For some reason, when I preformed a copy face command, acad created a 'region' instead of a face...now I cannot explode it at all. How can I explode a region?

See the tip:
http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/how-to-convert-a-polygon-or-a-region-to-3dfaces-tip7093

Spanx!! and man that image looks CRAZY after explosion! lines everywhere!