>>11637806as others said it most likely a cost cutting measure, but I do think theres some aesthetic design choice in it too, they usually do it for sleeves, like the upcoming Miku or trying to capture Marcille's baggy robes without doing actual cloth, doing a single joint does make it look slightly better in a static pose when bent like
>>11637793 at a glance looks fine and would look pretty good on a shelf from a distance.
and there are no doubt tons of statue fags that kept complaining about joints that gsc sadly took seriously, because really a lot of the people that dont normally buy figmas and just does it for their generic vtuber of choice would be better off getting a statue and frankly figma arent too far off in price to some of them nowadays
