CHECK or REMOVE your old BATTERIES

[jazzcomp]

Here are the scans of the instructions. The batteries are in the rear of the box that holds the LED for the Matrix.


You need to mess about with the Matrix box and pull it out a bit as you get to this step when changing from robot to vehicle mode.

There is a way to take the box out, but it's not in the instructions, and my MP1 & 4 are packed away somewhere, sadly I just don't have the time to mess about with them ATM. If I do, pics will come as I have to check the batteries in MP4 I guess.

I can't remove the box it just slides in both directions. Do you forcefully take that out? Or jsut try to insert a small screwdriver so that the top of the box is kept where it is and the bottom just falls out?

[Arcee]

I can't remove the box it just slides in both directions. Do you forcefully take that out? Or jsut try to insert a small screwdriver so that the top of the box is kept where it is and the bottom just falls out?

For my MP 01 & 04, I forcefully pulled them out.

But you need to do that with caution; the battery box itself won't be much affected. But you need to be aware of the parts around it: the chest doors, the flip boards above and under it, etc. Make sure there's nothing in the way when you pull it.

And after you've got the batteries out just forcefully push it back in. That small red cap over the rivet is actually quite tough.

The trick is to do it quick in one swift pull/push. (And it doesn't require much strength to do it really, so no need to pull it too hard. As long as the direction is vertical and straight it should be fine.)

With my MP 01, because it was my first experiment, after I've reinstalled the battery box it appeared to be a bit loose, and fell out itself. But there's no damage, and I just put it back again. I worked on my MP 04 more experienced and everything went perfectly, the same issue didn't recur.

[VGMStudios]

For figures with batteries I keep that paper/plastic tab in so the electricity doesnt flow. Does that count?

[UltraMarginal]

For figures with batteries I keep that paper/plastic tab in so the electricity doesnt flow. Does that count?

It would help, but eventually all batteries leak.

[griffin]

For figures with batteries I keep that paper/plastic tab in so the electricity doesnt flow. Does that count?

No. See first post.