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Blade Runner 2049 (Deckard Blaster Edition Blu-ray) (Amazon.de Exclusive) [Germany]
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Hi everyone,
ive posted this in another thread before (quite a lot here on the blaster-edition) ... but since this is the thread for the german version, which I own, I thought id post it in here as well. Sry for the multi-post :-S
So, for those of you who got this Edition with the idea in mind of removing the Blaster from the stand … like i did … yes, its possible, but not easy. Be warned. The Blaster is NOT glued to the stand. It is screwed to the stand. Or, well, bit of both actually. The underbarrel rests on a big screw that cant be reached from any end, since it rests inside the wooden tower on one end, and inside the underbarrelpart of the blaster on the other. My guess is, they screwed the screw inside the wood, then put glue inside a molded hole of the blaster (or had this part heated) and pressed it down real good. This connection seems to be rock solid and did not budge in any way on my blaster, so yeah … it might be next to impossible to remove the underbarrel without harming the blaster in some way, depending on how strong this connection is. Also, for those of you thinking the blaster was made out of metal … its not. Its plastic, or resin, not sure. But yeah … it breaks when pulling too strong, as I found out the hard way.
So if you want to remove it, you should probably start with the grip. The grip actually does not rest on the wooden wedge, but inside of it (in a hole in the middle of the wedge). So the bottom-grip-part of the blaster has actually been designed to fit that hole, and I believe it too rests on a screw at the bottom of it, yet im not sure. I would definitely not recommend trying to pull on the grip in the hopes of getting it out/off the wedge, since this will probably just remove the amber-grip from the silver base, which, as I said, rests inside the wodden-wedge, rock solid.
If you want to remove the grip part, you will have to cut it off at the bottom right where it rests on the wedge. I was using a small saw for doing so and it worked quite nice. But you will definitely damage the wooden stand, so you will have to perform some cosmetic surgery on it afterwards! Anyway, once you have cut off the grip, you then should continue by removing the front “tower” of the stand. You can do this by peeling off the velvet under the bottom of the stand (it works quite well, but you should do it slowly so it wont tear. You can even stick it back afterwards, the glued surface will still stick to it and you wont notice a difference when you do it carefully). Once you have peeled it back a little, you can see two screws holding the tower in place. Once you have removed them, the blaster will be free from the stand, only the wooden-tower is still sticking to the underbarrel. As I said, i'm not sure how to remove this part without harming the gun. You could try to keep turning the tower left and right (It cant move very far obviously), and maybe it will come loose after some time. I myself pulled too hard and broke the underbarrel where it was resting on the screw. Broke my heart also … however I was able to glue the parts back together with superglue, so, yeah … it will do. I will just have to do a little paintjob to hide the cuts … but this I would have had to do anyway because of the glued/teared off areas and the sawed off grip.
So, I got it loose. Not without harm or caring afterwards, but, and that is the good part of this post: it is simply amazing just holding this piece of art freed from the stand! Its a real shame NECA did, or had to “trap” it on the stand as it was, but for me, it was worth buying it, and hell, it was worth removing it from the stand! I hope my post will help some of you to get this thing off the stand better and cleaner than I did. And if so, post some pics on how you did it. I made some pictures myself and can post them on here if you are interested.
Cheers, ANB_Seth
ive posted this in another thread before (quite a lot here on the blaster-edition) ... but since this is the thread for the german version, which I own, I thought id post it in here as well. Sry for the multi-post :-S
So, for those of you who got this Edition with the idea in mind of removing the Blaster from the stand … like i did … yes, its possible, but not easy. Be warned. The Blaster is NOT glued to the stand. It is screwed to the stand. Or, well, bit of both actually. The underbarrel rests on a big screw that cant be reached from any end, since it rests inside the wooden tower on one end, and inside the underbarrelpart of the blaster on the other. My guess is, they screwed the screw inside the wood, then put glue inside a molded hole of the blaster (or had this part heated) and pressed it down real good. This connection seems to be rock solid and did not budge in any way on my blaster, so yeah … it might be next to impossible to remove the underbarrel without harming the blaster in some way, depending on how strong this connection is. Also, for those of you thinking the blaster was made out of metal … its not. Its plastic, or resin, not sure. But yeah … it breaks when pulling too strong, as I found out the hard way.
