I can't wait to get enough pieces to build mine, plus to get some more to expand it.

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That cage is cool, but you couldn't really do much with figures that were inside of it.

I could have sworn a full size ring was announced for this line a few months back...

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Sorry I haven't kept up with this thread in a while. With any luck you've figured it out on your own by now.

There is only one center peg that holds the upper body of the WWE figure to the waist. If you want to save the waist peice of the WWE figure you will have to work a knife in there to cut the peg. If you were like me and not going to save the WWE waist peice the quickest way is to take the legs off the WWE figure and just take some channel locks or pliers to crush the pants of the figure. Then you will have the top half of the WWE figure.

For the Joes you need a figure where you don't mind losing the upper body. I used a miter saw myself to cut the figure in half at the belt line, but you can use the cutting tool of your choice. The plastic is pretty thick and tough so it's sort of hard to cut with some tools.

So now you have the upper half of the WWE figure and the lower half of a GI Joe figure. Now you can go quick and easy by super glueing the upper and lower figures together or go the extra step for another point of articulation.

To get a peg in you will have to put a peg into the waist of the Joe figure. This can be pretty tough to do and I ended up having to add a tiny o-ring on the end of my peg because I made the peg to tall on mine. The tricky bit is getting a tool into the peg hole of the WWE figure to pry apart the belly since they super glue the two parts together.

A good idea to test your peg system before using a spot of glue to get the lower part fo the WWE figure back together around your new Joe peg.

Or you could boil & pop the WWE figure, the peg that holds the waist and torso is hard plastic, so if you wanna save it for the figure, B&P method is recommended.

Step #2

Cut the donor joe body at the belt line, i used a dremel with a cutting disc, then take off the rough edges and even them out, i then take the 2 pieces and dry fit them, then i used some green stuff to fill the cavity, if you saved the torso peg, now is the time to use it, green stuff sets up fairly quickly, measure up the peg, cut and insert into the green stuff, let the green stuff set up overnight, when it's dry, use a hair dryer to warm up the torso peg for easier insertion into the torso, if done correctly, you now have a swivel waist. If there is extra green stuff around the waist, simply take some sand paper or a sanding stone for a dremel tool and sand smooth, prime the area, then paint and seal the paint to avoid chipping or rubs and you should be done.

Alternate method:

If you cant's save the torso peg, simply follow the above instructions and fill the cavity with green stuff, smoosh the 2 halfs together, smooth the extra green stuff around the waist, wet fingers with water, then smooth the edges around the waist, let dry overnight, if additional sanding is needed, then do so, prime, paint, seal, you are done.

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Can you expand the cage or is it like the ring and just the set size?

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Set size, I think he is talking about getting multiple sets.

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Dark Horse is sending me a second complete ring- I'm going to expand the cage and make a War Games set up.

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Here's one i did, but i broke the torso peg while taking him apart and salvaged him using the alternate method...

The Undertaker

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Wave 4 is out and at my local Wal-Mart, i only found one Stone Cold Steve Austin, the rest of the pegs was filled with the other wave 4 and 3 figs, SCSA must be the most wanted out of this wave, here are a few pics...





This time around they come with pieces to build a Stage Entry, cooool !

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I thought this was old news or I would have posted about him when I foudn hima couple of weeks ago. They had just opened the restocked at wal-mart and there was only one of him and two of every body else from that wave. So either he is only one per case or an employee grabbed one. I have to make a vest for him though.

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I haven't even seen them around here yet. Maybe in the next week or so they'll show up. I like this line myself so I'll want these.

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I found Jericho about a week ago, really like him. Debating Stone Cold (cause I could make a ton of jokes with him) and Morrison (AKA Nitro).

Here's the whole W4 set. Jakks really did a nice job. And it's great to see they're continuing the event area.

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That entrance stage is cool, can't wait to build mine, whose in wave 5 ?

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http://www.ringsidecollectibles.com/Mer ... _Code=DBB5

ELIJAH BURKE
WILLIAM REGAL
CHAVO GUERRERO
JBL
FINLAY
RAZOR RAMON

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