Friday, January 8, 2010

Joint on Action Figures



   Normally, feature of action figures have articulation or joints on body. These joints are  between  head and body , leg and body , arm and body, All are 5 mainly joint in body ,Including bending knee,rotating waist,.
   There are term of joint that called type of joint. example for
  •  Cut joint is a term that meaning rotation at arm and shoulder ore rotation at head and body .
  •  T joint is a term that joint between hip and leg that make lec  moving 180 degree in front direction and  back direction .
  •  Ball joint is a term that body can move up and down in vertical direction and  left and right in horicontal direction . easy say "move in every direction such as joint at head and body.
    All cut, T , Ball Joint sometime was considered as a pin joint.
    Over the year , a number of joints and type of joints are used in variety  by designer.
    In 1980s, Most popular action figure, G.I. Joe  used  The most of joint on it's body while  one another most popular action figure, Masters of the Universe, used  the least of joint on it
    In 2000s  Toy Biz's  used  more and more joints on it's body ,even dominating joint at the toes , fingers and abdomen.

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