I think that's the point. Otherwise they could make it seamless polystone. Honestly I don't think people are giving them enough credit for coming up with that. I remember with the old Hulk, people *****ed about the joints in the arm, and the rejoinder was "it's an articulated figure", and the response to that was "I'll take less articulation for no/less noticeable joints". HT has done that with this release... really it should please both camps. But no, you still have people *****ing that the tiny hair-line joints are too big and others that it's now "power pose" and not articulated. Ugh, this hobby, sometimes.