Great video! At the time of this posting, I just got the Ravager Thor arms attached to the armored Thor torso. The RT shoulder pegs will not fit no matter how much you heat the plastic. I cannot stress enough how important the trimming of the shoulder pegs is to the process. I got lucky and trimmed just enough. Trim too much and you've wasted a figure for nothing. Good luck everyone!
Thanks so much! Yeah I tried pretty hard to jam the arms in without cutting(besides the little black square), but it just would NOT go in until I cut them up. It was nerve wracking for sure especially since I had literally never done it before making that video!
I’m so glad I found this video, before I saw this video I had swapped the arms but I left a gap because I didn’t know how to make the arms go in further
I also did this. I took the gauntlets off too but that was alot more work lol I had to dremel through where you pop the hands in and keep getting them hot so the glue would melt. Be careful because it will melt the plastic if you dremel for too long.
Like your vids. Nice work. But for the arm swap try reversing it. You want to heat up the torso of armored thor and keep the arm pegs cool and ridged. That way the plastic of the torso will conform to the peg of the arms and you get a nice fit. Probably still have to trim the peg down though. I'll be doing this soon. Waiting on the figs to drop in price a bit though.
I will just wait for an inevitable version of him without the mask etc. In fact, I can't wait to get that version to complete my love & thunder collection!
I certainly hope you're right! While the head swap between the two isn't bad, I don't think the Ravager head matches quite as well as what we see in the movie.
Nice! I was worried about using pliers to pull as I didn't want to break the arms (or damage them) in an unfixable way since I was doing this for the first time. I figured cracking the torso was fine since it likely wouldn't be super usable without the arms afterwards too anyway.
Nice video been waiting for someone to do this. Give the gauntlets a try if you don't mind. I would like to see how it turns out. Or if it's a pain to try.
Thanks so much! Yep I've been planning out the video. My hope is to be able to do it in a way that is simple and straightforward for anyone to do(assuming I can do it at all!).
@@ComicallyToys I had a little spare time and your video inspired me to go ahead and work on the gauntlets. Long story short hot water and a cone shaped Dremel head. The gauntlets are glued really good so be careful pulling them out of the forearm. Hollow out the gauntlets with the Dremel and slide them on. Good luck
Should have heated the socket rather than the arm. It still needed trimmed though. Or you could dremel out the socket. Good job. I’m working on one as well. Thanks for the info.
I actually did try heating the socket separately as well, but the black insert is made either of a different kind of plastic or just made differently such that it won't get soft enough to be pulled out. That's why I ended up just cracking it open. Let me know how yours goes!
@@ComicallyToys I’m sorry, I meant heating the socket on armored Thor to insert the bare arms. I had to crack the torso on Ravager Thor also. I didn’t trim the pegs on the bare arms. I dremelled out the socket a little on armored Thor, then heated the socket and the bare arms popped right on.
@@ComicallyToys They can, but they won’t. Lol. That was way more work than I intended to do. I had seen another tutorial that made it seem like it was a very simple arm swap. It’s definitely not.
TOTALLY! I originally thought it was going to be a simple pop and swap because like a dumb dumb I assumed Hasbro would be redesigning all of their new/current figures to have similar engineering, but I spent like 20 minutes off camera trying to get the darn arms off until I gave up and cracked open that torso haha!
Great video! And what could you suggest to remove the arms with butterfly joint? I want to remove the arm without the butterfly joint, but am scared to damage it.
Thank you! Honestly I would try the heat and pop method as well. But if you like, tell me the figure you're trying to do this with and I'll be happy to try it out first!
@@ComicallyToys Thanks! I have a bootleg pizza spidey from Alliexpress, I want to remove its arms and put on Mr. Fantastic's labcoat and white arms. But when trying to force the arms peg, the butterfly joint moves as well :/
First off, that's a super fun idea! Secondly, Were you thinking to reuse the arms somewhere else? If not then you could just go the destructive route to get them out of there like with a rotary tool. Thirdly, Are you really hard set on using the lab coat from Reed? Would you be open to using a soft good? I only ask because if you use a soft good then you'll have the versatility of putting it on and removing as you see fit, plus it'll have some level of posability that the official version won't have. Here's one I found on ebay(no affiliation, just the first one I found) that would work well. If the soft goods is a no go(which is perfectly fine! everyone's way of collecting and modding is valid) then let me know! I'm gonna actually snag an KO Spidey myself now too!
