Heat gun to loosen the glue and a little elbow grease pulling/twisting at varying angles got them off pretty easily for me. Took like 5 minutes. Some might be more difficult than others.
Yeah I think I got a difficult one. Even when I BROKE the sides off, I had to heat and cut the red blades to get them loose. The top came off pretty easily though.
This is a fun little project cuz at 40 bucks, I'm not that worried about trashing this thing... I need to learn electronics and paint, and looking what people have done here inspired me to just mess around with this.
Not sure I can achieve the level of some of the hilts on here, but I'm just looking for a placeholder til someone comes out with a hilt I'm willing to pay good money for.