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News Credits: 3 · by **Transformers Hoarder** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:41 pm

Anyone have a walk through on how to fix the factory defect with bendy Ultra Magnus. They swapped the sleeves on both his arms and I can't figure out how to get them off to swap them back. I couldn't find anything on YouTube. Thanks in advance.

by **RAcast** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:30 pm

From TFwiki:
"All known samples of Ultra Magnus have his forearms misassembled; they were put on the wrong arms, so he does not have the full range of motion in his elbows. While it is possible to correct this, that the forearms are lightly glued together makes this fix daunting. "

News Credits: 3 · by **Transformers Hoarder** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:19 pm

Now for the how to? Someone tackled this but who? I need a walk through.

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:34 pm

Just force them off. It's a tight fit but you can get the assembled forearm pieces over the fists to swap and reassemble them, just be prepared for a slightly looser fit once it's back together.

News Credits: 3 · by **Transformers Hoarder** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:18 pm

waaaaghlord wrote:Just force them off. It's a tight fit but you can get the assembled forearm pieces over the fists to swap and reassemble them, just be prepared for a slightly looser fit once it's back together.

Not working, there's a peg or something that I can't get pass even with an excessive amount of force.

by **Optimum Supreme** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:06 pm

I fixed mine, but I don't remember exactly what the method was. I seem to recall having to remove a pin.

Edit: A little googling to refresh my memory indicates that indeed, the "proper" fix involves pin removal, which is a huge pain.

News Credits: 3 · by **Transformers Hoarder** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:47 pm

Optimum Supreme wrote:I fixed mine, but I don't remember exactly what the method was. I seem to recall having to remove a pin.

Edit: A little googling to refresh my memory indicates that indeed, the "proper" fix involves pin removal, which is a huge pain.

OK, now we're talking. There's a pin that needs to be removed. How do you remove? Which pin?

News Credits: 3 · by **Transformers Hoarder** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:49 pm

Optimum Supreme wrote:I fixed mine, but I don't remember exactly what the method was. I seem to recall having to remove a pin.

Edit: A little googling to refresh my memory indicates that indeed, the "proper" fix involves pin removal, which is a huge pain.

Do you have a link?

by **Optimum Supreme** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:22 pm

Transformers Hoarder wrote:
Optimum Supreme wrote:I fixed mine, but I don't remember exactly what the method was. I seem to recall having to remove a pin.

Edit: A little googling to refresh my memory indicates that indeed, the "proper" fix involves pin removal, which is a huge pain.

OK, now we're talking. There's a pin that needs to be removed. How do you remove? Which pin?

You need something small, strong, thin to just push the pin out. It's hard to do, easy to mess up the figure if you slip, and just all around a hassle, but it can be done.

Which pin? I don't have the figure in front of me and don't exactly remember the details, but I assume one in his arm near the part that needs swapping. Elbow maybe? I dunno look at the arm for a pinned joint.

Transformers Hoarder wrote:Do you have a link?

This is what I found to refresh my memory via google. No idea where I originally got the info years ago when I first fixed the figure.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/185038-deluxe-universe-ultra-magnus-arm-fix.html

EDIT:

The site they link to in that thread is broken it seems, but there is a wayback archive of it here

http://web.archive.org/web/20080704173423/http://www.capturedprey.com/scripts/magnusfix.asp

News Credits: 3 · by **Transformers Hoarder** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:59 pm

Thank you very much.

by **Optimum Supreme** » Wed May 02, 2012 4:10 pm

No problem.

Sadly, I got my UM out to look at and while I was playing around with Over-Run, the gun handle/tailfin snapped off. Fortunately it snapped in such a way that even with a chunk of the connector broken off it will still fit on fairly stably, but still. And this is after last year when my Treadshot from the same set had a hinge break off (lousy clear plastic!) I think this Battle in a Box is cursed! :lol:

News Credits: 3 · by **Transformers Hoarder** » Wed May 02, 2012 5:26 pm

Ouch!

News Credits: 5 · by **REMINATOR** » Sat May 05, 2012 1:37 pm

Optimum Supreme wrote:No problem.

Sadly, I got my UM out to look at and while I was playing around with Over-Run, the gun handle/tailfin snapped off. Fortunately it snapped in such a way that even with a chunk of the connector broken off it will still fit on fairly stably, but still. And this is after last year when my Treadshot from the same set had a hinge break off (lousy clear plastic!) I think this Battle in a Box is cursed!

Unfortunately, one of my Over-Run tailfins snapped off without me noticed it, :BANG_HEAD:

Someday, I'll check Ebay for his part, eheh.

As for bendy UMagnus himself, I just leave the elbow the way it is. I'm just curious how did Armada Supercon Prime/Magnus toy got the name Bendy?

News Credits: 3 · by **Transformers Hoarder** » Sat May 05, 2012 1:57 pm

REMINATOR wrote:
Optimum Supreme wrote:
As for bendy UMagnus himself, I just leave the elbow the way it is. I'm just curious how did Armada Supercon Prime/Magnus toy got the name Bendy?

It's do to the mold's high possibility.