I also haven't had any sets get cracked limbs. I guess it's just the luck of the drawn.

The 2008-2010 sets have different sockets compared to those used in 2005-2007. They were redesigned for improved durability. They're not perfect, though. My hand on Bulk is beginning to break ;_;

The current sockets are easily the best yet. Yes, they're a lot bigger, but they're almost indestructible.

I barely use my pre-2008 parts becauase of fear of them breaking

I really don't get the criticism, either. :/ I've only EVER had problems with lime parts from 2007, which LEGO even acknowledged was a problem. The others, I don't remember them doing... Yet it worries me enough to hesitate to take anything apart...

I think after the 2007 joint problem people began to panic any time a part broke, and then assumed that all the panicking meant that the problem was still going on just as much as it had been in 2007. In reality, the issue got much better, even though there still were issues with parts breaking up until HF introduced the new reinforced joints.

At the same time, examples of parts NOT breaking doesn't prove anything. All it shows is that there are some post-2006 joints that don't have problems, and everybody already knows that.

I've only had problems when taking sets apart, not falling on them. There is a difference.

^That. Is. The. Most. Awesome. Comment. EVAH.

I've had almost all my 207-2008 joints break