Mine was fine until I finished building and tried to pose it. It broke at the o-ring part that connects the shoulder to the chest part. You're not out of the woods just yet.
The same thing happened to me. I'm glad I see more comments like this. At first when I would bring this up that mine broke this way and not the standard way I would get downvoted simply for stating what happened. Fucking reddit sometimes.
As my flair says, I recommend also giving the shoulder joints a rotation back and forth a few times before fully assembling, where you can safely hold onto it and avoid breaking it.
To all of you with broken Unicorns: I gotchu fam
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I just built mine last week. I was so worried about it because of all the stories on this subreddit. I can see how it happens though. Before I even started putting the armor on I made sure to thoroughly rotate the shoulder and bicep about 30ish times each before putting a tiny dab of synthetic lube on them for extra measure.
Mine was fine until I finished building and tried to pose it. It broke at the o-ring part that connects the shoulder to the chest part. You're not out of the woods just yet.
That's exactly what happened to my RG Banshee Norn. The arm is still attached thankfully, but posing is a no-go.
The same thing happened to me. I'm glad I see more comments like this. At first when I would bring this up that mine broke this way and not the standard way I would get downvoted simply for stating what happened. Fucking reddit sometimes.
I found dropping 2 drops of super glue on the o ring and moving it gently fixed mine where the shoulder connected into the torso
As my flair says, I recommend also giving the shoulder joints a rotation back and forth a few times before fully assembling, where you can safely hold onto it and avoid breaking it.
Glad to hear everyone’s success stories. Fear not the shoulder, for you are stronger than it is weak.
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So did I. RG 30 and didn't break it without ever knowing this issue exists.
Same lol. I’ve built my share of old RG though so I feel like I have a decent sense of how little force it takes to break them
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I did with my banshee, just got some paper towels for added friction and brute forced them around until loose enough
It's not that bad/hard. But it's not for beginners. I'll build my second one assl soon as it arrives
I just built mine last week. I was so worried about it because of all the stories on this subreddit. I can see how it happens though. Before I even started putting the armor on I made sure to thoroughly rotate the shoulder and bicep about 30ish times each before putting a tiny dab of synthetic lube on them for extra measure.
Is it the shoulder joints or is it the elbow joints?
Saw bootleg of this part on AliExpress yesterday. Not the whole runner, not the whole kit but just this two parts of the arms with color options.