boylost99
Super Freak
Having played with this for a while now, I think I know what the arm issue is about. This is just my own theory so bare with me.
The figure feels strong and heavy. When you bend the knees, you can feel the strength of the metal joint, It's like a piece of equipment rather than a toy. It's robust, it lures you into a false sense of sturdiness. It doesn't feel like it will break. Because...it's die cast. But it's not. Because HT put a plastic piece in the middle of heavy metal parts. It's like putting a plastic piece in the middle a pliers or garden shears joint? Unless they are coming out of the box broken, which I'm not convinced of yet. I think a lot of this damage is down to user damage. But it's not really user damage, it's bad design that's causing owners to feel over confident bending and posing the arms. Because it feels like it won't snap or break. It's ASM all over again, which also were not faulty per se either IMO. They just had delicate joints like certain other TT bodies, but you couldn't see or get a feel for the joint because of the suit. It looked like you could do complex compound moves from the outside, but you couldn't.
Same here. It feels stronger than it is. If the exact same joints were on a fully plastic body we would see this problem IMO.
Anyhow.
My 2 cents.
That's great insight Rory! Thanks! Glad to hear that. I was hoping it was due to poor handling and constant posing. I will put on my baby gloves for this and be ultra-delicate.
Even for $300. One cannot expect to pose this like a neca/hasbro toy and expect it to last. Sadly.
