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News Credits: 217 · by **Diem** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:55 am

Does anyone who owns Universe Powerglide know if his arms and thighs can be removed for Henkei limb-swapping highjinks?

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:04 am

Not very easy dude. It's gonna take some major modding. Why not just get one or the other?

by **Iron Prime** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:31 am

Sounds to me like he's trying to combine the Hasbro and Takara into a near perfect G1 representation! (Red body/head with gray arms/legs just like the old minibot)

A neat idea I must say!

News Credits: 217 · by **Diem** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:48 pm

Iron Prime wrote:Sounds to me like he's trying to combine the Hasbro and Takara into a near perfect G1 representation! (Red body/head with gray arms/legs just like the old minibot)

A neat idea I must say!

Indeed, my good sir.

If it's that hard, I won't bother though.

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:01 pm

Wait, how would it take "major modding"? It's gonna be a case of taking the arms and legs off, then mixing and matching to achieve the desired result. Ten minutes with a screwdriver, max.

News Credits: 5 · by **decepticonjon** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:07 pm

Sledge wrote:Wait, how would it take "major modding"? It's gonna be a case of taking the arms and legs off, then mixing and matching to achieve the desired result. Ten minutes with a screwdriver, max.

agreed, most tf's that i have taken apart wheren't too hard, just take lots of pictures at every step. i'd say not that hard at all.
do it, i wanna see pics, i've got my henkei on the way with tons of universe around here

by **Skullcrunchberries** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:06 am

decepticonjon wrote:do it, i wanna see pics, i've got my henkei on the way with tons of universe around here

Seconded. If it's doable, I'll definitely be swapping arms when my USA Edition arrives. I'm sure Ultra Hot House won't have any problem with red arms

News Credits: 1 · by **Craven Knight** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:38 am

Eh, it can't be that hard to do - I own both Classic Ramjet and Henkei Ramjet, and this afternoon I took both apart and put the red Henkei wings on the Classic body(also swapped the little rotating wing fronts that attach to the torso) plus I put the chrome cockpit insert in Classic Ramjet.

finally, I took the red paint apps off the back of the Classics one and now he looks perfect.

So if you have the money and the right tools, buy both Powerglides and combine'em.

Your thread title is an annoying tease btw.

News Credits: 5 · by **decepticonjon** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:24 am

Craven Knight wrote:Your thread title is an annoying tease btw.

yup like watching late night cinemax

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:55 pm

My Henkei Powerglide just arrived and I did the arm swap. It takes 3 screws per arm, and be careful to not loose the spring.

G1 Powerglide:

My Powerglide:

Universe Powerglide:

Henkei Powerglide:

by **Iron Prime** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:07 pm

Awesome! Thanks for the update! Any chance we could get a look at his alt mode to see how it effected the look of the plane?

News Credits: 3 · by **Dread_Wing** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:24 pm

Awesome.

I wish I had the spare cash to do that. As it is, I am giving powerglide a miss. I wonder if we will see a few white-bodied red-armed powerglides appearing on eBay in the future?

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:56 pm

I picked up my Henkei Powerglide on the cheap from a damaged box on ebay. Got it for $43.99 after shipping. Most places it costs $60 to $70 with shipping.

It looks almost unchanged in vehicle mode.

This is a photo from another guy who did the conversion, not mine, but it shows the difference:

http://home.insightbb.com/~Furnace/Powerglides02.jpg

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:33 pm

i like it but i wont do it great idea if he was a deluxe i would but not a leader class.

by **Valandar** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:41 pm

dragons wrote:i like it but i wont do it great idea if he was a deluxe i would but not a leader class.

It's NOT a Leader class, it's an Ultra, one step down from Leader.

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:12 pm

I ended up paying $21.99 for the U.S. Powerglide and $43.99 for the Henkei Powerglide.

Now I will buy the reprolabels and make the white one into Classics Hothouse.

http://www.reprolabels.com/Classics/Cla ... thouse.jpg