I better check mine, I only took him out of the box once at Darren's house.

He did seem to have cheap paint but no different to my original MP-01 however it was intact and there wasn't anything wrong with him upfront.

My original MP-01 came with a loose leg joint which I have not been able to secure due to the nature of it but it holds in place thansk to the plastic waist tabs. The paint over time begun to chip, particularly on the Blue die cast legs with a little bit on the red.

From the looks of it, it seems that MP-01 suffers from the same issues as MP-04. This is why I am reluctant to sell MP-01 and prefer to keep MP-04 in box.