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Re: Cracking Torsos
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:53:11 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Timothy Jones writes:
> In lugnet.general, Ed Jones writes:
> > 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.
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> > Anyone else experiencing this? Are they using thinner abs?
> 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.
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> Also, the pins on the waist pieces break pretty easily too. Once when I was
> taking a leg off it broke off, pin and all. I tried gluing it, but it only
> stayed a few days. Has anyone had this happen as well? Is there a special kind
> of glue that will hold the leg on?
MEK is a special glue that can make two pieces of plastic into one. It's what
LEGO uses on its models.
Alan
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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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