I thought you were supposed to reciprocate?

[KELPIE]

Interested in why your fave Decepticon is Flywheels?
Was he your first bad guy?
I’m always curious about people’s choices!

Skywarp was my first Transformer.

Not sure why Flywheels. I think it came down to a few reasons. He was a fun toy to play with, he fit in well with the G.I.Joes with the bot mode being about the same height as a 3 3/4" figure, I like the idea of him splitting into two alt modes allowing him to attack from different angles and I guess I liked his involvement in the zombie arc of the Marvel UK stories. Oh and how cool does he look in the animated advert!

Welcome aboard the board!

you're going to have to elaborate on TAAU?

Abbreviation of "They Are Among Us". An alternate Australian TF forum/community.

I'd like to hear more about your thoughts on the ball joint. I feel it's made a lot of transformers possible that never would have been otherwise, but I can't help but see your point, it's a good joint design, but when it doesn't work it fails rather spectacularly..
There are other joint designs that are perhaps not as versatile however they are also more robust in many ways.

Like I said, I love articulation in my figures and there's no doubt that the ball joint really embodies that aspect. However when limbs can and do pop off with very little force it drives me nuts.

It could be something as simple as a knee joint having more tension than the ball joint in the hip can handle, hence bending a knee to pose causes the leg to pop off.

Now while this is annoying and frustrating for me, it seems to be even more so for kids, a combination of two things happening:
1) the child runs to their parents to re-attach said limb... constantly, or
2) their toybox if full of Transformers with missing limbs.
This is counter intuitive to play enjoyment.

I understand there is an argument of safety, however there is also an level of responsibility on the engineer to design a toy that can be Transformed in a manner that doesn't risk breakage or rely on limbs popping off.

I'll also say, there should be some responsibility on parents to teach kids not to get frustrated with their toys, not to use force and treat things with care. Not always going to happen I know but hey, I learned these lessons young thanks to Transformers.

Ultimately I just feel these joints cheapen the overall figure and are always the first to go over time. They had their moment, however there are now better options out there.