[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Both my Carnage and Nova have slightly flimsy joints, but not too much in the way that they feel like they'll break. I feel like because of how they're soft, but still firm enough, they might be likely to last as long as, or more than hard plastic joints. On some of my older figures (none from Marvel that I recall) with hard plastic joints about as thin as these new Legends joints, after periods of inactivity they became brittle and snapped under low pressure. So maybe the slightly flimsy plastic is for the better.

I know that with some of my older Legends, I have to gingerly manipulate their joints: Series One (and two) Hulk - ab joint, Series 9 Iron Man - shoulder joint (recently, I have actually broken my grey version), Series 14 Falcon - hip joint, Wave 2 Yellowjacket - hip joint, and I worry about the leg on my Ares BAF (although my worries aren't really merited since they are based on other people's experiences...my fig seems good)

I tend to agree that these new joints may last longer, but I won't know until time passes and I can observe how they age. I collect and keep loose, but I meticulously bag & re-box. I have a smoke free home (I sound like a damn eBay "loose fig" listing) and my figs are kept dry (maybe too dry). This is more of an issue for loose collectors. I imagine MOC collectors don't care so much.

I do admit that the funky elbows (separation at the joint) bothers me and I have already implemented counter measures to rectify the issues when they arise (I lay them on the offending side for days at a time - usually works). Time will tell much with these new designs...