Dissembling Female Marvel Legends
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Dissembling Female Marvel Legends

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Hey everyone, I'm working on a body swap between the female beetle and mockingbird. Just trying to exchange the upper body from each but keep their respective arms. Can I crack the upper torsos like the male bodies? Also are the arms ratchet joints or simple interchangeable joints (by simple I mean pull as hard as you can to pop them out lol). Any tips would be great. Thanks - Thigr

Posted by Thigrslayer
on Friday, August 24, 2018
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Redmist -
Monday, August 27, 2018
look' forward 2 ur project!
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antithetical -
Friday, August 24, 2018
Both Mockingbird and Beetle have soft plastic upper torsos, so it's just a matter of heat and pop, either dunk them in boiling water or heat them up with a hair dryer and pull them apart. If you've never done this before, just remember it will take a few minutes of heating to get the plastic soft enough to pop off of the larger torso peg, if it doesn't come off with a moderate amount of force keep heating it until it does. The arms, which have smaller pegs will pop off before the torso will, but the same applies, if they aren't coming out relatively easily, continue heating, otherwise you can rip the upper arms off the shoulder pegs if you use too much force. Anyway, I've found that sometimes there are subtle differences between parts on the Marvel Legends figures, especially with upper torsos on the female figures, so your swap might be straight forward, or it could be a bit of a pain, won't know until you try it. Hope this helps.
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Thigrslayer -
Friday, August 24, 2018
Hey thanks, just finished pulling apart all the joints! Worked like a charm. - Thigr
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antithetical -
Sunday, August 26, 2018
You're welcome, glad I could be of assistance and it worked out. I have disassembled both figures, but never combined any of their parts.
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Thigrslayer -
Monday, August 27, 2018
Everything is basically interchangeable between the two. The real struggle will be shaping the wonderwoman multiverse joints to fit in the marvel legends female mold. Regardless, now I'm one step closer! - Thigr
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