Arms Race

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:55 pm

No, this is not about new weapon creations.

While lining up my various units of pikemen, I gave each unit it's own colored flag - I'm gonna have to do something about replacing those pink banners, though.

I stood back and looked at them. Nope, needed more. So I yanked the arms out of the sockets and color matched those, and then the legs (I need more pure yellow - nude? - legs).

Just an idle question: do you change the arms on your minifigs?

Post by **Formendacil** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:44 am

Yup. I change them all the time. If they look good normal, I'll leave them alone, but that often isn't the case.

Now legs...... that's another matter. Mainly because I have never felt the need yet. But if I felt it would look better, and I didn't have what I needed... sure I'd do it.

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:13 am

Formendacil wrote:
Now legs...... that's another matter. Mainly because I have never felt the need yet. But if I felt it would look better, and I didn't have what I needed... sure I'd do it.

I find prying off legs harder than arms, so I hate doing it, but I still find myself doing it to get the right color combination.

Barbapple · Post by **Barbapple** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:15 am

I do pry off arms, as I'm sure we all do, though I don't like to do it. With almost all legomen (with the exeption of the DM's) the arms look just fine.
I usually hate prying them off, if only because 1 of 10 times, the torso cracks.

J1A3L5 · Post by **J1A3L5** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:16 am

First - I never change legs.

Secondly, I more often find myself changing hands than whole arms. Although I do sometimes change arms, especially with town theme figs. I have only done it a couple times with castle figs though - I don't really have enough castle figs to do anything with anyway.

jamitjames · Post by **jamitjames** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:16 am

I do it all the time, but the torsos do crack sooner then later

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:19 am

Barbapple wrote:I do pry off arms, as I'm sure we all do, though I don't like to do it. With almost all legomen (with the exeption of the DM's) the arms look just fine.
I usually hate prying them off, if only because 1 of 10 times, the torso cracks.

Hmmmm - I just swapped out 60 torsos and not one crack. Never had it happen in fact. Difference in technique?

jamitjames · Post by **jamitjames** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:20 am

Over time it happens.

Barbapple · Post by **Barbapple** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:21 am

TwoTonic Knight wrote:
Barbapple wrote:I do pry off arms, as I'm sure we all do, though I don't like to do it. With almost all legomen (with the exeption of the DM's) the arms look just fine.
I usually hate prying them off, if only because 1 of 10 times, the torso cracks.
Hmmmm - I just swapped out 60 torsos and not one crack. Never had it happen in fact. Difference in technique?

What technique do you use? I move the arm stright out from the body, then push on the body with my thumb, and pull the arm with my index finger.

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:31 am

Barbapple wrote:
TwoTonic Knight wrote:
Barbapple wrote:I do pry off arms, as I'm sure we all do, though I don't like to do it. With almost all legomen (with the exeption of the DM's) the arms look just fine.
I usually hate prying them off, if only because 1 of 10 times, the torso cracks.
Hmmmm - I just swapped out 60 torsos and not one crack. Never had it happen in fact. Difference in technique?
What technique do you use? I move the arm stright out from the body, then push on the body with my thumb, and pull the arm with my index finger.

Arm straight out towards the front of the body and gently exert pressure on the end of the arm so that the arm rotates outward away from the center of the body. This way the back of the shoulder is being reinforced by the back of the body. If you start with the arm straight up, it is being rotated into the unsupported plastic below the arm.

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:40 am

jamitjames wrote:Over time it happens.

Used the torso my parrot plays with for an experiment - 100 times taking it out and putting it back in without a crack. The arm does feel very slightly looser, but still holds it pose fine.

Trying it Barbapple's way (arm up rather than forward) I can see the pressure on the unsupported plastic beneath the arm would make a crack more likely.

Blasterman · Post by **Blasterman** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:21 am

Just an idle question: do you change the arms on your minifigs?

You KNOW I do, all the time.

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:25 am

I do that all the time! Kinda gets tedious when your working with 500 or so minifigs......

Sir Terrance · Post by **Sir Terrance** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 3:19 am

Never. Blasterman that is an awesome avatar fig. Do you have more pics of it?

Loneranger · Post by **Loneranger** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 3:25 am

I have taken arms off of a torso over a 100 times. never cracked for me. maybe it's becaise I'm specail and so is twotoniceknight?

LR

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