So if you want to remove it, you should probably start with the grip. The grip actually does not rest on the wooden wedge, but inside of it (in a hole in the middle of the wedge). So the bottom-grip-part of the blaster has actually been designed to fit that hole, and I believe it too rests on a screw at the bottom of it, yet im not sure. I would definitely not recommend trying to pull on the grip in the hopes of getting it out/off the wedge, since this will probably just remove the amber-grip from the silver base, which, as I said, rests inside the wodden-wedge, rock solid.
If you want to remove the grip part, you will have to cut it off at the bottom right where it rests on the wedge. I was using a small saw for doing so and it worked quite nice. But you will definitely damage the wooden stand, so you will have to perform some cosmetic surgery on it afterwards! Anyway, once you have cut off the grip, you then should continue by removing the front “tower” of the stand. You can do this by peeling off the velvet under the bottom of the stand (it works quite well, but you should do it slowly so it wont tear. You can even stick it back afterwards, the glued surface will still stick to it and you wont notice a difference when you do it carefully). Once you have peeled it back a little, you can see two screws holding the tower in place. Once you have removed them, the blaster will be free from the stand, only the wooden-tower is still sticking to the underbarrel. As I said, i'm not sure how to remove this part without harming the gun. You could try to keep turning the tower left and right (It cant move very far obviously), and maybe it will come loose after some time. I myself pulled too hard and broke the underbarrel where it was resting on the screw. Broke my heart also … however I was able to glue the parts back together with superglue, so, yeah … it will do. I will just have to do a little paintjob to hide the cuts … but this I would have had to do anyway because of the glued/teared off areas and the sawed off grip.
So, I got it loose. Not without harm or caring afterwards, but, and that is the good part of this post: it is simply amazing just holding this piece of art freed from the stand! Its a real shame NECA did, or had to “trap” it on the stand as it was, but for me, it was worth buying it, and hell, it was worth removing it from the stand! I hope my post will help some of you to get this thing off the stand better and cleaner than I did. And if so, post some pics on how you did it. I made some pictures myself and can post them on here if you are interested.
Cheers, ANB_Seth
We are super interested! Post those pics, man! Thanks for the info so far.... funnily enough mine came with the barrel loose out of the box so I will try to free the grip from the wooden wedge....
I will probably try on Sunday and may post some pics myself if I get anywhere....
Cheers ANB_Seth
I will probably try on Sunday and may post some pics myself if I get anywhere....
Cheers ANB_Seth
Wow definitely show those pictures. I will bring my blaster to Neca and ask them to remove it see what they say, lol.
I'm on the phone with NECA now asking them about the blaster any questions I should ask let me know now.
You're a hero for testing this out! And you're also a lot braver than me when it comes to dismantling these types of things.
Thank you for the helpful/informative post, and welcome to HDN!
I'd never dream of changing or dismantling an official collector's item like this but for those that would this is super helpful @ANB_Seth. Great post.
What's the draw to dismantle it? To walk around the house holding the blaster pretending to be a real life Blade Runner?
I strongly advise all of you to dismantle your blasters. Don't worry about damage, just hack away! I'd like to have the only one in mint condition 
What's the draw to dismantle it? To walk around the house holding the blaster pretending to be a real life Blade Runner?
LOL apparently you don't know @Deckard99 very well....
He's the closest to being a real life blade runner then anyone I know lol.
Nah! Although, I have been playing around with the idea of getting a real nice Tomenosuke (for inside the house blasting only!)
@Mrpato weds is that your first one that's gone through customs or other you said was due to arrive.
I take of the two you have on order none is in hand yet?
Watch out all you replicants out there... Mrpato's gonna be dual wielding his blasters.
As requested, here are some pictures of my stand-extraction ^^ ... for those collectors-items-protectors of you, be warned ... its graphic! XD
At the end I have attached some pictures of the final, polished blaster and stand. I have put some foam on the parts of the stand where the blaster can "rest" softly now, which gives it a better, more firm stand/grip and also reduces the threat of scratching anything.
At the end I have attached some pictures of the final, polished blaster and stand. I have put some foam on the parts of the stand where the blaster can "rest" softly now, which gives it a better, more firm stand/grip and also reduces the threat of scratching anything.
Really cool end result! You did a great job at covering up the damage.
Thanks again for sharing with us.
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