Dismantling certain pieces

Vindic8ed

Any good suggestions on how to take apart these two pieces? I've been taking everything apart getting ready for a move and was reminded how burdensome it is to take these two pieces apart...:

Element ID: 6030718
Design ID: 12825

and

Element ID: 4517996
Design ID: 6141

binaryeye

You might get a better response if you just say 1x1 plate with clip on top of a 1x1 round plate. ;)

Anyway, there was recently some discussion here about the same pieces.

Jern92

Attach the 1x1 round plate to a brick separator, then push on the clip part of the top plate AGAINST the brick separator. I've done it before and it comes off relatively easily.

I just tore down an entire Lego city to move halfway around the world, so I know how you feel :-P

oldtodd33

I was going to say put the clip in your fingers and the 1 x 1 round plate in your teeth and pull :)

graphite

^that is what I end up doing if I cant get a fingernail in between them.

Vindic8ed

That's what I do occasionally but was hoping there'd be a better way. I'll have to try the trick with the brick separator. Thanks! Sorry for asking the same question.

CCC

Pliers with foam stuck in the jaws work perfectly.

waynegg

oldtodd33 said:

I was going to say put the clip in your fingers and the 1 x 1 round plate in your teeth and pull :)

Also great for pulling loose teeth!

waynegg

But more on point- why is it important to separate these two tiny pieces? You're presumably rebuilding when you get to where you're going, right?

prevere

anybody know how to separate bionicle brainstalk from the technic block piece?

Vindic8ed

waynegg said:

But more on point- why is it important to separate these two tiny pieces? You're presumably rebuilding when you get to where you're going, right?

To build other things! I love building the sets and switching them out, however I want to actually start organizing all of the pieces to work on MOCs and custom things (the 400+ sets and 150k+ pieces I have are all stored in their boxes when their not on display...)

plasmodium

prevere said:

anybody know how to separate bionicle brainstalk from the technic block piece?

Get a knife (or other flat, thin and relatively strong object) and insert it between the pieces where the 'stalk'/neck part on the green bit meets the back of the grey face bit. Then twist, and they should pull apart.

Rolyat24

Forget knives or brick separators or even teeth. I always just put my bricks in the microwave on high for about 15 seconds. Loosens them up nicely! :wink:

Andor

How innovative @Rolyat24  But could the micro waves imperceptibly be damaging the bricks?

klatu003

Brick separators are very versatile.  I'm always using them for fingernail jobs; popping back off cell phone, leveraging batteries out of tight places, opening up the o-ring on the LEGO keychain to put on car fob.  Saves a lot of bend back fingernails and bad words.

LordofLego

It's impossible. Newton's Fourth Law states that 1x1 plates with clips cannot be removed from 1x1 round plates. 

Fauch

while we are at it, what about turntables 4x4?