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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 17:24:53 GMT -5
Today 3 figures I touched for the first time in 10+ years had their left arm fall right off. I imagine there are more waiting for dismemberment. Stored safely, no reasonable explanation other then plastic that didn’t age well.
This is more of a PSA then anything. Good luck!
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Jul 30, 2022 19:21:52 GMT -5
With ones? My BCA's and TTL's are still in good condition.
In the past I always had RA's break quite easily. Always found them to be poorer quality compared to their predecessors.
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Post by Mr Angry Cena on Jul 31, 2022 15:35:48 GMT -5
It’s certainly a problem with some RA style Jakks figs. I’ve had the same thing happen to me over the years. The shoulders seem to become frail over time.
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Post by wholefnshow420 on Aug 1, 2022 6:48:29 GMT -5
It's really common with the ra and classic superstar figures especially with the latter versions that was released the last few years before the line ended
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Post by Scott! on Aug 1, 2022 10:02:07 GMT -5
Over the past year I've bought quite a lot of loose figures, but only 2 I've had this happen to. It seems to be the left arm and it's just been a case of the joint being too tight and snapping the plastic inside of the shoulder joint. It seems to be a later series issue as well, it was an RA 41 Goldust and Classic Series 27 Warlord, so they were very late on.
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Post by Mr. #1derful 🇵🇸 on Aug 1, 2022 16:22:51 GMT -5
My ECW Series 1 Sandman's right arm is barely hanging on. It actually fell off at one point, but I guess there was enough plastic left to slide it back into place.
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Post by wrestlingfan0815 on Aug 6, 2022 13:02:30 GMT -5
Extremely loose arms were definitely a problem with Jakks figures especially in later years, some of mine you couldn’t even get the arms to stay in place
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Post by wrestlingfan1000 on Aug 6, 2022 13:41:43 GMT -5
I love Jakks and I love collecting their figures. However I will say that their arm construction are terrible. I only had like three break on me, but I have a lot with the loose arm problem and it sucks! I don't know how they designed the arm joint to be rectangular and move around 360 with out any issues. Plus the plastic that hold things together are thin and can break easily. Poor execution on Jakks which why I believe their arms are so fragile.
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Post by GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy on Aug 6, 2022 18:42:23 GMT -5
That was one of the major issues with Jakks. Their arms usually came loose straight out the package. Over the years, I've experienced the same. Most even, if not used became loose. The elbow/kneepads started to become tacky. I'm assuming it's just some kind of chemical release from the rubber used??? I got me thinking about collecting in the long run.
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Post by Kolia on Aug 9, 2022 23:05:41 GMT -5
I just had a similar experience.
My series 1 Bret hart leg popped right out. Luckily I can just pop it back in, but it’s kind of annoying since I want to use him for figure photography.
I’d love to blame it on the age of these figures, but it use to happen back then, too, when they were new!
Anywho, gotta’ love those BCAs
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Post by jason1980s on Aug 11, 2022 16:30:48 GMT -5
That happened pretty frequently in 1996 when the first series came out, especially the Razor and Diesel's I bought. I'd be off to the toy store and get a new one only for it to happen again.
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Post by RuthlessFigs on Aug 11, 2022 20:38:43 GMT -5
This has happened rarely for me, but not never.
- Back in 2007, i got the RA29 HBK, within a few days, his right arm came straight out... Shoulder and all. Thankfully dad was able to fix it, and even so the articulation still worked.
- In 2010, i finally got the Cyber Sunday Jeff Hardy (face painted one), and straight out of the box, the left arm was barely hanging on. It had what i call the 'Helicopter Arm'... A small flick would send the arm spinning. I've still got it now on my desk, in the exact condition it came out of the box in, since i never ended up playing with it.
- Couple years ago in 2020, i did a photo for Instagram, and got my DX Triple H & HBK out for it. While finding a pose for Triple H, his left arm literally just fell out... Not cracks, snaps or even force from my part, just one movement and it just dropped out.
Thankfully the rest of my Jakks figures have remained intact (at least the ones i've touched recently), so hopefully time doesn't take a toll on them and their arms break & fall out.
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Post by GoCanes84 on Aug 12, 2022 18:56:26 GMT -5
Today 3 figures I touched for the first time in 10+ years had their left arm fall right off. I imagine there are more waiting for dismemberment. Stored safely, no reasonable explanation other then plastic that didn’t age well. This is more of a PSA then anything. Good luck! Hey. At least it took ten years. My first batch of Jakks took ten seconds. |
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Post by TheXtremisT on Sept 4, 2022 12:51:32 GMT -5
Basically the issue that plagued ECW Series 1 CM Punk, where the weak plastic broke that was housing the shoulder joint, is now happening with a lot of their figures because it was the same engineering, except the plastic over time is degrading and losing its strength.
So this will become more common as time goes on as the plastic slowly breaks down.
It's their very poor design work and use of cheaper more brittle plastic in later years that is causing this.
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Post by JC Motors on Oct 9, 2022 9:10:48 GMT -5
I know a lot of RA figures get really loose. My one Snitsky figure sometimes doesn't stand up too well. His ECW one is good though
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Post by therealworldchampion on Oct 10, 2022 3:09:57 GMT -5
This was a problem later on with the jack figures they switched out the arm pegs and put little spacers in that were far too large and it would break the plastic which would cause arms to fall off It was a major problem with the later Jakks figures
I go over it in this video...
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Oct 15, 2022 5:00:37 GMT -5
Yeah this is a theme with RAs. It's why I am turned off buying loose ones
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