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Fix The Fallen's Legs

Transformers News: Fix The Fallen's Legs

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 12:46PM CDT

Categories: Movie News, Toy News, Site Articles
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Do you have issues with The Fallen's legs popping off? So did seibertron.com member Jin Saotome. Now he's fixed it and he's telling us how!

Jin writes
Those of you that have found a Fallen figure were probably all "WOOHOO!" at his unique design, just itching to get him out of the package. And if you're like me, once out you were suddenly all "AAAARGGGGGHHH!" as his lower legs popped off every time you tried to bend his knees. Sometimes his arms popping off if you had a weak connector. Here's a fix for that! Basically involves taking the leg apart and inserting a particular kind of screw into the lower leg to keep them in place. You'll need a dremel or other rotary tool for this one.

Re: RoTF fixes: Sideswipe, Breakaway, Rampage

Re: RoTF fixes: Sideswipe, Breakaway, Rampage

Re: RoTF fixes: Sideswipe, Breakaway, Rampage
Credit(s): Jin Saotome

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Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (934288)
Posted by Shockerwave333 on June 9th, 2009 @ 1:15pm CDT
Cheers to Jin once again!!! I am a big fan of his customizations. I can't wait to see what u do to fix that horrible Evergreen Pine-sol Paint job on the Fallen!!!
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (934299)
Posted by First Gen on June 9th, 2009 @ 1:48pm CDT
Leader Prime, Human Alliance BB and maybe other HA figs. Thats all I'm getting and everytime I see that Jin or anyone else has to devise a "fix" for them, I know I'm making the right choice.

This is just horrible.
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (934334)
Posted by Solrac333 on June 9th, 2009 @ 3:04pm CDT
Hmmm...Nothing wrong with my Fallen and Sideswipe. I do have to try that trick with Rampage.
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (934561)
Posted by Optimus Schtool on June 10th, 2009 @ 12:17am CDT
Thanks for the Rampage tips Jin! Incredible! You really do your homework! Can you come up with a way to get Sideswipe to stand with his heelspurs folded in versus out? That may be a tall order.... No biggie if you can't--he's SOOOO much easier to pose with them pointed out to the back.
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (934564)
Posted by Optimus Schtool on June 10th, 2009 @ 12:23am CDT
Ravage XK wrote:Another nice fix, well done.

HASBRO, are you taking notes!! I know you welcome fan involvement with the franchise but don't you think leaving it up to your customers to fix your failures is a bit much?

Honestly, I'M frightened to buy anything else in case it crumbles in my hand.


Luckily, we have guys like Jin here who look out for us fans! Thanks dude!!!
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (934634)
Posted by Warbreaker on June 10th, 2009 @ 5:05am CDT
Would you believe it, I actually bought Breakaway just to try out your head-posing guide. And yeah, he's a good figure and not so bad as I initially thought he would be once his head becomes poseable. Sideswipe, he seems to hold perfectly fine without gluing in a tab, and I don't think I would want to try out drilling holes in my Fallen. I'm perfectly fine with Falen's limbs popping off (my copy hold together quite firmly anyway), but wouldn't just applying superglue to parts of these joint posts do a decent job in tightening them as well? Will be supergluing parts of Rampage later (shovel keeps disconnecting from connection point and unlike Fallen it gets rather irritating).

Thanks for the tips!
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (934646)
Posted by Ravage XK on June 10th, 2009 @ 5:38am CDT
Breakaway is pretty smart. I have started to repaint him though to try and match the cgi image posted earlier in this thread. Currently I am applying an aluminium effect undercoat to all the blue and green bits. I will then paint over and any undercoat showing through should look like wear or damage to the paint. Not done anything like this before so Im unsure on how it will turn out.
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (939668)
Posted by Jin Saotome on June 20th, 2009 @ 5:28pm CDT
Warbreaker wrote:Would you believe it, I actually bought Breakaway just to try out your head-posing guide. And yeah, he's a good figure and not so bad as I initially thought he would be once his head becomes poseable. Sideswipe, he seems to hold perfectly fine without gluing in a tab, and I don't think I would want to try out drilling holes in my Fallen. I'm perfectly fine with Falen's limbs popping off (my copy hold together quite firmly anyway), but wouldn't just applying superglue to parts of these joint posts do a decent job in tightening them as well? Will be supergluing parts of Rampage later (shovel keeps disconnecting from connection point and unlike Fallen it gets rather irritating).

Thanks for the tips!

Some Sideswipes have really loose chests no matter what you do so that fix applies only to them. The two I have were all loose. However the fallen's plugs are made of unpaintable plastic so superglue won't apply there.
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (939670)
Posted by Jin Saotome on June 20th, 2009 @ 5:31pm CDT
Wanna make Demolisher's wheels spin? It's really easy. I probably didn't even need to take pics but here they are in case you want to see them. Now I can put his arms down and wheel him across my desk, wheee!

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Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (939693)
Posted by Jin Saotome on June 20th, 2009 @ 6:28pm CDT
Here's a fix, well more like a custom mod to make Rampage's elbows work. Hasbro had the right idea with the large gear there, they just didn't separate the lower elbow. That's really all you need to do and shave down the inside rim of the gear. You'll need a dremel, hobby knife, hobby hacksaw (or heat up your knife blade so it can slice through plastic) and some glue/epoxy. Oh yeah, and a screwdriver.

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Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (939697)
Posted by Valandar on June 20th, 2009 @ 6:32pm CDT
Is there a fix for RotF Leader Megs' left leg not snapping in place in vehicle mode?
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (939721)
Posted by Jin Saotome on June 20th, 2009 @ 7:46pm CDT
Valandar wrote:Is there a fix for RotF Leader Megs' left leg not snapping in place in vehicle mode?


Hmmm, when I pick him up in the next few days I'll have a look.

And here's some shots of Rampage singing opera with his new elbows.

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Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (945719)
Posted by Seibermore on June 30th, 2009 @ 4:51pm CDT
Jin Saotome wrote:Wanna make Demolisher's wheels spin? It's really easy. I probably didn't even need to take pics but here they are in case you want to see them. Now I can put his arms down and wheel him across my desk, wheee!

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I dont get how to do the mod for him. Can you explain it a bit more please?
Re: Fix The Fallen's Legs (945912)
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on June 30th, 2009 @ 9:43pm CDT
Jin, you made my day by posting that mod on Rampage.

It'll be the biggest mod I've ever attempted, but your instructions looked detailed enough even for me.

A million thanks.

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