Attaching arms to a torso

Well on most of my figs my arms get loose after I re-attached them to the body a few times, but some people said they don't have this problem. Can someone who doesn't have this problem give me some pics or describe how they put them back in? Thanks.

DarthPineapple wrote:Well on most of my figs my arms get loose after I re-attached them to the body a few times, but some people said they don't have this problem. Can someone who doesn't have this problem give me some pics or describe how they put them back in? Thanks.

Well, I don't have this problem, and what I do is just slide arm up horizontally like he's running, and then using leverage, I just apply force outward near the hand, and it just pops right out! And they don't get loose.

Well, I also have this problem and I don't have much of an idea how to fix it except by not doing it too much.

How to out them back in, Pizza. And really, I think it's just luck of the draw whether you get slightly brittle minifigs or not. I've switched around the arms on some torsos loads of times, and they haven't broken, but I replaced my Lobot's arms once and it cracked.

Yeah, depending on whether you switch old minifigres arms with new ones minifigures arms, sometimes the older minifigures arms are a bit broken but you just can't see them. It scratches up the outside and can sometimes mess the arms up. HAppens to me too, but not a lot.

These instructions are detailed but the detail is crucial:

First, grab them by the hand/wrist area with your left hand. Then push with a thumb on the shoulder with your right thumb. Use the rest of your right hand's fingers as leverage on the other side of the body to press in. You may also tilt the arm towards the inside of the body; it makes the process easier.

80-0 wrote:These instructions are detailed but the detail is crucial:

First, grab them by the hand/wrist area with your left hand. Then push with a thumb on the shoulder with your right thumb. Use the rest of your right hand's fingers as leverage on the other side of the body to press in. You may also tilt the arm towards the inside of the body; it makes the process easier.

Thanks 80-0. That could help.

Hehe, never thought I'd see a topic like this come up...

Anyway, I just do what 80-0 does...

Yep I successfully changed arms on a Clone pilot torso and changed them back again.

DarthPineapple wrote:Yep I successfully changed arms on a Clone pilot torso and changed them back again.

Now you only have like 199 before you catch up with me!

Did I say I'm planning to?

I really don't know how many torsos and legs I have taken apart, really easy.

If nothing else works, I take my jaws on each side (the arm and the torso) and bite.
It always works. (Call me crazy if you want, I am. )

Astor wrote:If nothing else works, I take my jaws on each side (the arm and the torso) and bite.
It always works. (Call me crazy if you want, I am. )

Ban him now! No biting!

Astor wrote:If nothing else works, I take my jaws on each side (the arm and the torso) and bite.
It always works. (Call me crazy if you want, I am. )

That is how little sister does it...

It's hard. I'm not strong so i MUST struggle and I rarely bother to do that. Maybe if you don't take it off too much it won't ware out and if it is, do it my way. Don't press in the whole thing straingt away. Like only half the joint in the hole then the other half. I'm not quiet sure if it wares it out slower though.

I have that problem to, all I do is put tape on the end of the arm and it is just like new (bit to herd to move but it works for stop motion)

Well DarthPineApple, whenever my lego arms are broken/loose I simply and carefully put a little bit of glue (not a whole lot) but just to hold it steady.

Line up the socket with the pin, put the arm down on a flat surface, put the torso on top of the arm, and push.

Problem solved.

Wouldn't it stick and become immovable if you glue it?

Sialboats wrote:Line up the socket with the pin, put the arm down on a flat surface, put the torso on top of the arm, and push.

Problem solved.

That's exactly what I do. Works everytime.

Clonecommando007 wrote:Wouldn't it stick and become immovable if you glue it?

Depends on how much glue you use. If you only use a bit, it will break when you move, but the left over residue will make it not so loose.

Sometime the problem is that the torso is messed up. As in the sockets are kind of wide. That happens to me a lot. Try switching torsos.

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rc-1798 wrote:Sometime the problem is that the torso is messed up. As in the sockets are kind of wide. That happens to me a lot. Try switching torsos.

Ok....Why is your avvy x300 times bigger than the rest of ours?

Guys, stop spamming. It's a bug, you can't normally have an avatar this big.