People have complained about the plastic and I thought they were being crazy. To be honest, they are right. Something is off with it. Just feels cheap....not like a RoC / PoC figure....more like a generic dollar store figure. I wonder if the Dollar Joes suffer from the same indignity. My GI Joe Trooper is very difficult to pose and his feet are crocked.
For me, the plastic isn't a problem. Its consistent enough with what has gone before and is good quality. Cheapo plastic will have catastrophic problems, like sheering in mid-part, or along "fault lines" and are common in knock-off toys. I've bought dollar store toys on occasion and often the plastic is so cheap that the toy will break taking it out of the package, break on first pose and then literally crumble under ANY stress.
But that is why its so cheap, right? Off-shore toys, like some Japanese toys used to have this problem too.
Bear in mind that the Joe trooper figure has the rocker ankles, I believe--so he can pose in some wonky-looking positions. The trick is to put him on a stand and he'll hold a pose just fine. If you don't have stands, my trusty alternative is a small dollop of poster putty--works just as good as stands in many cases.
