Has anybody sucessfully popped off the hands from the Mattel Retro Action bodies?

[Boywonder0]

Can you briefly describe how to? Thanks!

[megocrazy]

Soak em in hot water, not boiling, but very hot, for about a minute and grasp firmly and pull. They're thinner than mego's and not as easy as Doc's but they pop off pretty easily. Just grab the wrist pin and not the hand, so it doesn't tear. They actually fit right into Doc's forearms with no wrist pin swap too. This works for all original Mego's too. T1's are the trickiest because they don't have a lot of "meat" to grab onto, and the wrist pins have a thin spot to em that stretches easily. I usually use some insulated pliers, to avoid damaging the plastic, and grab against the rivet when I do those.

[bizzaro megomauler]

Boil and pop method

Boil a cup of water in microwave, the hotter the better (but use common sense) soften the palstic bu letting it sit in the water for about a minute, pull gently and they will just pop out.

[Boywonder0]

Thank you guys!