Toy Review - Combiner Wars Devastator

[TAAUBlaster]

I don't know if it is the elbow hinge or not. But I just can't get mine to unclip in the first place. It won't budge at all. I tried again just now, and its "deforming" the plastic when I try to bend it. Not comfortable putting any more pressure than that on it.

I haven't seen it mentioned in any reviews - which if it was a design thing it would be on almost everyone's UW Dev.

[doublespy]

The upper arms (where the wheels clip on), are made in a different, more bendier plastic, and are designed to take some angular load when you use the ankle rocker. The Hasbro version uses the same plastic. Pretty sure you can force a little bit to un-clip the forearms. Grab the elbow where the hinge is and apply firm force. Mine was the same at first, after a couple times they work just find now.

[TAAUBlaster]

I've tried using a few different grabbing points, but they elbows are just stuck and won't move. And for a $200 odd figure, I don't want to risk breaking it.

[doublespy]

Since the plastic can flex, the chances of breaking are low, as long as you apply force on the right place to protect the hinge.

Then again, I feel your pain. It is the uncomfortable combination of flex + rigid plastic with a strong clip in the middle. Any force you apply the soft plastic will bend first.

[Smint]

It's tight but the plastic is flexible. I think if you bend it slowly there's actually more chance of doing damage to it because the plastic spends more time in that flexed position. That's my theory anyway.

Once i had a feel of how it bends i just quickly snap it at the joint.