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I changed arms on a bunch of newer style torsos (plain green, plain red and Star Wars) over the weekend. Removing the arms caused the torso to crack from the arm hole down to the waist. Anyone else experiencing this? Are they using thinner abs? (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've seen this with both new and old Minifigs. It seems inevitable if you swap arms too much. I can't say that I've ever had one (including the new SW minifigs) crack on a first swap, though. I try to avoid it by ripping the arms out of my (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe your minifigs have been using the Abinator. Only $19.95 plus S&H. ~Mark (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) When LEGO assembles minifigs (an amazing process to watch) they put the arms in pointing straight up. Were you trying to remove them while they were pointing up, or pointing down? JohnG, GMLTC (remove the '.nospam', or reach me at gmltc_j1 @ (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I didn't know that LEGO assembled them this way but come to think about it that is how I always disassemble mine and I have not cracked a torso yet. I don't think I am quite as consistant putting figs back together though. Eric Kingsley (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've had this happen on some of my figs that have never had their arms removed, including Flatfoot Thompson and a '96 coast guard fig. It makes their arms very loose, and I hate this cause sometimes they just come out when you're moving them. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've seen this occasionally, but usually on *older* torsos, not brand-new ones. So it's not a brand-new problem. Maybe they've recently cut a new torso mold, and it has thinner sides than the old mold? Would TLC have more than one torso (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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Wow. A corollary question: does anyone else see torsos+arms+hands as one piece and would feel less than Pure swapping them? (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) from (...) Actually, there are three torso molds- Version one was from the introduction of the minifig to about 1979. It has no grooves on the inside of the torso. I don't have any of these, but I've heard about them. Version two lasted from (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) from (...) MEK is a special glue that can make two pieces of plastic into one. It's what LEGO uses on its models. Alan (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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What I always do when switching arms is to first remove the hands. Otherwise, the pressure you exert may cause the arm to crack where the rod of the hand is inserted into the arm. I then position the arm so it's pointing either straight out in front (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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I have had this happen to both torsos and leg pins. I have never cared enough to find a glue that works. Basically, I don't think TLC ever really intended for us to take the minifigs apart that far, otherwise you might expect something along along (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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