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I have this problem that whenever I try to animate a turning head, I have to redo it several times because the rest of the minifig is moving too much. Do any of you guys have any suggestions for animating a turning head?
thanks
Yeah I have that problem from time to time. Make sure the rest of the body is securely placed on the floor and perhaps try to loosen the head a bit so it is less stiff to turn, but this may involve defacing the mini fig. 
Remember to always hold on to the body while truning it, That helps alot 
Get a knife or one blade from a pair of scissors and file down the inside of the head. It works a treat.
If you're only showing the top half of the minifig, you can replace its legs with a 1x2 brick and two (I think) 1x2 plates. I used both these techniques for the scientist's head shake at 0:17 in Swine Flu and it turned out a lot nicer.
Scrape that little bit of paint off the front of the neck stump.
I find that works quite well.
If you have onion skinning, try your hardest to get it exactly back. Seems to work for meh
use an old head (so it is looser and easier and you won't risk jiggling the minifig) 
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