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| | | This 2nd hand lego shop I frequent has a head that I really want but there is a neck still stuck inside it (its snapped off at the neck) Anyone know of a way to remove the neck from the head so I can use it? If its not possible, I wont buy it :) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head? —Mark Neumann
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| | | | | (...) Have you thought about screw extractors? You'll need a hole in the post, that means drill if head post doesn't already have a hole in it. Then put the screw extractor in and you should be able to move it, or tear apart the plastic. (a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | | Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head? —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | (...) You may be able to get away with a small self tapping screw instead of a screw extractor... drill a hole, screw in the screw (gently) and pull hard on the screw. (...) Definitely. Also, for this sort of drilling, you should be using a Dremel (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head? —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | (...) BTW, seeing the condition it's in, can't you convince them to give it to you for free? Perhaps, throw it in for free if you make another purchase. Maggie C. (impressed that there is actually a second-hand LEGO shop where you are) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | | Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Small towns in Germany have these as well. Pretty neat. (22 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | | | Second-hand LEGO shops [was Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head?] —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | (...) I would love to visit one, if just for the novelty value. Can anyone name a specific place? I'll add it to my "List of Places to Visit in the World" list. --Bill. XFUT: lugnet.market.shopping (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Second-hand LEGO shops [was Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head?] —Oliver Giesen
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| | | | | | G'Day From lugnet.loc.de.ber "G'Day Finally got to visit the store Fantasia, it is not bad, good selection of common parts, some Technic, lots and lots of old blue and grey rail. And it is walking distance from my grandmother's place! Alot of the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Second-hand LEGO shops [was Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head?] —Rick Clark
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| | | | | Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head? —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) Just curious which head this is and why you want to go to any trouble to make it useable (I can think of about one head for which some amount of trouble might be worth it). Frank (22 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head? —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | Its the ice planet head with the white eyebrows and moustache. What I will probobly do is to see if he will sell me the head really cheap because its damaged and then try to fix it (much like how I got the black falcon flag cheap for the same (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head? —William R. Ward
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| | | | (...) I don't think that head is all that rare...? --Bill. (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | | | | | Re: removing a really stuck neck from a head? —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | As it turned out, he had a different copy of that head so I didnt bother. (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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