Crappy Medicom and their fragile figures

[galactiboy]

I found the head on Boba came off very easily... kind of like the Comic Spiderman.

 

[FQRizzo]

I remember trying to take the helmet off of the Boba RAH so I could fix the velcro on the collar armor. It wasn't happening.

 

[Cryoguns]

Yup...wiggle it side to side alot in the helmet as well until the glue cracks. It took me some time as well but did come out eventually.

 

[Darth Cruel]

Yup...wiggle it side to side alot in the helmet as well until the glue cracks. It took me some time as well but did come out eventually.

My helmet came off from the head. And I didn't want it to. Quite easily as well. But some may be glued better than others.

 

[denger4000]

You're just not pulling hard enough and keep using the blow dryer.

I just gave up, The way think of it is, he still stands on his broken leg and while it sucks, I'm not playing with him, I'm using him as a display and it looks fine, that's what displays are about really, looking good.

 

[abake]

I think a lot of breakage issues also stem from the fact that the Medi-body has a completely different construction than other bodies. Of course the plastic is a bit brittle, but if you pull and twist the articulation in the wrong directions or apply force in the wrong manner it puts a lot of stress on the articulation, compounding the problem of brittleness.
For instance, I've noticed that the cut joint on the biceps is usually very very tight, so when you try to twist the arm you usually end-up forcing the shoulder joint.
Now every time I use that joint in a pose, I firmly hold the upper biceps while twisting, so as to not force the shoulder.

 

[Darth Cruel]

I think a lot of breakage issues also stem from the fact that the Medi-body has a completely different construction than other bodies. Of course the plastic is a bit brittle, but if you pull and twist the articulation in the wrong directions or apply force in the wrong manner it puts a lot of stress on the articulation, compounding the problem of brittleness.
For instance, I've noticed that the cut joint on the biceps is usually very very tight, so when you try to twist the arm you usually end-up forcing the shoulder joint.
Now every time I use that joint in a pose, I firmly hold the upper biceps while twisting, so as to not force the shoulder.

This is a good point. These are not standard ball joints. Particularly in the hips. These joints need to be moved in two distinct directions to get a diagonal movement.

 

[abake]

Yeah, it's a good idea to try to familiarize oneself with the Medi body before trying anything too extravagant in the posing department...

 

[c meikle]

Their fragility is what made me hold off buying any of their star wars figures. However I couldn't hold off when the shadow trooper was on sale at star wars shop. I just take care when posing however I don't mess with him much. I will wait for SS to make Boba and Jango.