>>8171582I just popped open my Argemedes and I agree 100%. As discusses in the last thread, the hips are incredibly poorly designed, but popping them apart and reassembling them helps immensely.
Easiest, and safest, way to do it imo is the following:
-Separate the lower legs of the figure from the torso and then heat the crotch. Hot tap water is more then enough to get the plastic malleable. Once the plastic warms up, it will become *very* soft, so DO NOT try to twist the legs at the crotch.
-Spread the legs at the pin disk to look like pic related.
-Grab the joint at the disk labeled A and slowly pull it out of the socket labeled B. Again, hold the joint by the disk itself as close to the peg as possible while pulling.
-Hold Leg B In the exact same spot, on the Disk as close to the actual socket as possible. Pull slowly to remove it from Crotch C.
-Once fully disassembled, work the joints until they move smoothly.
-When everything works well reheat all the parts and reassemble.
-While everything is still soft, move the joints to make sure everything works smoothly
-Finish it off with some cold water to cool and harden all the joints, moving them while it cools down to ensure they still work.
If you do it right, it should only take like 10 minutes and everything should work perfectly from that point on. My Argemedes leg joints are strong enough to hold any pose, but are loose enough to move smoothly without worry of breakage.
