[underkill]

This is a great thread. Some really good ideas. I'd really like to see seamless wrist joints on 1/6 figures but i can understand the challenge there. Also a perfected material for seamless rubber bodies would be nice. One that never tears or cracks, doesn't stick to itself and can be pigmented accurately without needing paint, but it's a bit of a pipe dream. Fingers crossed for a breakthrough.

Also, when it comes to how business is done, I really think these companies doing high-end figures need to do more to deal with figures that break. They have gotten much better and I almost never have a broken figure, but I'd like to see more metal joints, or plastic joints that are easily removable and replacements can be bought from the company, indefinitely (the molds are just sitting there, after all). Even at a cost to the collector which I would have no problem with. For figures like hot toys, I want to be able to buy wrist joints directly from them, whenever I want for any figure. I think this is one area where 3d-printing can be utilized very soon, but not necessarily by traditional FDM printing as it is now.