QC issues?

I can't remember if it was Ken Shamrock or Ultimate Warrior, but one of the ab crunches was extremely loose. It tends to be loose in the direction of falling back instead of forward.

I have no trouble keeping them in place, but it is very loose like yours.

Sad when the prices went up the QC got worse.

My guy, I’ve been complaining about loose abs for years. It’s affected half the figures I’ve bought in the last 4 years.

the mattel torsos used to have a little rubber insert in between the belly and chest of the torso to hold it tight in pose, however mattel has ceased producing this part (and a little waist square to make it sturdy as well) in a measure to cut cost due to now having to spend the budget on double jointed/pin-less arms or they just stopped caring.

you can use mod podge or sealer or KiKi solution to make them harder (just drip or dab a bit of the liquids inside the joints)

their #1 priority is the MOC collector.

their #1 priority is kids who play with the figures and don’t care about bad paint apps or loose joints

if I was a kid I'd still be upset about paint splotches because it shouldn't be there

This is often the thought by those who don’t have kids

Does a kid want say orton in black trunks and a black sleeveless hoodie, or warrior with bright colours, facepaint and tassels looking like a mad superhero

Which catches a grandparents attention looking for a figure for little Jimmy?

Kids do want legends. There’s also the network and wwe YouTube shows a lot of footage of these wrestlers so to say kids don’t know who they are isn’t correct. If put my 8 year olds knowledge of 1990-96/97 up against most people

Back onto the subject of QC - either I’ve been INCREDIBLY lucky (300+ figures lucky) or I’m not looking hard enough because unless I’m being VERY (some may say unduly) critical then I’d say Mattel’s quality is very good.
Mid you want sonething perfect then there’s lines which go £200 / £300 figures which might be what you’re after / not a £30 toy

another good point. Even tho I never watched in their prime I had a good sense of who they were because of wwes great video packages

I’ve never had the issue either unless it was with a bigger figure as it was talked about in my original post. But here lately it’s gotten a lot worse. The royal rumble BAF Warrior or whatever like that was in , I had to buy 2 more of those because the ab crunch was loose. And I’m talking about QC issues in general but more so with loose parts , these figures also had paint app issues but that’s easier to deal with majority of the time and can be fixed more than loose parts can be.