Thanks to TRU clearance and some Skeleflex action, I finally have some balljoints to play with. I thought Titanium Grimlock was awesome aside from his crappy arm movement and swivel head. I figured I would fix that eventually... When opening him up, there's plenty of room to work with inside. View attachment 20142 So I started with the foot from the Stegasaurus kit and trimmed it to fit inside. View attachment 20143 All I really cut off was just the toes and the back heel and enlarged the original head hole on his torso View attachment 20144 To reinforce it, I grabbed a left over piece from Primus' shoulder... I could have used a lego piece but this was lying around closer. View attachment 20145 It may not be pretty... View attachment 20147 but it works. View attachment 20146 Unfortunately, the head is soft rubber/plastic and is hollow most of the way inside -- so I haven't found a screw long enough to mount the ball at the end yet. As for the arms, I had to shave down a mount and stuck it in there. I also had to trim down the area around the hole inside the assembly as well as enlarging the hole itself View attachment 20152 View attachment 20153 The top of the arm is in the way when moving up, so I'd have to shave that down in order to give it back its full movement. View attachment 20154 I just cut off the ball from one of the legs and drilled a hole in to screw a screw in. Once it was in, I cut off the screw head and screwed that into a hole I drilled into the original arm mounts on his torso. I figured I had to keep those because they hold the chest plate in place. For now, it seems to be pretty good -- I might need to trim more down to get it a better range of movement. It doesn't seem to be as expressive as I hoped so far. Your thoughts? View attachment 20150
Very cool When I ever get around to get another Titanium Grimlock I wouldn't mind trying this as well.
