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Post by JCF on Sept 28, 2020 16:33:11 GMT -5
Has anyone had issues with their loose figures simply just... breaking? I found a bag of some old Jakks figures from probably 13-14 years ago. Upon turning the arms, most just broke. Lol. Not even like they were stored bad or roughly played with.
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Post by wolfpac on Sept 28, 2020 16:50:28 GMT -5
I ran into this problem - Had a bin of RAs in storage for maybe 8-10 years - took them out a few weekends ago and almost every arm or leg joint is loose
I know for sure back when I played with them, they weren't that loose
TTLs all held up though.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 29, 2020 12:26:04 GMT -5
I ran into this problem - Had a bin of RAs in storage for maybe 8-10 years - took them out a few weekends ago and almost every arm or leg joint is loose I know for sure back when I played with them, they weren't that loose TTLs all held up though. The reason is the engineering in how the arms were inserted into the sockets. TTLs I believe had more plastic in the torso surrounding the arm plugs. RAs only had a socket with 2 thin sections housing the disc-shaped plug on either side in the torso. If one would break (hard, brittle plastic), it would become loose and prone to falling out. It was extremely cheap and resulted in a lot of arms breaking or loosening over time, through light play for me. Not even being rough with them. They were such a joke. |
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Post by Decky on Sept 29, 2020 13:20:18 GMT -5
Old loose Toy Biz Marvel legends. So much articulation points warped, frozen or simply snapped off in my hand.
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Post by jboi1306 on Sept 29, 2020 14:36:37 GMT -5
This worries me as I have a large collection of Ruthless Aggression figures in storage! I have heard that Jakks RA figures don't age very well (the most common issue being the 'sticky' plastic clothing) but the idea of arms breaking etc is concerning.
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Post by JCF on Sept 29, 2020 14:49:07 GMT -5
This worries me as I have a large collection of Ruthless Aggression figures in storage! I have heard that Jakks RA figures don't age very well (the most common issue being the 'sticky' plastic clothing) but the idea of arms breaking etc is concerning. Yeah, this sucks. |
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Post by JC Motors on Oct 19, 2020 11:31:56 GMT -5
I haven't had any problems with my Rocky figures
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Post by immortal1 on Oct 19, 2020 12:09:23 GMT -5
I've had loose joints on certain Classic Superstars figures and I've found plumbers tape (ptfe tape) wrapped around the joints helps matters (in my experience anyway)...strange how some are fine and some aren't
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Post by jboi1306 on Oct 19, 2020 14:48:51 GMT -5
I've had loose joints on certain Classic Superstars figures and I've found plumbers tape (ptfe tape) wrapped around the joints helps matters (in my experience anyway)...strange how some are fine and some aren't Sorry mate, probably a stupid question but you wrap tape around the joints? Do you leave it on and cover with knee and elbow pads? |
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Post by Scott! on Oct 19, 2020 15:22:44 GMT -5
To add to the conversation here, I've opened a few Jakks the last year that have been bought MOC and I've not had the problem of joints being loose or anything like that. Could it be a temperature thing? If they're stored away loose it could be melting a bit of the plastic leading them to snapping?
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Post by PJ on Oct 24, 2020 5:21:58 GMT -5
I don’t know about the ones I packed away, but the ones I still have displayed are fine.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Oct 25, 2020 7:42:03 GMT -5
The arms on the RAs used to break after a period of being played with I remember.
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Post by immortal1 on Oct 28, 2020 18:00:28 GMT -5
I've had loose joints on certain Classic Superstars figures and I've found plumbers tape (ptfe tape) wrapped around the joints helps matters (in my experience anyway)...strange how some are fine and some aren't Sorry mate, probably a stupid question but you wrap tape around the joints? Do you leave it on and cover with knee and elbow pads? Sorry I've just seen this, I put the tape around the gap between the shoulder and the chest part of the figure and tuck the tape into the chest cavity (if that makes sense). It makes the arms tighter, I saw it done with Star Wars figures on YouTube and thought I'd try it on the Jakks I had. As far as arm and knee joints I've never put tape on those. Although someone on here mentioned using a drop of super glue on ankle joints and running the joint under a tap whilst moving the joint which also worked for me as some of the figures wouldn't stand properly. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2020 18:04:17 GMT -5
Anytime I take a Jakks classic or RA out of safe storage and adjust the rotator cuff so that the deltoid is displayed properly the arm snaps right off.
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Post by "The Gothic Superstar" Ronin on Nov 8, 2020 16:45:39 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2020 6:04:45 GMT -5
I ran into this problem - Had a bin of RAs in storage for maybe 8-10 years - took them out a few weekends ago and almost every arm or leg joint is loose I know for sure back when I played with them, they weren't that loose TTLs all held up though. The reason is the engineering in how the arms were inserted into the sockets. TTLs I believe had more plastic in the torso surrounding the arm plugs. RAs only had a socket with 2 thin sections housing the disc-shaped plug on either side in the torso. If one would break (hard, brittle plastic), it would become loose and prone to falling out. It was extremely cheap and resulted in a lot of arms breaking or loosening over time, through light play for me. Not even being rough with them. They were such a joke. It should be noted that the RA figures having the two slits of plastic in the shoulder joints was a change made around 2006. Scared me away from collecting after my ECW Series 1 Punk broke and my CS 3 Pack Piper and Orndorff had loose arms out of the box. |
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Post by kidtwist on Nov 9, 2020 21:37:09 GMT -5
Thanks for this always wondered what I Could do about loose arms . I have a bunch stored cause alot of them the arms started to fall off , so when the arms got loose I just started Stored them away . |
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Post by "The Gothic Superstar" Ronin on Nov 10, 2020 0:32:48 GMT -5
no problem, i notice that a lot when i buy figs for parts n such, ill still take jakks over mattel any day lol
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Post by mikey on Nov 14, 2020 8:35:01 GMT -5
Thinking about it, none of my Jakks WWE figures have ever broken.
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Post by J'Dinkalage Morgoone on Nov 22, 2020 1:29:29 GMT -5
I still have a lot of mine from when i collected. None have broken, and they have been in storage.
it may be a temperature thing
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