That was exactly how I tried to rotate the Right arm of my spiderman before the shoulder snapped.
I did hold down the mechanism with my thumb & fore finger while trying to rotate the arm forward (as I've seen how Clipper rotates his), mine still break without the shoulder moving a millimetre...
I refused to touch my spiderman figure (mainly cause i'm really digging this pose despite its flaws/defects) to risk the other shoulder breaking as well, so I took 2 shots from this pose and did the best I could in explaining the defects on my piece:
Wasn't the suit though. Suit has got nothing to do with the inability to rotate both its arms forward or backwards.
It's more the body, the tightest of joints connected to the most fragile piece of connectors.
Because the joints are so tight the arms refused to move, causing the connector to...
Okay, received my Amazing Spiderman figure today, and I have good news as well as bad news.
Good news is, the shoulder joints are still intact.
Bad news...
Both arms will NOT move forward. It is WAY WAY too tight. I've put enough force in it to not break it, and it's not giving in, not even a...