How do you remove twinkle eyes?

[Saja]

I have a few twinkle eye ponies i would  like to restore. Whats the best way to remove there old scratched eyes?

[KiwiSquirtBottle]

Shove a flathead screwdriver inside their head and use the head to leverage them out.

[Saja]

Awesome thanks for that!

[Prismatic]

Oh that's good to know!  I have a Sweet Pop I need to replace the eyes in, and wasn't sure how to get them out.  What's the best place to get the replacements?

[Baby Sugarberry]

There really isn't any source for proper replacement eyes other than another original pony, but some people have successfully used swarovski crystals to do customs.

[pinkkittywinks]

use a hair drier to warm the plastic up if the pony's head is hard

love pkw xxx

[Xaniss]

Thank you Saja for posing this question - I too have wondered about this... since I'll be getting a manky Whizzer soon. So all these lovely pony people responding has helped me as well! 

Thank you all so much

*As a side note (I do and often digress!) I've found size 29ss are a good size for BBE babies. Not too big, but a 28ss works well too - and try getting the AB coating on the Swarovski crystals, they truly look like twinkle eyes! Can post some pics tomorrow of the crystals if that will help...? 

[hikari_amaya]

I was going to ask what a good size of crystals to use for a TE

[Gingerbread]

can I hijack quickly and ask what size in mm a size 28 and 29 are please?

[kCherry]

I just boil the heads of mine until the plastic is nice and soft, then they just pop right out with enough pressure.

[Xaniss]

I just boil the heads of mine until the plastic is nice and soft, then they just pop right out with enough pressure.

May I ask which way they pop out the easiest please? As in push in from the outside, in or (like the BBE babies) push up through her head, out to pop the gems. Many thanks!

WARNIING DIGRESSING IN PROGRESS! 

@Pinkamena As for twinkle eye gem sizes, 28-29 are harder to find than 30s (I think there is more of a colour range for 30s) but it works out to be around 6mm... interestingly *some* G1 babies have the same eye size as the G1 adults, so the gems could work for either size ponies!

[hyenacub]

With a JACKHAMMER!  MUAHHAAHAHAHAAHAA!

[gemini_pony]

xD all this talk of popping eyes out!

[Gingerbread]

WARNIING DIGRESSING IN PROGRESS! 

@Pinkamena As for twinkle eye gem sizes, 28-29 are harder to find than 30s (I think there is more of a colour range for 30s) but it works out to be around 6mm... interestingly *some* G1 babies have the same eye size as the G1 adults, so the gems could work for either size ponies!

Thankyou

@hyenacub

[kCherry]

I just boil the heads of mine until the plastic is nice and soft, then they just pop right out with enough pressure.

May I ask which way they pop out the easiest please? As in push in from the outside, in or (like the BBE babies) push up through her head, out to pop the gems. Many thanks!

  The eyes are set inside a plastic casing so you would have to push them out from the inside of the head.