@@ComicallyToys I'd like to keep the arms intact in case I change the display later. I'm not sure about the soft woods, I think the plastic labcoat and arms looks cool. The idea came to me thinking on how to "hide" the blue pins on the arms, now I have the Renew your Vows spidey I'm more willing to experiment on the knockoff.
That's awesome you got the Renew You Vows set already!! I'm super jealous and not sure how long I'll have to wait for mine haha. How do you like them? And I hear ya. The lab coat arms do look nice. I guess I'm just unsure how "swappable" the arms will be once you do get them out, but hey sounds like another fun experiment and video for me to try! Hopefully my AliExpress order doesn't take too long. I'm betting the body will need to be cracked and we can probably shape the arms in a way to make them "swappable" if that makes sense.
So armored Thor's arms are actually a good bit smaller than Ravager Thor. And I think Star Lords arms are close to armored Thor's arm size. Which basically means I think it may look a little weird because of the way they designed Ravager Thor's body being pretty big. I'll see if I can pop and swap the arms from Star Lord though. If it's a worthwhile thing to share then I'll make a video for you!
@@ComicallyToys Omg thanks if it does work with long coat or vest this will save me time with my custom if it doesnt, dont currently have either but thought of the idea for an OC
Hey just wanted to let you know that I did try popping the arms from that Star Lord, but it doesn't want to come out without cracking the torso open. Sorry about that!
@@ComicallyToys oh if I gotta crack the torso I'm cool with doing it still as long as they can work but thanks for letting me know planning on getting them end of the month
I'd give it at least a minute or longer, but just be careful because it will be hot enough to burn your fingers(it happened to me during filming). It wasn't enough to leave damage, but it was enough that my fingers were sensitive for a day.
Black pieces? Do you mean the gauntlets? If that's what you mean then I have a separate video for that. If you're talking about the square black pieces on the arm pegs once you crack it, then the easiest thing is to use a wire cutter to just cut it off.
Omg bro can you help my create the best custom? I don't want to screw it and broke the arms. Have tried to open the body with a boormachine?you also paint your figures? Because I tried and the paint don't remain permanet after drying🤦♂️
I'm happy to try, but I consider myself an amateur! I've only cracked open the body before with pliers. You'll probably want to soak it in hot water awhile to soften it as much as you can. For paint you want to use acrylic paint. What paint are you using?
@@ComicallyToys the problem is that I love to do custom figures. Now I want to paint the suit body jacket from moon knight that is from rubber you know. Because I want to paint in blue for my jonah custom. And I tried on plastic as well with valejo paints from Amazon. And they dry super fast. And if I want to make a little scratch comes off all the paint. I don't understand why. Maybe you use something better for plastic that remains permanent. Because of that i don't know what to try anymore for painting figures. I really give up now😢
Sorry for the late reply. I didn't get a notification for it. If it dries too fast you can add a little bit of water and it should last a bit longer. Can you send me a link for the paint that you used? You might also want to use a clear coat, but depending on why the paint comes off, it might be because of parts rubbing together. If you're able to upload and link picture then I can try to see how I can help.
I had seen others doing this mod already, but someone asked about how to do it on a Facebook group so I decided to see if I could do it and recorded while I did it. I do plan on a follow up video for the gauntlets really soon!
Yep I hear ya on that. You may be able to get them a little cheaper buying used or waiting for a sale though. I think I was able to get another set(because I like having the factory figure as well as a customized version) for like 18 each? Though if I wait long enough and keep hunting deal I'm sure I can eventually get them for under 15 each. And if I ever do more mods(hopefully!) then I'll have some decent fodder from the Ravager Thor body.
I have to laugh at the 4+ age rating on marvel Legends. I tried to do a head swap on a Silk figure last week. Nothing elaberate just the alternative head she came with. I tried pulling it, nothing. A bit more force nope, a lot of force. Head comes off with pin still in and the neck joint is damaged. Pin still stubornly jammed into the head. Needle nose pliers needed to force that out. Then work on the neck and she's kind of ended up like a bobble head. Im now watching you boiling stuff. Like i said 4+ 😆
@@ComicallyToys it's the fan edition, shes fine once posed. It's just that anything that comes as a in box accessory for a 4 year old shouldn't be that much grief! No problems with the new one (Doc Oc) which I think is fantastic.
