[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

I wouldn't say it's intermittent sprinkling - even aside from movie figures, in just the past couple of months, we've gotten the Spider-UK body, the ANAD Spidey 2099 body, the Jackal body, the Angela body (and not just the character-specific sculptwork), the Colossus body, the Old Man Logan body, possibly some new base body for the Jane Foster Thor coming later this year (aside from the obvious character-specific sculptwork she has), and, unlike what was previously thought, a seemingly entirely new body for Moon Knight.

EDIT: I definitely have been noticing that "misaligned hinge" problem, but never anywhere near that badly.

I consider it to be intermittent simply because these new molds aren't being incorporated as much as they could be. The vast majority of the figures that have come out over the last year have still been on the Bucky Cap, Hyperion, and now Pizza Spidey mold. The Bucky Cap mold has been surprisingly resilient over the years, but I honestly cannot say the same of the other two, especially the Pizza Spidey mold, which many people started having issues with during the Sandman wave with Symbiotic Spidey. A number of people are already starting to report having issues with the "Park-Tech" Spidey already now that the MJ set is becoming more and more available, everything from loose hips (like mine) to the same shoulder issue that plagued the Symbi-Spidey. Progress has been even slower on the female molds, although honestly, I haven't had as many QC issues with my female figures outside of paint as I do my male figures.

The one non MCU figure out of the Mantis wave that incorporates a new body mold was Death's Head, and he was the one I had the least issues with in terms of miscast plastic and assembly, which didn't surprise me because of how new the Colossus body mold happens to be. The others that used older parts such as MJ, Pizza Spidey, and especially Ex Nihilo on the other hand, I ended up spending over an hour today shaving off extra bits of plastic, using hot water to free up or reshape joints, or had other issues right out of the box.

Of course, the Bucky Cap mold stayed was surprisingly issue free with Adam Warlock, so I have no explanation there other than that damn mold being resilient. Either that, or Hasbro has a factory of them still brand new in the box, ready to go when one wears out...lol.