>>11035641Brace yourselves for my very good and very brave opinions:
1) I'd rather figures have a solid torso than a split torso that looks ugly. For female figures, if they can't hide the break in the upper torso by cutting it to end along the bust line, I'd rather have a solid torso.
2) In most cases, there's no functional difference between having a ball joint at the chest or a ball joint at the waist. The only way for a torso to be highly articulated is to have both a ball joint and a hinge joint (see: the Target Black Widow, Warbird, etc.).
3) Obviously, the ideal scenario is for torsos to have two points of articulation. However, if figures can only have one torso joint, having it at the waist is preferable to having it at the chest.
Thus concludes my thrilling lecture on plastic torsos.
