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Thanks! I got one after I missed preorders earlier this year

Hey homie, I had the same issue as you with my DX VF-31J. One leg felt looser than the other, for sure. I felt particularly brave today and wanted to see if it's possible at all to do so myself! Before I start though, this is my first time posting here with images, so forgive me if the implementation is a bit wack (advice would be welcome!) But anyway, I went about trying to disassemble the hip section. It wasn't pretty. There's two screws. The back is easily accessible, but the front is hidden under a plate I had to bust in order to open, as shown in the image above. The good news is that this plate in battroid mode will be hidden, and people would have to look real hard under the gerwalk/fighter mode to notice the break. CAUTION: Open up the hips on top of a large table. The parts are liable to pop off and you don't want small bits going out. The image above also shows what I found underneath. The gears associated with the legs push against this ridged die cast plate, which are supported and pushed up by springs. When I took the diecast plate off, I did notice that the springs are uneven, in the image below. I'm not mechanically inclined so I don't know what the term is, but one looks a bit more deformed than the other. That's the side of the loose leg. When I swapped the springs and I reassembled the hips, I did see that the looseness had swapped with the springs. So, there you go. I'm pretty sure that if we replace the springs with stronger ones, it'll make the ratchet tension better. I'm about to go to Home Depot to see if I can buy some 4mm x 10mm compression springs, I think these are the ones that would fit. On that note, if anyone has advice on how to make my maintenance post better, please let me know. I'm just happy I can finally contribute.

Oh no. I need to hit that eject button LMAO. I gotta find HLJ's return policy 🥲

Delayed until after June.

Too lazy? In any case, I'm quite excited for the VF-1J. It'll be my first VF-1 toy and second Hi-Metal.

Comparison from 2chan.

Thank you for the review, ff95gj. It's really appreciated.

Alex, can't you strengthen that ball joint by a drop of superglue and then dabbing it dry with tissue, to glue in tiny lints to it, and thus increasing the surface area of the ball joint?