>>5498554Having them in hand, they do have a pretty great range of motion and plenty of articulation. They all have very deep ball joints at the top of their necks and in the abdomens so they can do some pretty decent crunches and leans in all directions. Their shoulders are universal swivels and while the pauldrons can limit this movement some, they're removable so they're not a major issue. Even with them on you can get a decent range of motion. They also have gauntlet and wrist swivels as well as an elbow swivel and hinge.
Here is where their biggest articulation flaw happens however, as there is no bicep swivel and the ones with armored elbows can't bend a full 90 degrees. They have this soft rubber elbow covering that slightly hinders articulation, combined with the in-out wrist hinge instead of an up-down one, it makes two handed sword poses difficult. The skeletons get a slightly better range of motion, but it's still not enough to double hand a sword.
However, everything from the waist down is amazing. Universal joint hips, which can do full splits, thigh swivels (except skeletons), knee swivels and hinges, and absurdly articulated ankles. There hasn't been a standing pose I could put these guys in that didn't have them stand flat footed. Though sometimes that foot would be angled in an unnatural manner, it was still nice and solid on the ground.
Now they're not going to get into any crazy super flexible ninja poses, they move just like they look, like heavily armored figures. But they have more then enough range of motion to pull off some great action poses.
