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The bizarre thing is that the joints started off tight enough, but got looser the more I transformed and posed it. Bending the knee fully into Gerwalk configuration seemed to have a ton of resistance at first, not sure if that made it worse...

I filmed a video of just how loose my YF-21's knees have gotten. https://youtu.be/wGxk-op1rLA Seriously, of all its faults, this is the most egregious in my book...

How are the knee ratches on your copies holding up? I've since just relegated mine to the display stand, but after a couple of week's worth of posing, they got really floppy.

Got mine on HLJ. That was painless...

Issues with the neck sculpt aside, the fact that they went the extra mile to engineer a non-partsforming cover just goes to show how much more they give a crap about the 19 than the 21/22.

I'm trying to get in on HLJ myself, but they seem to not follow the standard preorder time...

All right. When will the preorder madness begin this time? I'm not missing out like I did with the YF-21, though, evidently, it's not going to be as bad?

Darn... I'm assuming all hope is lost? (^.^')

To be fair, I've been playing and transforming mine quite often. I don't think it will become loose just from standing.

Is there any way to tighten the ratchets in the knees (namely the top knee joint)? They've gotten so floppy that it's almost impossible to get mine to stand on its own.

Hm... the knees on mine are becoming a little too loose for my liking. I'd really like to go in and do something to tighten them, but knowing Bandai, I'd suppose this would be too difficult/impossible a task?

Wasn't there a white and gold one? Wished we had gotten that one instead...

I glued mine in weeks ago. Your advice would have come in real handy... (^.^')

Actually, isn't that copy the one with the broken back piece? It does look to be missing a chunk from the back, making the gap appear larger.

I figured out a way to secure the backpack in Battroid mode without using the brace! There are these two pegs on the "shelf" that, in the proper configuration, are supposed to go into two holes on the back. In the proper configuration, these don't actually provide any structural support and are more to guide the backpack into the correct position. Now, instead of pegging them in, take the two pegs and rest them on the top of the back. You'll also need to pull the intakes as far up as they can go. This actually provides the entire backpack the support and structural integrity required to maintain its position in Battroid mode, even with some light handling and posing. Of course, you'll need to hold it down when moving the arms, and leaning the figure back might cause the thruster section to come unpegged. However, the only one real downside is that this configuration limits the head articulation as the intake section is slightly higher than it should be. I think it might be too high for some, but it looks okay to me.