>>6928047You mean the "We hate diecast regardless of how well it's used" anons again. Diecast is an obsolete material used for nostalgia value and cost cutting. Metal adds weight to shipping costs, increases the use of paint (which it doesn't hold as well as plastics and thus more likely to chip), wears out plastic quickly when directly connected to it on a joint, and can impact the tolerances of plastics in joints with diecast on them, like making stands impractical or limbs too heavy to reliably pose.
There are enough plastics to serve any need you have or a figure, with the added benefit of being able to tighten joints relatively easily, mold parts in the colors you need, hold paints better, maintain sharper molded details, and balance being light and durable. Even if diecast can lower a center of gravity, good design and engineering can eliminate the need entirely.
And if you absolutely want the heft of weight, why can't it be inserted into hollow spaces in figures? That would entirely resolve the need for paint and joint-connection wear. But no, companies have to insist on making whole parts out of the stuff and it only serves to add weight and drawbacks.
