>>10961231>I think the Patlabor revos use this type of hip joint as wellThey do, yes! Their hip range is quite spectacular as a result, and there's no weird gapping because they're swivels.
Even though new Yamaguchi developments have sort of slowed down lately, he still deserves his flowers for continuing to push the boundaries long after Bandai and Max Factory thought they had it down to a safe science, and were sitting on their asses. AY was a meteoric change from Revoltech, they slowly replaced every Revolver joint until it was a completely new (and better) system. It's remarkable, really.