gul_avel wrote:Everyone is saying yay or nay, but my question is how well do those arms work?
If a spear or shield were placed in the hand, would the joints of the arm hold that weight? or would the arms fall limp along the side. It is a neat idea, but the Lego arm makes for some steady posturing and posing. The potential of these arms for posing is awesome, true; but, if they grow weak with age or use, then they will benefit nothing. The plastic around the joints needs to be tight to hold the weight of what is in the hands.
I'll answer that with this earlier post (page 1) -
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--It takes some force to pull arms off a minifig. How well do these custom arms hold up to that much force?
Even these rapid protos hold up compared to Lego arms,
and they're not even made from ABS. In ABS form, they
would be equivalent to Lego, no doubt.
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--How stable are they? That is, if you put a fig in a pose holding some weapon etc, do the arms start to droop or do they stay in place? Is there a maximum amount of weight that this works with (e.g. normal sword stays up, large halberd droops, etc)?
Very stable, as I expected. There is no "droop", as of yet.
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The potential of these arms for posing is awesome, true; but, if they grow weak with age or use, then they will benefit nothing.
Ok...then what should I do with my Lego hands that can't hold much anymore? Get new ones? Yes, of course.
Where's the benefit in that?
I'd like to add, that no plastic joint will last forever, not even a Lego one. Over time, it will wear itself down and
become loose from the constant friction, the more you play with it.
Take it for what you will. These arms are not being made
to replace anything. I see them as elements that can be
used by people who want "more" out of certain minifigs.
I don't expect any one person to want/buy 1000 pairs.
If they do, that's fine.