Recently got 25th Anniversary Beachcomber. He's 1 of rare mini-bots that comes with a gun. Since this was actually a gift for my young son, I decided to de-weaponize Beachcomber. Here's the spare tire/gun combo accessory, on the cool min-poster that came with it. Interestingly, he can't hold this in robot mode, so it's only an attachment for car mode. Here's a close-up. (Sorry, I took the pic After I had separated them!) Just used a hobby sharp knife to gently saw the gun off from the bottom of the hilt, attached at the base of the tire. I also sawed a bit from the other side at the bottom of the gun. This requires lots of care, as the knife is sharp and the tire-gun is a challenge to hold firmly. I rested it on a wooden playing domino. Here's the separated tire and gun. I then used a swiss army file to file down the plastic cuts on the tire. Didn't need to be too smooth. Now here's the spare tire attached to buggy-mode Beachcomber for some non-violent fun! Not sure what to do with the gun, since it doesn't fit him in robot mode, anyway.
