>Easy to break
>Has to be made out of the same plastic as the rest of the toy
>Often limits articulation
>Often looks ugly as sin
>If it breaks it's not easy at all to repair
Why do toy manufacturers (Western ones especially) still insist on integrating joints into the sculpt? Why haven't they followed the example of (most) Japanese toys and used separately engineered joints? (see: Revoltechs, Figmas, a lot of- but not all- Bandai products, etc). It just works better.