HT Dog alien assembly

[neoshady]

Hey all,

does anyone have any tricks/hints/angles on how to get the dog alien leg on? I have tried freezing and the blow dryer.

Iam on day 2 of this

 

[Biojex]

maybe try sanding down the ball joint a little

 

[Rotfish]

Dunno what freezing would help with. I'd try lightly sanding the peg (do this at your own risk -- be careful to do it little by little, or else the thing will be too loose). Then, blow-dry the area and use force to push it in.

Me, I just barely sanded the peg and forced it. I dunno why brute force seems to freak so many people out. They seem weary of keeping the shine on the figure, but that stuff will come off anyway, so I just pushed that sucker in with no worries. The leg went on nice and tight and I have no problems with it.

Just don't sand the peg anymore than you need to. Do a bit, then try force. Then do a bit more, then try force. Make sure you still have to push really hard to get it in (sanding just makes it a BIT easier). You don't want to grind it down to the point where it slides in after a light touch. As long as your arms still do the majority of the work, you should be fine.

Hope this helped .

 

[lord_raptor]

i used a lubricant and it worked fine

 

[neoshady]

Fantastic ideas! Thank you all for sharing. Were talking about sanding with sand paper right? Ive never sanded before

 

[MasterSafara]

You know what man it just takes brute strength. I know from experience and in particular this same figure.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Same here, I pushed the leg on and POP.

 

[neoshady]

Oh I tried right the brute force right before I posted with the help of my brother. Nothing more fail then two grown men failing at putting together a toy

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Then I would lightly and evenly sand the ball joint. Remember that you can always sand off more but never put back. So sand for a second and try. If it doesn't work sand again.

 

[Rotfish]

^^Elder's post:

 

[MasterSafara]

Dude trust me. I had bruised palms and 2 days of effort to get my AVP Warrior Alien's arm joint in and secured. It just takes the right angle and the right amount of applied pressure.

 

[Rotfish]

When we say sanding, we don't mean with sand paper (or at least, I don't ). Dunno what it's called since I borrow it from my dad's work-bench, but it looks something like this:

Now the tool above uses sand paper. The tool I use has a handle and a similar shape, but the sanding portion is made of metal and has light bumpy spikes (like a really fine cheese grater, lol). Seems to work better than the paper, since it's a hard metal/iron type deal.

 

[Valfar]

Nah nah nah.. Take a sharp knife(steak knife) and grind the lip in a circular motion on the opening of where the ball joint goes into the leg, took me about two tries with the second time grinding it a bit more.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

All of the above work very well. I personally say brute force, but that worked for me. Sanding I would have used the 1200 grit I have for custom sanding; not too coarse. Valfar also has a very valid way. All awesome ideas, let us know how it turns out for you.

 

[neoshady]

Oh snap! It went in!

Thank you all for your "Grate" ideas. I opted for the sanding method first and with alittle elbow grease it popped in with minimal effort.

Now to decide on a pose.

 

[Valfar]

Once you get past the lip/ring where the ball joint passes through then it all fits proper, its the lip that is too small for the ball to be properly inserted in to the socket.

 

[galactiboy]

Sanding is the only way I was able to get mine to work. I tried the brute force and snapped the first one's legs. Luckily I was able to find a replacement.

But after a bit of light sanding it popped right in and was still a very tight functional joint. And the other day it was very easy to disassemble.