>>9013000odd thing happened during the fix though. this little kidney bean shaped piece of plastic came out of the bottom half... i imagine it was in the space where the legs meet the hips. i checked and nothing is broken. so i guess it was just an extra piece of plastic.
btw goodsmile did say they would send me a replacement, if they mean joint or figure idk. but like the other anon said because of japan post restrictions to the US they can't tell me when. while i appreciate the that they didn't try to pass the blame to me its kind of shitty they won't ship out anything because they can't mail it as cheap as possible.
oh well what ever my figure is fixed and it only cost me a little time and a pack of joints, which i am sure will come in handy again.