Pulsecon Nemesis Prime + Air Defense Mini-Con Team, advice after cutting up my fingers and making a huge mess

If you want to prevent Jetstorm's breastplate/jet mode tail from breaking, you will need to disassemble it, to remove some extra flash from inside the bracket that the breastplate attaches to the body with. There is a pin that runs through the shoulders and is the axle around which the breastplate rotates.

This pin has friction grooves on one end of it. If you try to force the pin out from the wrong direction (like I did), *you will crack the block that the head sits on.* I just spent almost 4 hours performing surgery on Jetstorm. Don't be a colossal dumbass like me, pay attention to when things suddenly show more resistance to the force you were using.

(Jetstorm made it out of surgery and is on bed rest.)