Here's an idea for removing the legs: The plastic tubes that lock the legs in place have small ridges at the rim which have sharply angled edges; like a barbed fish hook, so to speak. Once they are pushed into the socket, the sharp edges lock the leg into place.
Maybe I will gently grind / sand the sharp tube rims down to make them a bit more rounded, so the leg can more easily be pulled off.
I'm also considering putting steel rods inside the tubes as suggested above. It's a great idea for strength, but it would probably make the legs even more difficult to remove- because the plastic tubes would now be filled with metal, so the two flexible halves of the tube's end could no longer flex toward each other. Come to think of it, that same flexibility would be needed in order to get the leg ON... Steel rods inside might make things tricky, but I have to try it.
While I'm waiting for ED to arrive, here are more decal images I found on the animation model which are absent from the HT figure.
The first line, 'ED-209 LAW ENFORCEMENT ROBOT' is in no way confirmed as accurate, but the spacing and the number of characters seems to fit.
The second line, I have no clue. I can barely make out the quantity and placement of the characters, let alone what they say.
Ya know, I really have to undertake a pilgrimage to Tippett Studios in Berkeley, and see if I can get some close-up shots of the animation model for reference, and so I have an excuse to pee myself...
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