People are wanting a more accurate Thor from the new movie. He only wears the full armored suit for a few minutes in the movie. He mostly goes bare armed and no helmet. So this is my attempt to show that.
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Great video! At the time of this posting, I just got the Ravager Thor arms attached to the armored Thor torso.
The RT shoulder pegs will not fit no matter how much you heat the plastic. I cannot stress enough how important the trimming of the shoulder pegs is to the process. I got lucky and trimmed just enough. Trim too much and you've wasted a figure for nothing. Good luck everyone!
Thanks so much! Yeah I tried pretty hard to jam the arms in without cutting(besides the little black square), but it just would NOT go in until I cut them up. It was nerve wracking for sure especially since I had literally never done it before making that video!
I’m so glad I found this video, before I saw this video I had swapped the arms but I left a gap because I didn’t know how to make the arms go in further
I'm so glad I could be helpful to you!
Awsome video! Definitely gonna try this now!
Thank you so much! Let me know how it goes!
You make great videos spider criminal
Criminal the fuck you doing here
What i did for mine was seperate the gauntlets, then trim the forearms and glued them on turned out good and they feel strong!
I did something pretty similar! I just posted the video on how I made it happen. I hope you check it out and find it useful!
I also did this. I took the gauntlets off too but that was alot more work lol I had to dremel through where you pop the hands in and keep getting them hot so the glue would melt. Be careful because it will melt the plastic if you dremel for too long.
Yep I've had some different advice on the gauntlets. I'm going to try to keep it as simple as possible and hopefully it all works out!
Interesting! Those look like BAF joints on Ravager thor!
Yeah!
Like your vids. Nice work. But for the arm swap try reversing it. You want to heat up the torso of armored thor and keep the arm pegs cool and ridged. That way the plastic of the torso will conform to the peg of the arms and you get a nice fit. Probably still have to trim the peg down though. I'll be doing this soon. Waiting on the figs to drop in price a bit though.
shopdisney.com has a decent sale with 20% off if you buy $60 worth of stuff. Let me know how yours goes!
This is awesome, good to seeing doing these videos. Dominick from our old chat shared your channel with me.
Thanks my dude!
Great Video, very helpfull. My Thor Figures arrive tomorrow and i will give it a try :-)
Thanks so much! Please let me know if you were successful!
I will just wait for an inevitable version of him without the mask etc. In fact, I can't wait to get that version to complete my love & thunder collection!
I certainly hope you're right! While the head swap between the two isn't bad, I don't think the Ravager head matches quite as well as what we see in the movie.
Yeah I didn't need to crack it, just used pliers to pull the arms at the shoulder, easier to grip than using a towel
Nice! I was worried about using pliers to pull as I didn't want to break the arms (or damage them) in an unfixable way since I was doing this for the first time. I figured cracking the torso was fine since it likely wouldn't be super usable without the arms afterwards too anyway.
It’d be even cooler if you swapped the wrists too like put the armored Thor wrists where the normal ones are
Please keep an eye out for a follow up video! :)
Nice video been waiting for someone to do this. Give the gauntlets a try if you don't mind. I would like to see how it turns out. Or if it's a pain to try.
Thanks so much! Yep I've been planning out the video. My hope is to be able to do it in a way that is simple and straightforward for anyone to do(assuming I can do it at all!).
@@ComicallyToys I had a little spare time and your video inspired me to go ahead and work on the gauntlets. Long story short hot water and a cone shaped Dremel head.
The gauntlets are glued really good so be careful pulling them out of the forearm. Hollow out the gauntlets with the Dremel and slide them on. Good luck
Thanks for the tips! I have a few ideas I was going to try so I'm glad one of them was going to work!
@@ComicallyToys Nice
Should have heated the socket rather than the arm. It still needed trimmed though. Or you could dremel out the socket. Good job. I’m working on one as well. Thanks for the info.
I actually did try heating the socket separately as well, but the black insert is made either of a different kind of plastic or just made differently such that it won't get soft enough to be pulled out. That's why I ended up just cracking it open. Let me know how yours goes!
