All of that is true, but Neca is known for having some delicate figures in the past.
It has only happened to me once with the first Jungle Hunter, but that figure was brittle as ****, I didn't even apply force to the elbow and it just snapped like it was made out of dry mud, figures should NOT be that fragile, I've also seen a couple of broken Jokers owned by people who know how to handle figures.
So I'm not gonna criticize that dude because Neca is known for having ****** plastic from time to time, nothing to do with having stomach hands.
I never treat a Neca product like a ML or Hasbro. What we have from them lately is a revolutionary design but looking back and I might be showing my age or my collecting years on this, but Neca was never a company that was known for their articulation.
Detail was always there game because that was their norm to begin with.
I remember TRUs took a long while to carry Neca products. I was so used to only seeing Neca figures at places like Suncoast , TOWER records and Samgoody for god's sakes.
I recall Neca had four points of articulation figures that were either based on Heavymetal or Rock bands in the past or horror films, and I don't mean Nightmare on Elm Street we see now, I'm talking about PuppetMaster and Dracula toys or Iron Maiden,. Basically when Mcfarlane dropped these lines, Neca took over.
Anyway IMO Neca is still struggling with the concept of still maintaining their detail but make it more articulated. But I will say they get better and better with each new line.
What collectors have to realize that Neca joints will never be a style of ML, Hasbro, Mattel, Playmates. It's just not them.
The QC will improve, we just have to be patient. There are always ways to highly articulate these Neca joints, but you just have to work them in. You don't even have to heat them up or soften them. You just got to know how to work them in. It's not hard, just got to pay attention on how these joints are designed
