So my son had a friend over, and they were playing with their Transformers. And somehow Starscream's arm broke off. Like just snapped right off at the peg. I want to remove the piece so I can repair it without accidentally gluing the whole arm in one position.
I was able to remove the broken piece from the arm, but the other half is still in the body. There's a screw hidden behind the rotating jet piece that I can't get to, because it's pinned in place.
Any advice as to how to get that last screw out? If not, I'll just try and repair it super carefully.

 

Do you have any pictures? I have the Elita from that line and both Starscream and Elita share the same mold so I may be able to help.

 

Here is the part that broke:

I want to remove this pin:

So I can remove the third screw that holds the body together, so I can remove the broken side of the ratchet in here:

All in an effort to not accidentally glue the arm in one position when the glue squidges out.
My plan is to glue it, but also reinforce the joint with a small piece of metal in the pre-existing holes on the broken piece (not sure why they made it hollow, but it helps me out!)

 

Looking at it, you may have to do what some model kit builders do when a peg breaks. So I build Gundam model kits and sometimes the piece holding the leg to the waist breaks but there is a fix that I think may work on Starscream here. It involves drilling little (and I mean little) into the problem area and then sticking little metal rods into the holes to hold the piece together and then we use a plastic cement that will slightly melt the plastic to seal any cracks and then when it drys it will be a solid piece with the metal rods helping support the piece because the plastic cement will not hold the piece by itself. This fix is a little complicated and you need certain tools for it but it may help fix the problem here and the best part is that you don't really need to take anything apart. If you have any other questions just let me know.

 

Thanks! Sounds similar to my plan, but with multiple new holes instead of just using the existing one. I can see the benefit of multiple metal rods, especially on a piece that twists and turns.
Maybe I'll try masking off the area too to help with any glue squidges.