@@ComicallyToys I’m sorry, I meant heating the socket on armored Thor to insert the bare arms. I had to crack the torso on Ravager Thor also. I didn’t trim the pegs on the bare arms. I dremelled out the socket a little on armored Thor, then heated the socket and the bare arms popped right on.
Ah that makes more sense! That's an interesting method too, but since it's dremeled out now, does that mean the original arms can't go in anymore?
@@ComicallyToys They can, but they won’t. Lol. That was way more work than I intended to do. I had seen another tutorial that made it seem like it was a very simple arm swap. It’s definitely not.
TOTALLY! I originally thought it was going to be a simple pop and swap because like a dumb dumb I assumed Hasbro would be redesigning all of their new/current figures to have similar engineering, but I spent like 20 minutes off camera trying to get the darn arms off until I gave up and cracked open that torso haha!
Thanks for video
No problem! Thank you for your support!
Great video! And what could you suggest to remove the arms with butterfly joint? I want to remove the arm without the butterfly joint, but am scared to damage it.
Thank you! Honestly I would try the heat and pop method as well. But if you like, tell me the figure you're trying to do this with and I'll be happy to try it out first!
@@ComicallyToys Thanks! I have a bootleg pizza spidey from Alliexpress, I want to remove its arms and put on Mr. Fantastic's labcoat and white arms. But when trying to force the arms peg, the butterfly joint moves as well :/
First off, that's a super fun idea! Secondly, Were you thinking to reuse the arms somewhere else? If not then you could just go the destructive route to get them out of there like with a rotary tool. Thirdly, Are you really hard set on using the lab coat from Reed? Would you be open to using a soft good? I only ask because if you use a soft good then you'll have the versatility of putting it on and removing as you see fit, plus it'll have some level of posability that the official version won't have. Here's one I found on ebay(no affiliation, just the first one I found) that would work well. If the soft goods is a no go(which is perfectly fine! everyone's way of collecting and modding is valid) then let me know! I'm gonna actually snag an KO Spidey myself now too!
@@ComicallyToys I'd like to keep the arms intact in case I change the display later. I'm not sure about the soft woods, I think the plastic labcoat and arms looks cool.
The idea came to me thinking on how to "hide" the blue pins on the arms, now I have the Renew your Vows spidey I'm more willing to experiment on the knockoff.
That's awesome you got the Renew You Vows set already!! I'm super jealous and not sure how long I'll have to wait for mine haha. How do you like them?
And I hear ya. The lab coat arms do look nice. I guess I'm just unsure how "swappable" the arms will be once you do get them out, but hey sounds like another fun experiment and video for me to try! Hopefully my AliExpress order doesn't take too long. I'm betting the body will need to be cracked and we can probably shape the arms in a way to make them "swappable" if that makes sense.
Yes please make a video removing the gauntlets
Thanks for letting me know. I'll be posting in soon!
Im curious how the new starlord arms would look on ravager thor and if they would fit with the vest on as a jacketed look
So armored Thor's arms are actually a good bit smaller than Ravager Thor. And I think Star Lords arms are close to armored Thor's arm size. Which basically means I think it may look a little weird because of the way they designed Ravager Thor's body being pretty big. I'll see if I can pop and swap the arms from Star Lord though. If it's a worthwhile thing to share then I'll make a video for you!
@@ComicallyToys Omg thanks if it does work with long coat or vest this will save me time with my custom if it doesnt, dont currently have either but thought of the idea for an OC
Hey just wanted to let you know that I did try popping the arms from that Star Lord, but it doesn't want to come out without cracking the torso open. Sorry about that!
@@ComicallyToys oh if I gotta crack the torso I'm cool with doing it still as long as they can work but thanks for letting me know planning on getting them end of the month
For sure! Let me know how it goes for you or if I can help in any way!
Thunderstrike arms will also work ?
Hi I'm so sorry for the late reply. Did you get this figured out? I'm unsure if Thunderstrike will work.
@@ComicallyToys I'm having trouble getting a figure
@@BoRerunn I'm sorry to hear that. Is it difficult to find figures or to afford them where you are located?
how long did u put thor in the water for
I'd give it at least a minute or longer, but just be careful because it will be hot enough to burn your fingers(it happened to me during filming). It wasn't enough to leave damage, but it was enough that my fingers were sensitive for a day.
