[Sataninjaku]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I never understood the love for the O-Ring, but then, I had several of my childhood figures fall to pieces due to their O-Rings breaking in the early 2000s. Casualties included tan/red camo Duke, Bison, Zangief, Slice, Despoiler Destro, DeeJay, Repeater, Ninja Force Storm Shadow, and a few others I can't think off the top of my head.

For me, it's largely a nostalgia thing- I started in '86, and I only didn't have o-ring joes from the end of the line in '94 (when I aged out) until they brought them back briefly in '00. Oddly, this only applies to my Joes and my SNES collection. I guess from where I sit, those are timeless. I sure the fuck don't want the Toybiz X-men figures I had in the '90s, or even the Toybiz Legends that introduced me to the line.

O-ring repair is dead simple, too. In fact, it's really not considered a flaw to have broken o-rings when buying on the aftermarket... unless we're talking about the few "fused torso" figures like Zartan and his siblings, or Ninja Force (and SFII/MK). Those are possible, but they're a right bitch. As it stands now, I can change one out in well under a minute.