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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Unless McFarlane has fixed some of the issues from previous figures with the newer series, many of the Walking Dead figures are pretty fragile and should be handled with care. On my figure of the Governor for example, the peg inside the interchangeable head snapped right off within seconds of taking him out of the package as I attempted to swap it out for the eyepatched version. My Carl figure also had issues with his dainty wrists, as did Michonne's pet zombies (the pegs supporting the arms and the head is very thin and weak, I was scared ****less trying to remove the chain around their necks.)

Daryl's motorcycle, while an excellent looking piece, is also really light and has a fragile feeling to it. It's not something that I would be comfortable putting on a high shelf as I'm sure it wouldn't survive the fall.

That said...this new wave is probably the last of the figures that I'll be getting for the line outside of new future zombies, as the Rick looks great, and I'm happy to finally get Carol and Hershel.

My experiences are exactly the same as yours, aside from Michonne's pets. Have 'em, never opened 'em. Got one of the comic versions, though, and nothing about him seemed fragile. Broken Governor neck post? Check. Frail wrists for Carl #1? Check. Motorcycle? Check.

Those are the only ones that have ever been iffy, though, and I own a good number of these things and have posed them quite a bit. So, I'd say McFarlane's track record is actually great, but be wary of interchangeable parts. I've been pretty impressed, actually.

Agreed about this wave, too. Rick and Carol are must-haves, but... I think I'm done with human characters after them. Unless they make a better articulated Shane that actually looks like John Bernthal, but I think that ship has sailed.