[TheRaizin]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

And yet 99% of the reports on the breaks have been about it happening when swapping the forearms. Yes, the joint is thinner, but just simply regularly articulating it with care like you would any other figure hasn't seemed to cause anything, atleast not for me nor the majority talking about it.

So.. What? You want us to completely ignore the accessories of the forearms and thus limiting our posing choices? Then why didn't Bandai just omit the forearm gimmick entirely and give us the bracelet-styled claws like the 1.0 SHF? Or just give us the regular SHF joint.

FangJoker has the same gimmick as SS OOO EXCEPT it doesn't have the over-engineered forearms and no one has reported ANY of their problems with it. Adding this much complexity and structural fragility all for the sake of a tiny wiggle in the arm which is useless since a bicep swivel exists just doesn't make much sense to me.

I'm damn lucky I found out about the SS OOO breakage issues before I even got the figure. And thank god I got him for a steal of only 46$ and free shipping and no issues. Guess the guy wanted it out of his house badly. I went ahead and added dishwashing soap on the elbow and sanded down the peg so that switching the forearms out are a breeze. Although, I still have fears that it might break on me one day.

And clearly, this problem isn't isolated on us folk too. Even japanese modelers who take apart their SHFs to make customs off of and have the most delicate of hands as possible still suffer the same fate.

I'm seriously tempted to buy a Body-kun and switch out the forearms just so I could avoid the depression that follows after the forearm of my favorite Kamen Rider suit (and the show that got me back into this franchise) gets mutilated in front of me.

I'm not getting the SS Den-O because it features this. I'm getting the Figure-rise one coming out soon. I almost had a heartattack when I first saw the listing images of SHF Vulcan and thought he had the same joints.