Cracking Open WWE Elite Bodies Tutorial

I followed these steps and havent gotten anything but a severely mangled basic figure. I cannot get the front and back to separate.

I was being patient, and the plastic was so soft i thought the pegs in the joints were going to fall out.

i have problems damaging figures when i do basics. May just be me. I found that since the basics are one long torso, I get chipping on the edges. With elites, I don't have that problem because the torso pieces are smaller and don't torque the center of the piece

Thanks

this is pretty hard , but thanks for the tutorial.

Is there an east way to just pop the torso off a basic without cracking? I want to do a torso swap between basics.

you can boil and pop off the thigh down of the legs leaving hip portion. making sure that it is hot you will need a sharp blade and on the inner portion you will have to split the small peg.

How do you put the torso back together ?

Wait is there a way to take off the knees? I know this is a cracking torso thread thing but IDK where else to ask. Please help I am trying to make a Custom elite RVD but the Mr. Perfect Body doesn't have kickpads like RVD does so I want to switch the knee's down to Miz kickpads. - Thanks.