COSMOSTARX
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The wrist pegs are so hard to pull out. I use a tweezer and slowly muscle it out
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jye4ever
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What I worry about is tearing the fabric/webbing at the arm from having to hold it for leverage.
If by "tweezer" you mean pliers, I do the same thing.
Not gonna happen. The pegs come out of the forearm easily. Just a light tug and they come out.
It's getting the pegs out of the hands that requires the muscle/pliers.
jye4ever
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I'm just paranoid about touching the webbing whatsoever.....I refuse to man up dammit....
jye4ever
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I'm just paranoid about touching the webbing whatsoever.....I refuse to man up dammit....
I understand quite well your apprehension. I'm actually like that with all my figures. The most handling I do of all my figures is getting them out of the box and replacing the hands. They go right on the stand and on top of my book case right away.
I probably do that because I only get one of each figure and simply I love the figures for the artistic value. I'm an ex-comic book reading kid and I love seeing these figures from my childhood in 3D. Awesome!
Uncanny Web-Slinger
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Same here
I bend the arm to a 90° angle and hold down the biceps on a flat surface and use the pliers to pull out the hands and pegs.
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I'm just paranoid about touching the webbing whatsoever.....I refuse to man up dammit....
Same here. I know the figure probably isnt as fragile as I think it is, but every time I touch it I fear the webbing is gonna start coming off or something
Its much more durable than you guys think (at least mine is) I just grab it by the forearm, webbing and all, and having had any issues yet (crosses fingers)
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I actually pull back the costume a bit on the forearm and get a grip on the plastic arm then pull. Seems to work pretty well and does not mess up the costume.
a method I found most helpful was tying a string to both Spidey's hand and a doorknob. I would then open the door and set Spidey on the table. All you have to do now is slam the door and see what happens! More times than not, the hand will come off, just as you wanted
a method I found most helpful was tying a string to both Spidey's hand and a doorknob. I would then open the door and set Spidey on the table. All you have to do now is slam the door and see what happens! More times than not, the hand will come off, just as you wanted
jye4ever
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I tried this method, and it met with limited success. It was exciting watching Spidey fly off the table as if he were leaping off a building to save Mary Jane in distress, though.a method I found most helpful was tying a string to both Spidey's hand and a doorknob. I would then open the door and set Spidey on the table. All you have to do now is slam the door and see what happens! More times than not, the hand will come off, just as you wanted
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I super glued spideys feet to a curb, tied his wrists to my pick up truck then hit the gas hard. Those wrist pegs popped out no problem.
Not really, I just pulled up the sleeve a little to get a grip on the forearms then I used my teeth to pull the pegs out. Not something I would recommend as it felt like my teeth were going to fall out and I'm sure it's not a good way to get these peg out, but it worked.
I wont be doing it too many times because I don't plan I reposing him too often.
Not really, I just pulled up the sleeve a little to get a grip on the forearms then I used my teeth to pull the pegs out. Not something I would recommend as it felt like my teeth were going to fall out and I'm sure it's not a good way to get these peg out, but it worked.
I wont be doing it too many times because I don't plan I reposing him too often.
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a method I found most helpful was tying a string to both Spidey's hand and a doorknob. I would then open the door and set Spidey on the table. All you have to do now is slam the door and see what happens! More times than not, the hand will come off, just as you wanted
I actually throw the whole figure against the wall sometimes to loosen the figure up so I can get the peg out of the hand. If that doesn't work, a sledge hammer to the hands usually does the trick.
All kidding aside, those red pegs are a ____ing _____ to remove. I haven't had this much trouble swapping pegs since OC TDK Batman. I actually have a solution to the peg problem though. I bought a second figure as an extra/backup and I manned up and took the wrist pegs out of the two neutral hands on my new one so I could have a few options of pegged hands. I split the hell out of my thumb nails though. I ended up bending the nail back on my left and right thumbs and ripping a bit of skin. I was more worried about 1, getting the pegs out and 2, not bleeding the figure then hurting my thumbs.
Finally did get it though and once I got them out I had the following hand options.
My first Spidey,
- pegged right relaxed neutral hand
- pegged left relaxed neutral hand
- pegged left fist
- pegged left web shooting hand
Second Spidey,
- pegged right fist
- pegged right webshooting hand
- pegged left crawling
- pegged right crawling
That way, I have all the options other than the "swinging" hands without having to pull the pegs out. All I have to do is quickly swap and interchange.
So if any of you buy an extra, this is ideal. Between the two figures you can have a bunch of hand possibilities without having to worry about taking the peg out.
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