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If I purchase him on eBay, is there a chance I'll get the discoloration QC issue? I heard the newer version comes with an extra chest piece.

I got this one in June of 2025, and I've said ever since I got him that he's objectively the best action figure I own so far. The joints were all smooth, felt great to move around with, held their places VERY well when posed, and the sculpt and paint are all great. I recently grabbed him off the shelf again after a few weeks of just leaving him up there. I was messing with his right thigh, swinging it forward in a kick, which also usually engages the drop-down part of the thigh joint, then returned the thigh to standing position shortly thereafter, maybe a few minutes. The drop-down was engaged at this point, so I push it up while keeping the leg straight so it's at the same level as the left leg, but I felt something strange happen, like a click or something. I immediately started testing it, and now his thigh joint is all super tight, and it CLICKS like it's ratcheted when kicking forward or moving backward! I test out the left thigh, and it's doing the same thing now! What in the HELL is going on?! I think this is too crazy, let me just soak it in some hot sink water for a minute or two, that always loosens up the joints, but it still sounds ratcheted and is super tight. I test the splits position on the right leg to see if that feels different, but it's roughly the same as it's always been. Then I try twisting the thigh joint a little from the split position, and that seemed to stop the ratcheting sound and action (still pretty tight, though), but the left leg, no matter what I did, was still ratcheted feeling. This is the craziest thing I've ever even heard of with an action figure. How is this even possible? The thighs are so tight that when I move them forward or backward I'm legitimately worried that something might break, and I can't afford to waste money on a replacement in the foreseeable future.

Has this happened to anyone else's Alpha Ryu or Ken? What in God's holy name could possibly be causing this? It's so discouraging when a 10/10 figure suddenly goes to a 3 or a 2. I don't know what else I could do, other than try a little shock oil in the thigh joints, but it seems like that wouldn't help the weird ratcheted feeling of them. This is so crazy, I have no idea what's going on, and things don't look out of the ordinary when I put him in the splits to look at the joints. If anyone really wants pics (there's not much to see) I'll post some tomorrow for them.

Are they allowed to rerelease them or are they contractually obligated not to make more of that figure/ color-way?

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