Amazon or Hobby Lobby have them pretty cheap. I recommend a small wood carving knife. Watch pretty much any of my newer Ultimate edition custom videos and you will see what I mean.
For torso swapping it will be a newer elite and a older elite can i just crack the bottom of the torso to swap them and if I need to fully crack them what glue do I use also to see how others make it can you make an elite jeans and black vest drew McIntyre
Thanks for posting this. I've had very mixed results depending on how well they were glued together haha, but putting the arms like you showed is definitely the best way to get initial leverage without destroying the plastic. Another thing that one can do (this goes for taking anything apart) is to take a picture as you go so that you've got a reference point for reassembly.
Thanks for the nice detailed tutorial, mate. You make it look easy! I’ve only cracked one torso to replace the giant shoulders on that old Rhyno elite, and I was stressing the entire time!
I'm considering doing an ultimate edition Magnum TA using an ultimate Razor Ramon. The Magnum TA is an older elite though and I'm wanting your opinion and suggestion
@bad_guy_photography the issue is the height. I was thinking of using Razor's thighs as well. Magnum TA is 6'1 and Scott is 6'7 I don't want an out of scale Magnum.
I just put the legs that I’m swapping and boiling water and I use chopsticks from panda express to push the peg out & to make the hole a little bigger then I re enter the peg and it fits perfectly
The only issue on that figure (I made mine a UE as well) are the logos on the wristbands and he doesn’t have kneepads ig it depends on picky you art personally….im picky it’s a problem sometimes lol but nice looking figgy bro
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I don’t take my figures apart much, but would you recommend putting the head sculpt into the water? I’m working on a Wolfpac Scott Hall, and I didn’t know if the paint would come off.
The newer Elite heads come off pretty easily but the older ones need hot water. They only need 60 seconds or so in the hot water and I've never had an issue with paint coming off.
For Elites I use a slotted screwdriver. An old one that's kinda dull works better. Less chance of marking the figure or cutting yourself. Width of the bit is about 1/4 inch or 6 mm.
Im an outsiders guy and the black and white has to be my favorite but you can't go wrong with any of them, all three figures would be in my top five figures next to a diamond stuff custom and a long tights razor Ramon. And survey says another one for the bad guys
Is it possible to add drop down hips to an ultimate edition that has no drop down hips without changing the trunks or pants? just add the drop down mechanism for range of motion? Thanks love your channel!
Maybe crack the top half and then drop them back in the hot water for a minute. Might just be really good glue. The older figures seem to use a different glue or just more of it.
I wish you could do this with NWO madness Macho man bc his ultimate edition Lower torso sucks and the Ringside exclusive white black tights much better and accurate!
I want to put the ultimate edition Macho Man NWO Madness UPPER torso on the Ringside Exclusive Elite NWO Madness LOWER torso bc those pants are way cooler!
Only if basics were as easy to crack and put back together lol If you get super glue on your figures if you're fast enough get Goo Gone and a rag to wipe it off
@@bad_guy_photography Makes sense! Btw do you know if the WCW UE Warrior and old UE HHH skin tones match? Thinking about changing out that old UE torso
Hey man im curious about two things: When cracking an ultimate abdomen to swap legs, will it break the torso and make you have to glue it back? Can i get a link to the woodcarving knife you use? Gonna do my first ultimate conversion soon.
@bad_guy_photography this the knife I bought luckily🙏🏾 did my first crack wasn't clean but next time hopefully it's better. I think I'm gonna do your glue trick lil dab on each peg
I've never tried to tighten an arm but I've swapped lots of neck pegs after cracking a torso. Some that were broken and a few that were the wrong size for a custom. Just make sure you fit everything properly before adding any glue!
I appreciate what you accomplished in this video. I know it wasn't cheap getting all these figures. Still this is probably the best how to video. On disassembling WWE figures for customizing.