Dr.Mego/new Trek knee pin removal?

[ABMAC]

Cool, thanks! That will make things easier. I can get my Vulcan captain without too much trouble!



I want to try and avoid going to ebay and buying up original figures for my customs if I can.

So what do all of you think? Will the Chips boots do in a pinch or is there a better option.

of course if someone who has experience with Doc's new knee joints has any advice on pin removal...

CHiPs boots will do, but they'll be noticeably wider than normal Trek boots, since those are actually smaller than naked Mego feet.

There's also the option of using Caucasian Trek legs on your Andorian officer. His thighs would be completely covered by the Trek pants.

[knightone]

Cool, thanks! That will make things easier. I can get my Vulcan captain without too much trouble!

For an Andorian Starfleet officer, I would use an original Keeper body. They go pretty cheaply on eBay, especially since they usually have broken legs anyway.

I want to try and avoid going to ebay and buying up original figures for my customs if I can.

So what do all of you think? Will the Chips boots do in a pinch or is there a better option.

of course if someone who has experience with Doc's new knee joints has any advice on pin removal...

[ABMAC]

The neckplug should be flexible enough to allow swapping heads without heat.

[knightone]

The Romulan won't be a problem; he has a normal Caucasian body.

So I guess a simple head swap would be fine? Do the heads pop off easily as-is, or do you have to do a boiling water/hot water dip before you pop the heads off?

[ABMAC]

Argh! That's what I was afraid of!

What I had originally wanted to do was to start with some easy uniform swaps with the Andorian and Romulan to make alien Starfleet officers. But if the knees are removeable, the boots are going to be a problem.

So what do you guys think? What replacement slip-on boots would be closest to the Star Trek boots? The Chips boots or the Flash Gordon Ming boots from Doc?

Thanks for the welcome guys, it's much appreciated.

The Romulan won't be a problem; he has a normal Caucasian body.

Forget the Ming boots. The Flash Gordon line used 9" bodies.

For an Andorian Starfleet officer, I would use an original Keeper body. They go pretty cheaply on eBay, especially since they usually have broken legs anyway.

[knightone]

These pins are different Thomas. There is no "female" side to the pin with a hole. Both have the flat head on each side. I don't know if they come apart or not. There doesn't appear an easy way to do it without breaking it.

Argh! That's what I was afraid of!

What I had originally wanted to do was to start with some easy uniform swaps with the Andorian and Romulan to make alien Starfleet officers. But if the knees are removeable, the boots are going to be a problem.

So what do you guys think? What replacement slip-on boots would be closest to the Star Trek boots? The Chips boots or the Flash Gordon Ming boots from Doc?

I guess I could just break them somehow and use the replacement pins from Doc, but I don't want to risk breaking the entire leg doing it.

Thanks for the welcome guys, it's much appreciated.

[ABMAC]

Another reason I prefer real Mego bodies.

[Dave Mc]

These pins are different Thomas. There is no "female" side to the pin with a hole. Both have the flat head on each side. I don't know if they come apart or not. There doesn't appear an easy way to do it without breaking it.

[Meule]

Here's a link to a knee pin removal how-to. Don't know if Doc's knee pins are different then Megos, but I would think thry can't be all that different

http://www.megomuseum.com/custom/kneepin.shtml

Good luck and welcome aboard

[knightone]

Hi everyone. I'm new here, so please go easy on me. I'm not sure if this is the exact right place to ask this, but:

I just got the new Star Trek figures from EMCE/DST and want to make some custom figures out of Kirk and the upcoming Spock and McCoy figures since I never had the heart to take apart any of my original Trek Megos. However, the knee joint on the new bodies have the new style pin (I think the same as on the Dr. Mego replacement bodies?) and I'm not sure how they can be removed or even if they can be. Does anyone have any tips? Thanks. :D