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Those pieces weren't an issue. It's the second step, separating the lower legs (the foot pieces) that's got me stuck. I was expecting pins but they appear to be glued too.

DevastaTTor wrote:Those pieces weren't an issue. It's the second step, separating the lower legs (the foot pieces) that's got me stuck. I was expecting pins but they appear to be glued too.

Those are screws too, but also (loose) pins. The glue shouldn't be that much of a problem if you use just enough force.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

DevastaTTor wrote:Those pieces weren't an issue. It's the second step, separating the lower legs (the foot pieces) that's got me stuck. I was expecting pins but they appear to be glued too.

Those are screws too, but also (loose) pins. The glue shouldn't be that much of a problem if you use just enough force.

Ah ha, I didn't even see those. Thanks for the heads up.

Guess that's what happens when you're in a hurry because your "me" time is limited with two boys in diapers.

DevastaTTor wrote:Hey all, what's the best way to separate the lower leg halves? Mine seem to be stuck together pretty tightly, stopping me from swapping the knee joint bits.

There are two screws in each of the lower leg halves, sometimes people miss one of the screws because it is so deep.

On my silverbolt the hip pegs are on the inside and the left knees bends correct(backward) but the right bends forward.

drkjedi wrote:On my silverbolt the hip pegs are on the inside and the left knees bends correct(backward) but the right bends forward.

Use a sharp knife (heating it in a flame will make this easier) and trim the corner of plastic that's preventing the knee from bending the right way.

Mykltron wrote:

drkjedi wrote:On my silverbolt the hip pegs are on the inside and the left knees bends correct(backward) but the right bends forward.

Use a sharp knife (heating it in a flame will make this easier) and trim the corner of plastic that's preventing the knee from bending the right way.

Hunh? I don't recommend this at all.

thanks for the info, some improvement on a sucky mold is better than none.

drkjedi wrote:On my silverbolt the hip pegs are on the inside and the left knees bends correct(backward) but the right bends forward.

Is there a way to fix this?

drkjedi wrote:

drkjedi wrote:On my silverbolt the hip pegs are on the inside and the left knees bends correct(backward) but the right bends forward.

Is there a way to fix this?

Post pictures and I'll figure it out.

Counterpunch wrote:

drkjedi wrote:

drkjedi wrote:On my silverbolt the hip pegs are on the inside and the left knees bends correct(backward) but the right bends forward.

Is there a way to fix this?

Post pictures and I'll figure it out.

Worked beautifully, even though I popped the springs. My wife and her supernaturally nimble fingers managed to fix that. Thanks.

Well after almost a year I did the correction tonight, sweating buckets mind you because I was afraid to pop a spring. Came out nice; CP as always your the man.

Thank you so much! Just fixed mine. Works perfectly. Easy instructions!

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

drkjedi wrote:

drkjedi wrote:On my silverbolt the hip pegs are on the inside and the left knees bends correct(backward) but the right bends forward.

Is there a way to fix this?

Post pictures and I'll figure it out.

silverbolt.jpg

Did you get this figured out? I would suggest dismantling the lower leg. Remove it entirely from the piece it slides on. Turn the knee joint in the correct position and then reassemble. I believe the piece everything slides in is the same on both sides. That should fix your problem.

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Looking at mine my suggestion won't actually work. Sorry.

Nope never did but it looks fine in combined mode. Maybe someday if I come across a junker silverbolt i might try and swap it out.

Hmmm. This should be good . Got myself a RoTF Superion and it's supposed to arrive in a few days. Thanks.

matrixquest wrote:Hmmm. This should be good . Got myself a RoTF Superion and it's supposed to arrive in a few days. Thanks.

You're a little late to the party but Superion is cool. We were having a thread about upgrading and generally improving Superion a few weeks ago. Check it out here and if you have any questions or ideas, post them there!

So do all the ROTF Superion gift sets have reversed knee joints & reversed hip joints? was this unique to the first wave or two or did the entire run have this problem.

I already have the energon version of superion out on my display shelf. I kinda wanted to keep ROTF Superion MISB.

Doing this part swap should be realtively easy for me to do. as I take apart dozens of Transformers toys per year. when ever hasbro released multiple recolors based off the same mold. I do my own parts swaps between the recolors to create my desired color variation.

The hardest part swap I ever did was Car robots/Rid Gigatron/megatron 6 changer toy mold. that thing was loaded with pressure springs,gears,rivets & tons more tiny parts. I sawpped parts between Rid Megatron & RID Galvatron to create a more black version. I wasn't a fan of the purple colors so I got rid of them.

Tidalwavex wrote:So do all the ROTF Superion gift sets have reversed knee joints & reversed hip joints? was this unique to the first wave or two or did the entire run have this problem.

Every single iteration of the mold has this problem.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Tidalwavex wrote:So do all the ROTF Superion gift sets have reversed knee joints & reversed hip joints? was this unique to the first wave or two or did the entire run have this problem.

Every single iteration of the mold has this problem.

Energon, Universe 1.0, Universe 2.0 and RotF all had the problem. I believe all Takara versions were like that too so the problem is the assembly pattern in China.