What’s With the Hips on New Elites?

I got the new Elite Usos, Solo, and the Hogan 3-pack and even though they all have ball joints in the hips, they are stiff as all heck. The Hogans I can move ok, but the legs sort of snap into place either all the way forward or in standing position, but there’s not much between those two positions. It’s kind of like the ratchet hips on Marvel Legends except you can only position the legs at 180 degrees or 90 degrees.

And the Usos and Solo. Man oh man are those stiff. They are almost impossible to bend the legs. Especially Solo. Solo’s hips I have to slide in place like they’re the new Ultimate drop down hips, but they’re ball joints. It’s really weird. I can get the right leg to move forward if I slide the hip into just the proper place, but the left leg barely moves. The playability is drastically reduced because I have trouble posing their legs.

I look at older figures with ball joints like tights and pants HBK, X-Pac, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns and I can move their legs in any position with ease. So what’s the deal with these new figures? Does anyone else have this issue with the new Elites or did I just get bad luck with 6 different figures?

Update: I fixed the problem by repeatedly moving the legs upward until the hip joint ground away enough plastic that the hip joints could move more freely. It took a few hours collectively over a couple days. Put on a movie or something and start working those hips.