Need help loosening base & gluing clear flying thing to base.

[Silver Lantern]

Hi everyone. How on earth do you pop a base open? I can't do it for the life of me? Those suckers are just sooo tough. I want to open one and shave the parts that hold it in place with a hobby knife. Any other suggestions on making the base turn easier?

Also what is your #1 best way to glue a clear flying thingy to the base? I need the best adhesive & technique you've found. Thanks.

[Ozymandas]

Base popping - hard to explain. Much easier with IC figures than with the others (which is where you are having the problem, I think). I hold the base & use a thin metal ruler to push downward through the sliver of space on the side.

Flying thingie gluing - use Crazy Glue. Just one drop, assemble & let it lie on its side or a drop may slide down the post ruining your flight indicator. Be careful how you handle it - if it gets on your fingers you may leave white fingerprints on the base that don't come off.

Hope this helps.

[Doctor Strange]

Yeah, those two little indentions on the back of the dial are the way to go.

[Doomtoy]

For the original IC bases, popping the dials off is fairly easy. I wouldn't use a knife, though -- I'd use something flat and blunt, like a nailfile. Simply insert in the gap around the top edge of the dial, and pry until it gives.

This trick works in reverse for ring dials -- simply insert in the gap around the bottom, and likewise.

For flying mounts: crazy glue does NOT work. It will snap eventually when you continue to put torque on it. Two-part five-minute epoxy glue is the way to go with this stuff... once it petrifies, it's there forever.

[nintendude]

I've never popped a base open, so I can't really help you there.

BUT...the best glue for sticking anything together with these figures is the Games Workshop Super Glue. It's fairly expensive (8.00 CDN for a bottle), but man, does it work well. It's so quick to dry that you can hold it for less than a minute and it'll be good to go. Also, it's solid as a rock.