Removing pins

[Lint]

Question for all the modders out there. What is the best way to remove these dastardly pins? They're stuck pretty tight, have no other end and I want to minimise damage to the plastic.




Basically I wanna get these wheels off so I can paint the orange part red.

[blackie]

soldering iron
use it to heat up the PIN
it should pop right out
i did it with universe sunstreakers successfully

[liegeprime]

and after? do you just stick the pins back in? do they just snap right back in Blackie?

[1orion2many]

I would think the heating process enlarges the hole by melting a small amount of the plastic so my guess would be a small dab of super glue for a tight fit but wait for Blackies answer because I could be way off

[kup]

Removing 'needle' pins is very hard but doable. In regards to the photo, I have no idea how to remove that sort of pin from a toy without breaking it.

[gamblor916]

What Blackie said. Hold the soldering iron for 20-30 seconds against the pin then try to pull off the wheel. Don't heat it for more than 30 seconds at a time.
Obviously don't touch the plastic.