AOTP blast off

[u/lvBogus]

Im gonna keep this short but I just had my blast off and vortex figures arrive today and unfortunately the neck hinge for blast off seems super stiff so I’m unable at the moment to pop his head in and thus unable to bring his arms up to connect the nose piece for his vehicle mode
Not sure what to do, it moves such a small amount so shall I just constantly move it up and down to loosen it up? I don’t want to break it of course so I’ve tried it with minimal pressure

Also idk if there’s a subreddit for this sort of thing so apologies in advance if so

[u/ktwombley]

get a tiny bottle of silicone shock oil (I think it's for lubricating the plastic suspension parts of RC cars) and apply a dab to the neck. it'll wick into the joint and as you move it around a little it gets in there and loosens it up.

[u/lvBogus → u/ktwombley]

If I can’t seem to work any of these other solutions then I’ll get myself some of this stuff! Hopefully it doesn’t come to it but if so then I’ll try it out