How to make use of that useless Jack Stone crap - building figures in 1/32 scale

[Sven J]

Hello everyone,

(I don’t know if it’s right here, but I think it’s a very “special interest” topic and fits here… if not, please move it.)

They lead a shadowy existence in the AFOL community, but for some time I've had the idea that the figures from the Jack Stone series would be ideally suited to 1:32 railway models - or to airplanes, which are often built in 1:35.
However, there are not many different figures, the heads are in ugly yellow (I prefer a more realistic light nougat skin color) and all look more or less the same, the range of hair pieces and headgear is very limited and the individual body parts cannot be swapped.
So I thought.
But where there's a will, there's a way.
And so I developed a fairly simple procedure for disassembling the figures and rebuilding them in new combinations with normal minifig heads. It only requires a handful of new parts, but the original heads will be irreversibly damaged.

• First of all, you have to literally break the figure's neck: The head is pushed forward with force until the relatively soft glued-in neck piece breaks (make sure to push forward, not backward, otherwise the collar at the back of the torso will crack!).
• As soon as the head is gone, the torso can be pulled off. The lower part of the yellow neck piece now still sticks to its holder in the hip area, but it can be be removed using fine needle-nose pliers or nail scissors.
• If necessary, you can use angled tweezers to also remove the bracket which both forms the belt area and connects the arms to the torso on the inside.
  Thus, if you wish, you can also swap the belt and arms.
• The printing can be removed with acrylic polish; a fiberglass eraser can also help.

The parts that are no longer needed are shown in the photo on the left. On the right are the new "implants" to be inserted: head and headgear/hair as desired, a 1x1 round plate with  hole as a collar, a 3L bar as a "spine" and a small piece of pneumatic hose to fix the bar inside the hip.

• The next step is the most fiddly part: the piece of pneumatic hose is squeezed into the gap in the hip area where the neck piece was previously anchored. The 3L bar is then inserted from above (if necessary, use tweezers to hold the hose in place, and insert the bar with slight twisting movements).
• Now the torso can be mounted. Then place the 1x1 round plate on top of the bar and press it down as far as possible; it fixes the torso firmly.
• Finally, put on the desired head with hairstyle/cap and you're done.

So my 1:32 railway can now finally be populated in style without any third-party figures - and I'm sure you can think of other possible uses!

Best regards,
Sven

Edited November 4, 2024 by Sven J

[Renny The Spaceman]

That is insane dedication, I respect you for it 

[JopieK]

Haha @Sven J, splendid job you did there! LEGO should have hired you to get Jack Stone done the right way!

[Murdoch17]

It's certainly blasphemous to do this, but you're ok because there is no such thing as the LEGO Purist Police. Keep up the good work @Sven J, and congrats on your new title of 'Jack Stone hacker'!

[Sven J]

Thank you @Renny The Spaceman, @JopieK and @Murdoch17!

15 hours ago, Murdoch17 said:

congrats on your new title of 'Jack Stone hacker'!

Oh, I didn't notice until you mentioned it. Hehe, that's funny, I like it.

And while I think even more modified JS's will appear in the future, I've yet another one:

[sunhuntin]

They look great! The extra stud at the neck looks like turtlenecks, could do a huge series of Howard from Big Bang, featuring all his different turtleneck collars.

[Sven J]

Thank you @sunhuntin!
 

22 hours ago, sunhuntin said:

They look great! The extra stud at the neck looks like turtlenecks, could do a huge series of Howard from Big Bang, featuring all his different turtleneck collars.

Feel free to make them, I'm looking forward to seeing them

[Agent Kallus]

These are great. Much better the the current bigfigs. I'm not usually one for mutilation of my Lego (closest I've come is removing print with a rubber[Eraser] other than the accidental snapping of arms) but I have a couple of these figs and I might just have to try your technique.

 

[Sven J]

Thank you @Agent Kallus!
And of course feel free to create your own figurs using my technique.
By the way, it also works the same way with the  - apparently slightly younger - 4 Juniors figures which have a less elaborately sculpted body, but the same internal structure:

[Agent Kallus]

I must admit I don't know exactly where my Jack Stone figures are ATM ( probably mixed in a tub with other miscellaneous and unsorted parts) but I will try your technique at some point and share my results here.