The side hip ratchets, are they soft or hard? Can one keep it at half level without clicking. Thank you so much for sharing, much appreciated. I haven't transformed him back into his tank mode yet as I have a feeling he'll be staying in that mode for a while once I do, but for the price it feels worth Grande Just unscrew three screws, pull the waist apart (don't use a metal screwdriver, for cripes' sakes, use a plastic spudger or the DX9 parts separator) and flip it. The upper torso is just pegged to the lower torso with a big metal rod, and you can easily pull it in half (if you want to) to make things easier on yourself.

However, due to the aforementioned toylike feel of the figure it doesn't really worry me - you can pretty easily manhandle it into doing what you want, and some parts that would otherwise be worrisome (the exhaust pipes, for example) will just pop off if they get pressured too much. Clearances during transformation are a pain, lots of things smashing against each other. This matches with the subject matter though so I don't mind it. It's pretty nice although it gives it a kind of 'dull' appearance. It's fully painted, head to toe, with a semi-gloss satin finish. Honestly, the only thing a child would probably have difficulty with is just how tight the joints are. This thing feels very much like a 'toy' - and I mean that as a compliment big, chunky ratchets, solid feeling, it feels like a toy you can give to a child and not worry about whether it will survive. Honestly though, I probably wouldn't have ever noticed if it hadn't been mentioned in this thread prior because it's such a tiny extension on a larger piece.

Metal slug vehicle