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Fixing Legends Powerglide


I recently picked up a few Legends-class figures, which isn't something I had ever gotten into before. They're really great figures, reminding me of some of my favorite BW-era Basic figures, but even better. For the most part, I'm very pleased with them, except one: Powerglide. He's a great figure overall, but his god damn legs would not stay together in vehicle mode.

After a bunch of tinkering, the problem really only comes down to the block of plastic on the left leg that's supposed to squeeze into a recess on the right leg, and hold itself there. Unfortunately, it just pushes itself back out. I mostly fixed this by just taking my plastic nippers and cutting off the smaller side of it, and filing down the remaining part a bit. They don't pop apart anymore, but they don't really keep the tight seam I want either.

So, here's what I'm thinking:

1. Cut away that !@#$ block of plastic entirely
2. Fill in the hollow spaces in the legs with epoxy putty
3. Drill out a small recess on each leg
4. Glue magnets into the recesses to hold the legs together

Only hang up is, I need magnets strong enough to do the job, but not pull the legs together while in bot mode. I have neodymium magnets, but those are pretty aggressive about pulling toward each other.

The other thing I could do is create my own peg and hole system with either brass wire or plastic rods.

Anybody else have this problem?

Am I insane for trying so hard to fix this?

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Re: Fixing Legends Powerglide


I would question that sanity... But I understand it. I spent waaaaay too long on obsessing over the right paint shade for TM Hot Rod's unpainted crest on his forehead.

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I've actually considered a number of small cosmetic upgrades to these legends figures. Foremost among them would be repainting all the fugly "gold" plastic parts on Hot Rod, and doing a bunch of work on his axe like filling in the hollow spaces and painting it so the blade and handle are different colors.

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I've done that too. Actually, I've gone over and over with Rodimus quite a bit, even getting one of those Shapeways spoiler sets for him. He's actually one of my favorite Legends toys. I've drawn him waaaaay too many times.

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If only you could actually put the axe on his back. That's a doable mod though. Drill a hole in his back, add a peg to the axe maybe with a metal pin in it for strength... done. Mystery why it doesn't just come that way.

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Actually, the thing I got from Shapeways? No modding needed. It's just a new axe/spoiler.

Here's two of the better ones. (The first one I can personally confirm is actually pretty great.)

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

Spoiler 3

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Where's the fun in that? No gluing yourself to the part? No cutting yourself with hobby knives? No getting your cat stoned on lacquer fumes?

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