $12 shipped...
My targets haven't had comic packs in quite a while...TRUs seem to have them though...not sure which ones...
Kinda...I saw one for less than $10 shipped a couple weeks ago but didn't need him at the time...then Vortious sent me a sample Flash head 
shakefist and I needed the DD...
Now I'm looking at the Mysterio fig for $10 shipped to use for Green Lantern, but don't need it right now...I just know I'll regret waiting...
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shakefist and I needed the DD...Now I'm looking at the Mysterio fig for $10 shipped to use for Green Lantern, but don't need it right now...I just know I'll regret waiting...
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