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News Credits: 1 · by **Thadicon** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:41 pm

this is my first custom and this is a dumb question but whats the easiest way to remove universe nemesis prime's head without wrecking it?

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:54 pm

Tricky. It seems the head is glued n screwed. Stupid. Looks like you'd have to dismantle the whole body and keep the head attached to the plate. Breaking the head open on the seam will cause a lot of damage.

News Credits: 1 · by **Thadicon** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:22 am

dang that sucks i was hopeing to just unscrew the back of the head and open it up but now you say its glued aswell thats going to make it alot more trickier. have you taken his head off before?

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:10 am

thadicon wrote:dang that sucks i was hopeing to just unscrew the back of the head and open it up but now you say its glued aswell thats going to make it alot more trickier. have you taken his head off before?

I tried it when I read your question! Without taking him apart I can't even see how the plate can be removed. It may be possible to heat the metal pin on the underside of the plate with a soldering iron to the point where the plastic heats enough to be pulled off but again, that'll damage it. I wanted to take apart ROTF Mixmaster's legs but they too are impossible as far as I can tell. They do it to taunt us.

News Credits: 1 · by **Thadicon** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:15 pm

haha they do. i tryed unscrewing the screw at the back of the head but its quite tight. i might get a new screw driver and give it another go either that or just decapitate it

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:18 pm

thadicon wrote:haha they do. i tryed unscrewing the screw at the back of the head but its quite tight. i might get a new screw driver and give it another go either that or just decapitate it

Yes, mine was very tight. You'll need a screwdriver that fits well or you'll just damage the screw's head.

by **GunFire Alpha** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:48 pm

I've taken Henkei Prime's head apart and can confirm it is indeed screwed and glued - best be careful, although you can get it apart without too much damage if you take your time.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:27 pm

GunFire Alpha wrote:I've taken Henkei Prime's head apart and can confirm it is indeed screwed and glued - best be careful, although you can get it apart without too much damage if you take your time.

How did you split it without damaging it then?

by **GunFire Alpha** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:22 pm

When I split it, it was to install and LED so I removed the screw then carefully worked the
light-piping plastic part off the rear of the head with a knife.
The blue plastic part stayed on the plate as I didn't totally remove the head, however if you intend
to decapitate him then you're definitely going to have to use the pin heating method to remove
the pin holding the head as Mykltron said.
The angle of the plate means you'll have to take the torso apart as well to avoid melting any
other parts, although so long as you keep track of where everything goes you shouldn't have any trouble.