>>7529991>>7530255>>7530325I bought one a year ago without knowing about the ankle problems ahead of time. Part of the trouble is that the ankle feels tight, but is still slightly moveable even when it’s placing undue (and undetected) stress on the stalk of the joint. The stalk broke on mine after I’d already transformed her once, so it’s not so much a hamhands issue as an inability to detect whether the one you have is about to break.
The thing is, only the left ankle had this problem on mine; the right ankle, and the replacement left leg I got from TF Source, both move smoothly and without any problems so far.
Anon, I personally think Chromia is worth it, BUT I would recommend that you a) see if one ankle feels tighter than the other (the “good” joints feel like a normal, kid-friendly retail toy’s ball-and-socket joint), and b) be prepared to disassemble the foot/ankle (there are 2-3 screws which hold the foot together around the ball joint). You may be able to salvage a tight ankle by loosening it in this way. Anons with more experience in models and toy-repair can probably offer input on lubricants which will help as well (for example, some lubricants will deterioate the.plastic, and should be avoided, but I do not have a full list of those on me). If you’re willing/able to take all that into account, she is a VERY aesthetically-pleasing dinobot girl, with perhaps the best T&A on a 3P or official transformer until Firebird Arcee gets enough backing to become a reality.
