very good tutorial on how to tighten trooper body

not sure if this has been posted or not. Anywhow, since quite a lot of people experience loose body I figure this is a good thread to check out on how to fix the problem DIY.

posted by MAX on toys daily

https://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-114582-1-1.html

Knew there had to be some screws in those damn elbows and knees! Shame you have to bust the body apart to get to them.

If I get one more floppy trooper (4 on order ATM) I might go for it!

Good spot on the tutorial, now if you could just translate it as well...

How did dude get an all-white Clone body with the black body suit?

D. Martin said:

How did dude get an all-white Clone body with the black body suit?

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Isn't that the Clonobi??

Shropt said:

Isn't that the Clonobi??

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Yup. It's just the lighting. The dirty belt with clean armor is a dead giveaway.

D. Martin said:

How did dude get an all-white Clone body with the black body suit?

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Just a bash I'd assume...

Flosi said:

Just a bash I'd assume...

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No, in close-ups it's brown:


The fact that the first pic shows the body with a neck piece is also a dead giveaway. The clones don't come with that.

MAULFAN... can you sticky this? I think it's important enough to warrant it.

Great tutorial! But I don't think I'd want to break apart the figure to do it. None of my figures that that bad that would require this level of fixing!

Darthgothikus said:

Good spot on the tutorial, now if you could just translate it as well...

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i can do that either tonight or tomorrow.

Great tutorial! The loosest point on my Utapau clone is the ankle; not where it plugs into the leg, but there is too much play where it plugs into the foot. I gave it a bed of blu-tak to sit in to reduce the amount it can move, but not restrict reposing it in future. You can't even see the blu-tak when it's all plugged back together again.

Do you even have to crack the arms and legs apart to remove the elbow and knees? I know the Pro bodies (while not exactly the same) I have seem to pull apart at the elbows and knees quite easily.

Great find. It's always good to know how and where to pull apart something. Unfortunate that there is a possible need for tighten the body in the first place.

Thanks for forwarding this link.

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step1: use a bit of force to pull off the cylinder to separate the belt the belt.



step2: pull off the foot and hands and remove the leg and arm armors



step3: time to get violet. Use a screw driver (or whatever tool you prefer) to pry open the chest armor.



step4: if you get lucky, you can separate them without anything break.



step5: do the same on the other side and you can remove the chest armor.



step6: carefully pry the be armor open the same way as the chest armor



step7: the factory glued the armor to the overall suit. Just be mindful when remove the armor.



step8: if you get lucky, the armors will separate with all its teeth intact.



step9: armor all removed. There is a opening in the back of the suit.



step10: there is a enough stretch in the suit for you to do this. start from the shoulders

step11: twist the arms around so you can slide out the suit like in the picture. Then pull the entire suit off from the legs.



step12: finally you get the body out.



step13: the design of the arms are different than HT's TT. You cant pull them off like HT's TT. So once again, use violence. Caefully use a precision screw driver to pry the arms apart.



step14: Open both the bicep and forearm. The factory didn't apply too much glue so its not that difficult to separate them.



step15: Finally you get to the joint. Now, all you have to do is use a screw driver to tighten the screw. But be careful, too much force will crack the joint.



step16: do the same with the legs.



step17: same process as the elbow joint.



step18: unscrew the 2 screws in the back. Separate the chest. There are 3 screws each on the 2 shoulder joints. Tighten the screws on them as well.



step19: you can use double sided tape for the ball joints and the rotating joints.



step20: same with the hip joints. double sided tape and tighten the screw.

step21: same for for the feet and hand. double sided tape.



step22: reverse the process and put the body back to together. Done.

I might try this on 1 of my stormies at some point and see how it goes.

Thanks for the translation - it's quite a bit of work (specially for C-Bob as he has 376 Stormtroopers at present and 892 Sandtroopers on order!) But I think this might be worth it in the long run, let you know how it goes if I do mine.

Hey C-Bob, my first Sandie is arriving tomorrow by Parcelforce! got a tracking no. and everything! How bout you?

Thanks for the translation - it's quite a bit of work (specially for C-Bob as he has 376 Stormtroopers at present and 892 Sandtroopers on order!) But I think this might be worth it in the long run, let you know how it goes if I do mine.

Hey C-Bob, my first Sandie is arriving tomorrow by Parcelforce! got a tracking no. and everything! How bout you?

Oh i screwed myself big time. FP.com said they will let me know if i will get any of the 3 i ordered by the end of the week. In the meantime i brought 2 via dangerzone but they cost more.