One thing about this is that there's actually a second detent deep inside the shoulder. When you are pressing the arm back in from the elbow, you'll feel a pop, but it's not all the way in yet, and the arm will still feel very loose as it swivels. Make sure the outer bicep sheath is pulled back far enough towards the elbow to not impede the progress of the cental peg, and push HARD until you feel a second, much firmer pop. Now the arm is in all the way, and the bicep swivel will be tight.
Just add a little heat bro. ...people say "blow dryers", but NO. I've been doing custom action figures for 15 plus years, so I'm not just some "know it all" commenting. And, ALWAYS use warm water, around 160°f, not to exceed 175°f. And pretty much anything will come apart, or go back together correctly, with a little hot water. Sik
Try adding some silicone shock or some alternative joint oil in the peg of the arm Make sure hole of the outer and inner piece is align isuggest bending up the shoulder(T-Pose) so its easier for you to align things up
Check the tip of the arm peg(the one you insert into the shoulder piece) if it has an excess plastic at the tip Also try checking if the outer shoulder piece if its fully inserted, if your having trouble putting it in submerge the outer shoulder piece to a hot water before trying to put it back to the inner joint It should be fine putting it back since both arms of your figure arms were in before disassembly, if all above were check maybe the joint are too tight compared to the other piece i suggest using oil to make it easier putting it back
Hey, those shoulder joints WILL soften with warmth. Heat a pan of water to 160°f and leave the figure in the water for around 10 min. Its definitely more heat resistant, but its plastic. It ALL reforms under heat... the only variables are, how hot it has to be and how it melts. And, mafex uses decently high quality plastic, so, it wont really suffer any melt loss. My only serious word of advice, dont exceed 175°f, unless you're ready to reshape your whole figure. Sik
One thing about this is that there's actually a second detent deep inside the shoulder. When you are pressing the arm back in from the elbow, you'll feel a pop, but it's not all the way in yet, and the arm will still feel very loose as it swivels. Make sure the outer bicep sheath is pulled back far enough towards the elbow to not impede the progress of the cental peg, and push HARD until you feel a second, much firmer pop. Now the arm is in all the way, and the bicep swivel will be tight.
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Putting back the bicep is deceptively difficult if you ask me. You have to put a lot more pressure than expected to make sure it stays on.
Adding some silicon oil might help you if youre having a hard time putting it back
@@123Xehanort Oh I managed to do it. I was just surprised at how much pressure I had to apply to make sure that the biceps stayed on the shoulders.
Just add a little heat bro. ...people say "blow dryers", but NO. I've been doing custom action figures for 15 plus years, so I'm not just some "know it all" commenting. And, ALWAYS use warm water, around 160°f, not to exceed 175°f. And pretty much anything will come apart, or go back together correctly, with a little hot water. Sik
are there any easier methods to getting the arm into the shoulder joint? i keep trying and trying but just cant get it in there. does hot water help?
Sorry for the very late reply
Some people say hot water help but personally i think not
Silicone oil might help
Hey dude I did this with mafex 185 and now one of the shoulders just doesn’t want to snap into the arm
Try adding some silicone shock or some alternative joint oil in the peg of the arm
Make sure hole of the outer and inner piece is align isuggest bending up the shoulder(T-Pose) so its easier for you to align things up
@@123Xehanort I tried but when I put it in the peg it moves the shoulder up kind of like there’s no space for it
Check the tip of the arm peg(the one you insert into the shoulder piece) if it has an excess plastic at the tip
Also try checking if the outer shoulder piece if its fully inserted, if your having trouble putting it in submerge the outer shoulder piece to a hot water before trying to put it back to the inner joint
It should be fine putting it back since both arms of your figure arms were in before disassembly, if all above were check maybe the joint are too tight compared to the other piece i suggest using oil to make it easier putting it back
@@123Xehanort hey so um I superglued it and now I feel like an idiot because I can’t move the arm around 😬
Well thats a problem forcing the glue to broke by moving the arm left and right might break the peg
Hey, those shoulder joints WILL soften with warmth. Heat a pan of water to 160°f and leave the figure in the water for around 10 min. Its definitely more heat resistant, but its plastic. It ALL reforms under heat... the only variables are, how hot it has to be and how it melts. And, mafex uses decently high quality plastic, so, it wont really suffer any melt loss. My only serious word of advice, dont exceed 175°f, unless you're ready to reshape your whole figure. Sik
will hot water help put the arm into the shoulder joint? just wondering since i literally cannot get the arm in for the life of me😂
@@twixxclipss9324 absolutely bro. It will definitely make it easier. Sik
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@@123Xehanort bro san ka sa cavite?,muntik ko n kasing ipaayos sayo ung spiderman ko lol
Bacoor po you can send me email for ways to contact you berry.axkr@gmail.com
bro thanks sa info. taga aniban, bacoor lang ako. anyway naayos ko naman na. Kinabahan lang tlaga ako lol..