So I’ve discovered an easier, safer way to transform the lower body of Kingdom Beast Megs that doesn’t put stress on how the hips are constructed.
Basically, first, use one hand to grip the entire upper body, but especially around the “belt area” of the hips (circled below).
It’s especially important to grip this belt area along with the rest of the upper body, otherwise the torso will come apart before the legs/hips do, and this technique won’t really work.
Next, use the other hand and wrap it around both lower legs.
Pull straight down, and the hips smoothly, quickly, and automatically come apart.
And that’s it.
This accomplishes a few major things that makes this method of transforming this part of Megs much easier, and safer.
1) The majority of the pressure being applied to the hip construction using this method is perpendicular to how the legs are pinned into the crotch pieces, rather than parallel to them, which in effect is you trying to pull the legs off their pins each time you try and transform him, if done the “traditional” way as shown in a lot of YouTube reviewers’ videos. While the pins are strong enough to hold the legs onto the crotch pieces, they will loosen over time, and make the leg hip joints super floppy if transformed continuously in the way that I’ve seen recommended by a majority of the YouTube reviewers (even the big ones like emgo or PrimeVsPrime). With this new way of transforming him, the pressure is just going straight into the bottom of the crotch pieces, which are thicker plastic and can handle that sort of stress, rather than against the direction of how the legs are actually attached to the body.
2) The way the hip hinges are oriented and constructed make this technique move the pressure along their natural orientation that forces them apart deliberately, based along their intended orientation.
3) There are grooves that kind of act like sliders to “guide” the hip pieces apart while transforming to dino mode, but also help keep the hip pieces together in robot mode, and this way, it won’t be broken or damaged from continuous transformations.
Anyway, I hope this was helpful for those of y’all who want to be able to more dynamically pose your Megs without worrying he might take a swan dive off of your shelf one day just because you transformed him one-too-many times.
Basically, first, use one hand to grip the entire upper body, but especially around the “belt area” of the hips (circled below).
It’s especially important to grip this belt area along with the rest of the upper body, otherwise the torso will come apart before the legs/hips do, and this technique won’t really work.
Next, use the other hand and wrap it around both lower legs.
Pull straight down, and the hips smoothly, quickly, and automatically come apart.
And that’s it.
This accomplishes a few major things that makes this method of transforming this part of Megs much easier, and safer.
1) The majority of the pressure being applied to the hip construction using this method is perpendicular to how the legs are pinned into the crotch pieces, rather than parallel to them, which in effect is you trying to pull the legs off their pins each time you try and transform him, if done the “traditional” way as shown in a lot of YouTube reviewers’ videos. While the pins are strong enough to hold the legs onto the crotch pieces, they will loosen over time, and make the leg hip joints super floppy if transformed continuously in the way that I’ve seen recommended by a majority of the YouTube reviewers (even the big ones like emgo or PrimeVsPrime). With this new way of transforming him, the pressure is just going straight into the bottom of the crotch pieces, which are thicker plastic and can handle that sort of stress, rather than against the direction of how the legs are actually attached to the body.
2) The way the hip hinges are oriented and constructed make this technique move the pressure along their natural orientation that forces them apart deliberately, based along their intended orientation.
3) There are grooves that kind of act like sliders to “guide” the hip pieces apart while transforming to dino mode, but also help keep the hip pieces together in robot mode, and this way, it won’t be broken or damaged from continuous transformations.
Anyway, I hope this was helpful for those of y’all who want to be able to more dynamically pose your Megs without worrying he might take a swan dive off of your shelf one day just because you transformed him one-too-many times.
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