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Originally Posted by Raine24

I've heard it straight from multiple people: they come back to re-pose the next day, only to find they need to heat the entire thing up again, and again the next week. That a handful of joints aren't as affected, but ones like the knees and hips will lock up entirely again, and hands will snap if you insert a weapon without heating them up. Vests are their own nightmare requiring tweezers or pliers with focused heat/cold cycles to keep them in place. Gun stocks snap off at room temp.

Well I can't speak for those multiple people. I have not needed to reheat the figures every time I wanted to pose.
My figures weren't locked up to start nor have locked up later on. Nor does it seem like my hands will snap putting accessories into them.

Given how it is winter right now, I do have to question the validity of their statements. Of course maybe they are living in warm temps.

The vests are an annoyance due to the peg. That was definitely a misstep in the design. But focused heat/cold cycles?
You just can't get a good grip on the peg. It super easy to pop them in if it's off the figure. With a pair of tweezers it would take like 3 seconds to pop in securely. This is something the designers needs to address.

The accessories are a harder plastic. So you get detailed accessories that aren't going to warp at the expense of flexibility. While others go more flexible at the expense of warping/less detail.


From my pov, you've drastically overblown these issues that also plague every plastic figure nowadays. You are making it seems like these figures needs 24/7 maintenance with extreme care which just isn't true. If you own a Marvel Legends figure, you have 90% of a Valaverse experience.