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Dis-Assembly of your Playmobil® figures.

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This procedure is not recommended nor encouraged by Playmobil® or the Garden Wargaming™ staff.

Here's an Alternative Method to Disassemble Your Figures

This method was suggested by Aaron ([email protected])

CAUTION: Before attempting this method, please read Julie's and David's comments at the end of this article!

First we put some water on to boil. Then we chose the Bandit Special (4576) for our demonstration. While waiting for the water to boil we used our trusty hair dryer to open the box without damaging it.

CAUTION: Before BOILING your Playmobil® figures, please read Julie's and David's comments below!

We removed the hair and used a pair of metal tongs to gently drop the Bandit into the boiling water.

A NOTE OF CAUTION: BEFORE YOU DROP ANY OF YOUR PLAYMOBIL® FIGURES INTO A PAN OF BOILING WATER, PLEASE READ JULIE'S and DAVID'S COMMENTS BELOW REGARDING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THE DAMAGE THAT THEIR FIGURES SUFFERED.

Then we waited for exactly one minute while the Bandit bubbled about in the boiling water. After the full minute passed, we used our metal tongs to remove the figure from the water.

Using a couple of pieces of paper towel to protect our fingers, we pulled off the Bandit's head. It actually came off with a rather gentle tug.

The vinyl frame was easily slipped out of the Bandit's torso which released the arms. We then gathered up all of the figure's parts and were ready for our next conversion.

Due to the negative experiences reported, this does NOT seem to be a very satisfactory alternative to the vise and screwdriver method. If you have any comments or suggestions, you may want to email Aaron ([email protected]) who first suggested this technique.

A note of caution: Julie (of the Sauvage website) shared the following experience and photo with us:

Hi Richard,

Well, I finally got around to boiling up some playpeople and yep, it works great. There is a bit of a warning to pass on though... the first figure I tried was a red-body, black-legged one, and I noticed that the heat seemed to bleach some of the colour out of her body (the picture isn't brilliant, but it gives you the idea!). It is a great technique to use on colours which won't fade, but otherwise I'd recommend caution - unless of course you're wanting to produce a sun-bleached escapee from the foreign legion, traipsing through the desert :)

I used older figures for my experiment, so perhaps the same isn't true for the more modern ones? I daren't risk it and find out! :)

Catch you soon!

Julie

Click on Julie's graphic above for a larger image!

Another note of caution: David ([email protected]) shared his experience with the Playmobil® Group at: http://www.onelist.com/community/00playmobil00

Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:35:43 -0000

Hi Everyone

Today I was feeling a bit adventurous so I thought I would have a go at the Boiling Method of dissembling a Playmobil person. I have been using the screw driver way for a while now, but have a had few accidents in the past. At first I thought boiling a poor Playmobil Person was a bit mean, but sticking a screw driver up there bottom isn't exactly friendly either.

I followed the instructions on the Wargaming website and everything seems to be ok, but I had read that the older people turned slightly white when boiled, so used a new figure, one of the Union guards from the Gold Transport (I'm a confederate collector :) ). But even though he was a new ish figure all the dark blue bits ended up with a white haze on them which won't come off. All in all a pretty good experiment but I think I'll stick to swapping hair and collars as usual and if I get desperate I'll dig out my screw driver.

Bye for now

David <[email protected]>

(Feeling guilty for boiling Playmobil People)

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Dis-Assembly of your Playmobil® figures.
The Graphics Pages
ALL OF THE GRAPHICS ON THIS PAGE ARE CLICKABLE!

This procedure is not recommended nor encouraged by Playmobil® or the Garden Wargaming™ staff.

Here's an Alternative Method to Disassemble Your Figures
This method was suggested by Aaron ([email protected])

CAUTION: Before attempting this method, please read Julie's and David's comments at the end of this article!


First we put some water on to boil. Then we chose the Bandit Special (4576) for our demonstration. While waiting for the water to boil we used our trusty hair dryer to open the box without damaging it.

CAUTION: Before BOILING your Playmobil® figures, please read Julie's and David's comments below!


We removed the hair and used a pair of metal tongs to gently drop the Bandit into the boiling water.
A NOTE OF CAUTION: BEFORE YOU DROP ANY OF YOUR PLAYMOBIL® FIGURES INTO A PAN OF BOILING WATER, PLEASE READ JULIE'S and DAVID'S COMMENTS BELOW REGARDING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THE DAMAGE THAT THEIR FIGURES SUFFERED.


Then we waited for exactly one minute while the Bandit bubbled about in the boiling water. After the full minute passed, we used our metal tongs to remove the figure from the water.


Using a couple of pieces of paper towel to protect our fingers, we pulled off the Bandit's head. It actually came off with a rather gentle tug.


The vinyl frame was easily slipped out of the Bandit's torso which released the arms. We then gathered up all of the figure's parts and were ready for our next conversion.

Due to the negative experiences reported, this does NOT seem to be a very satisfactory alternative to the vise and screwdriver method. If you have any comments or suggestions, you may want to email Aaron ([email protected]) who first suggested this technique.

A note of caution: Julie (of the Sauvage website) shared the following experience and photo with us:
Hi Richard, Well, I finally got around to boiling up some playpeople and yep, it works great. There is a bit of a warning to pass on though... the first figure I tried was a red-body, black-legged one, and I noticed that the heat seemed to bleach some of the colour out of her body (the picture isn't brilliant, but it gives you the idea!). It is a great technique to use on colours which won't fade, but otherwise I'd recommend caution - unless of course you're wanting to produce a sun-bleached escapee from the foreign legion, traipsing through the desert :) I used older figures for my experiment, so perhaps the same isn't true for the more modern ones? I daren't risk it and find out! :) Catch you soon! Julie

Click on Julie's graphic above for a larger image!

Another note of caution: David ([email protected]) shared his experience with the Playmobil® Group at: http://www.onelist.com/community/00playmobil00
Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:35:43 -0000 Hi Everyone Today I was feeling a bit adventurous so I thought I would have a go at the Boiling Method of dissembling a Playmobil person. I have been using the screw driver way for a while now, but have a had few accidents in the past. At first I thought boiling a poor Playmobil Person was a bit mean, but sticking a screw driver up there bottom isn't exactly friendly either. I followed the instructions on the Wargaming website and everything seems to be ok, but I had read that the older people turned slightly white when boiled, so used a new figure, one of the Union guards from the Gold Transport (I'm a confederate collector :) ). But even though he was a new ish figure all the dark blue bits ended up with a white haze on them which won't come off. All in all a pretty good experiment but I think I'll stick to swapping hair and collars as usual and if I get desperate I'll dig out my screw driver. Bye for now David <[email protected]> (Feeling guilty for boiling Playmobil People)

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copyright© 2001 Richard Silvano and Garden Wargaming
Playmobil is a registered trademark of Geobra Brandstätter