Hey man, I am struggling to take the black pieces off of the arms. Any recommendations? It's a pain
Black pieces? Do you mean the gauntlets? If that's what you mean then I have a separate video for that. If you're talking about the square black pieces on the arm pegs once you crack it, then the easiest thing is to use a wire cutter to just cut it off.
After it cooled off, did you notice any looseness to the arms?
None at all! I've worked them since I did the video and they feel factory standard.
@@ComicallyToys Nice! I'm going to give it a try. Thanks for the response.
Happy to help and let me know how it goes!
@@ComicallyToys Turned out great, thanks man.
I'm so happy to hear that! Stay tuned for my follow up on the gauntlets! :)
Omg bro can you help my create the best custom? I don't want to screw it and broke the arms. Have tried to open the body with a boormachine?you also paint your figures? Because I tried and the paint don't remain permanet after drying🤦♂️
I'm happy to try, but I consider myself an amateur! I've only cracked open the body before with pliers. You'll probably want to soak it in hot water awhile to soften it as much as you can. For paint you want to use acrylic paint. What paint are you using?
@@ComicallyToys the problem is that I love to do custom figures. Now I want to paint the suit body jacket from moon knight that is from rubber you know. Because I want to paint in blue for my jonah custom. And I tried on plastic as well with valejo paints from Amazon. And they dry super fast. And if I want to make a little scratch comes off all the paint. I don't understand why. Maybe you use something better for plastic that remains permanent. Because of that i don't know what to try anymore for painting figures. I really give up now😢
Sorry for the late reply. I didn't get a notification for it. If it dries too fast you can add a little bit of water and it should last a bit longer. Can you send me a link for the paint that you used? You might also want to use a clear coat, but depending on why the paint comes off, it might be because of parts rubbing together. If you're able to upload and link picture then I can try to see how I can help.
@@ComicallyToys I used to paint model colors it can be found on amazon
@@ComicallyToys but are the worst paints ever. I don't know what you use. Some people use primer. Is that necessary?
Awesome bruhh
Thanks so much!!
I saw another review that he could take the arms out with out opening the figure
Very cool! I'm glad people are finding other ways to do this as well. What I showed in the video is just what worked best for me.
@@ComicallyToys COOL, IS ABOUT PERSPECTIVE.
Hey! Do you Sell it? 😅
Hi! I'm sorry, but I'm not selling these right now! If I change my mind then I'll let you know!
From who do you copy this idea bro? Why you don't use a boormachine? So that the hands will work on the armored thor?
I had seen others doing this mod already, but someone asked about how to do it on a Facebook group so I decided to see if I could do it and recorded while I did it. I do plan on a follow up video for the gauntlets really soon!
I would so do this but 40 dollars a figure is hmm a bit iffy for me
Yep I hear ya on that. You may be able to get them a little cheaper buying used or waiting for a sale though. I think I was able to get another set(because I like having the factory figure as well as a customized version) for like 18 each? Though if I wait long enough and keep hunting deal I'm sure I can eventually get them for under 15 each. And if I ever do more mods(hopefully!) then I'll have some decent fodder from the Ravager Thor body.
I have to laugh at the 4+ age rating on marvel Legends. I tried to do a head swap on a Silk figure last week. Nothing elaberate just the alternative head she came with. I tried pulling it, nothing. A bit more force nope, a lot of force. Head comes off with pin still in and the neck joint is damaged. Pin still stubornly jammed into the head. Needle nose pliers needed to force that out. Then work on the neck and she's kind of ended up like a bobble head. Im now watching you boiling stuff. Like i said 4+ 😆
OOF that is rough. Which silk is it? I hope the damage isn't too bad!!
@@ComicallyToys it's the fan edition, shes fine once posed. It's just that anything that comes as a in box accessory for a 4 year old shouldn't be that much grief! No problems with the new one (Doc Oc) which I think is fantastic.
Haha totally! It's like "technically 4 year olds can play with it... but there will be some troubles" haha
@@ComicallyToys haha 'but dad ComicallyToys told me I needed boiling water 😆'
Hahaha! 🤣🤣🤣
But, why?
People are wanting a more accurate Thor from the new movie. He only wears the full armored suit for a few minutes in the movie. He mostly goes bare armed and no helmet. So this is my attempt to show that.