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12-31-2019, 08:07 PM | #11 |
Showa Girl
Join Date: Jun 2018
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Mine's been perfectly fine the entire time I've had it, and I'm certainly no highbrow collector (he was my second figuarts purchase; my first one being a couple months prior). I think this could easily just be a bad batch. Hope it's fixed in time for Tajador though.
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01-02-2020, 08:53 AM | #12 |
Reiei
Join Date: Sep 2018
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Oh wow, I just bought SS OOO for 45$ last December. I haven't had any problems or cracks like the posts here say tho. I did notice the fragility of the joints and have since started using a "technique" in switching the arms. Basically, one hand holds onto the joint tight while the other holds onto the arm and slowly twist it out. Holding the joint means preventing the swivel at the elbow and stopping from turning somewhere it shouldn't as I twist the elbow. Though, I'm more worried that articulating elbow up is what will actually break the joint and I'm tryna look for ways to maybe loosen the tight elbow slightly.
Also, I've devised a suggested fix to anyone who might come across. Might it be possible to switch the elbows with a black Body-Kun's and so revert the elbows into standard SHF joints? |
01-02-2020, 01:53 PM | #13 |
Super Lawyer
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 209
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Oh wow, I just bought SS OOO for 45$ last December. I haven't had any problems or cracks like the posts here say tho. I did notice the fragility of the joints and have since started using a "technique" in switching the arms. Basically, one hand holds onto the joint tight while the other holds onto the arm and slowly twist it out. Holding the joint means preventing the swivel at the elbow and stopping from turning somewhere it shouldn't as I twist the elbow. Though, I'm more worried that articulating elbow up is what will actually break the joint and I'm tryna look for ways to maybe loosen the tight elbow slightly.
Also, I've devised a suggested fix to anyone who might come across. Might it be possible to switch the elbows with a black Body-Kun's and so revert the elbows into standard SHF joints? I don't think you can replace the elbow joints with the ones from Body-Kun. I think the size is different. And also why would the buyers spend more money to fix the problem (read: "solution" to a non-existent "problem") created by the manufacturer? It also pretty much defeat the point of having the new joint system in the first place, right? SMH Bandai. I just hope someone with high authority at Bandai will come to their senses and reverse this abysmal decision for the next releases. |
01-02-2020, 03:42 PM | #14 |
Showa Girl
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 9,064
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Well, no; my point (that I'm no highbrow collector) was exactly that it's not like that for me. I treat it as delicately as I treat the other Figuarts in my collection and I've had zero issues.
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01-02-2020, 06:16 PM | #15 |
Super Lawyer
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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A. Has the figure had zero issues because I treat it delicately? Or B. Has the figure had zero issues because I'm lucky? From what I have learned in life so far, answer B is much more probable. Why? Because we know that the new joint system has way more fragility compared to the old joint system, whether by itself or combined with other factors I mentioned in my previous post. I'm 1000% sure that in a parallel universe where Bandai use the old joint system on the SHF SS OOO, this thread does not exist. This is what I meant by "the turkey problem". You can build a very fragile system AND it will stand for some time. Until something unusual happens and collapses the fragile system, usually. This means the track record of that fragile system is due to PURE LUCK, nothing else. Rather than shielding the fragile system from the environment and calculate the probability of system collapse, I'd rather simply find the fragile point(s) of the system and make it less fragile, that is, more robust, thus being able to withstand unpredictable changes in environment. These are several articles to better understand Nassim Taleb's concept of fragility and "the turkey problem": https://www.riskmanagementmonitor.co...ot-be-turkeys/ https://seekingalpha.com/article/369...isk-management https://www.edge.org/conversation/na...-of-statistics Last edited by Zolda; 01-02-2020 at 09:22 PM.. Reason: Fixed several typos. |
01-03-2020, 05:02 AM | #16 |
Reiei
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 3,691
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But yeah, I do agree with this issue needing to be rectified. Would be great if replacement regular SHF joints are included with SHF Sagozo as he'd suffer way more than Tatoba and I was thinking of getting that form. Although, display models featured in the Tamashii Nations exhibit showcasing all his forms shows that they are keeping the over-designed elbows. |
01-08-2020, 04:09 PM | #17 |
New Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Henderson, NV
Posts: 40
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Mine broke just today too.
Happened when switching out the forearm piece, I wasnt even being rough with it! Luckily it's a clean enough break I can just super glue it back together, albeit at the cost of losing that slight bit of articulation, but I can live with it. I never wish for bootlegs to come into existence, but I'm hoping so for OOO just so I can replace these elbow joints. |
08-12-2020, 12:12 AM | #18 |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Port Perry, Ont, Can
Posts: 100
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Mine broke just today too.
Happened when switching out the forearm piece, I wasnt even being rough with it! Luckily it's a clean enough break I can just super glue it back together, albeit at the cost of losing that slight bit of articulation, but I can live with it. I never wish for bootlegs to come into existence, but I'm hoping so for OOO just so I can replace these elbow joints. Mine broke too. any advice? |
08-12-2020, 05:24 AM | #19 |
Reiei
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 3,691
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I don't know where the joint broke, but I ASSUME you could maybe drill a deep enough hole of the two areas where it broke, stick a metal wire in there and glue it back. It might just remove the elbow swivel entirely, but better than not having it attached.
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09-09-2020, 11:45 PM | #20 |
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Oregon
Posts: 1,099
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Just got my Tajador today. Put the wings on, they definitly seemed like they could snap pretty easily. Not planning on swapping out the legs, am I safe for just standard posing so long as I'm not removing limbs? It's a beautiful figure of one one of my favorite suits, I want to be sure I don't break it.
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