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2005 was fine, 2007 was when lime joints became a problem. 2008 is when all joints became a problem.

On that note, I've been having more and more difficulty with original 2001 parts. Not the sockets, but the axle holders, mainly at the area where the Toa's legs and Bohrok's limbs connect to the axle coming out of the body.

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34 minutes ago, Master Inika said:

On that note, I've been having more and more difficulty with original 2001 parts. Not the sockets, but the axle holders, mainly at the area where the Toa's legs and Bohrok's limbs connect to the axle coming out of the body.

I've noticed that being a problem in the past 5 years or so. Most of the 2001 parts that I needed replacing are the axle holders that you are speaking of.

For some reason the Bohrok-Kal's broke first, the black ones lasted a long time, but eventually wore down. Since at the time they were 15 years old, I'd say that's a pretty good run overall. Better than breaking almost instantly like 2008 onward.

 

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2007 was a disaster for lime joints. However for 6 years straigth the old design was thick and sturdy. I never understood why they did the 2008 change. They most likely wanted a tighter grip similar to the black joints used in titan figures and fill in the gaps on small hand size sockets. But slimming the joints made them too way too thin.

Why were they unable to design make the thick Hero Factory improved joints earlier?

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On 10/16/2021 at 3:07 PM, (-Kopaka Toa of Ice-) said:

2007 was a disaster for lime joints. However for 6 years straigth the old design was thick and sturdy. I never understood why they did the 2008 change. They most likely wanted a tighter grip similar to the black joints used in titan figures and fill in the gaps on small hand size sockets. But slimming the joints made them too way too thin.

Why were they unable to design make the thick Hero Factory improved joints earlier?

I'm pretty sure it all had to do with the quality of the plastic, not the design.

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Amazing, I didn't know lime joints from 2005 were a thing, thank yall for pointing out a secondary source of parts just in case my 2007 sets break down.

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On 10/6/2021 at 6:53 PM, Master Inika said:

2005 was fine, 2007 was when lime joints became a problem. 2008 is when all joints became a problem.

On that note, I've been having more and more difficulty with original 2001 parts. Not the sockets, but the axle holders, mainly at the area where the Toa's legs and Bohrok's limbs connect to the axle coming out of the body.

I've had to replace a ton of the 2001 joints for this exact reason

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On 10/18/2021 at 11:48 PM, Nektann said:

Amazing, I didn't know lime joints from 2005 were a thing, thank yall for pointing out a secondary source of parts just in case my 2007 sets break down.

Yes, but be warned there's not any visual distinction between these two. You're gonna be guessing unless you know for certain it's from a Keelerak.

But yes, to echo people's statement: it was 2007. Specifically Hahli Mahri and then later Lesovikk - I myself never had trouble with Ehlek. I don't remember any widespread reporting until Hahli's release due to the batch of improperly cooled plastic. I think the news article still exists - probably from July-August 2007?

 

Then of course we got the socket redesign in 2008 and everything was fair game for cracking.

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