[OneAngryDwrf]

Greetings All,

I'm new here, and just recently became aware of toy ark and these boards.

I wanted to point out that the Neca reel toys Chris Reeve Superman figure does in fact have a upper torso ball joint as well as a ball joint at the waist/belt line. It looks like Neca's solution to hiding this joint was to cover the torso with a softer plastic "shirt" covering. Anyone familiar with the old Art Asylum Classic Star Trek figures could look to those as an example as they utilized a similar technique for disguising the upper torso/ab joint.

The material they used on Superman is somewhat firm and not really pliable, so it's easy to miss that the joint is there. However, if you firmly hold the mid torso and move the upper chest you can feel it move independently of each other. Though there is not a lot of movement there.

I can also attest to being wary of the joints on this figure as I went through two Superman figures before getting one in which the joints freed up without breaking. I think the blue plastic they molded to match the costume color is just too brittle. Add to the fact that several of those joints have painted surfaces and that leads to easily broken action figures.

Make sure you heat up all of the joints with a hair dryer. It worked wonders.... On figure #3...

Other than that, it is truly a beautiful action figure. The likeness to Christopher Reeve is uncanny.

Regards,

OAD