Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

You'd think if we spend 4.00 a figure that they would at least work.

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hectagonman

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O.K I'm spinning my meowth. The plastic cylindar on the base that goes inside the black tube of the figure broke and is now stuck inside the tube. COMPLETELY impossible to fix. I had to THROW AWAY the figure. Also my ho-oh and mudkip's figures borke. They can at least gorilla glue them or something.
 
No the cylindar is STUCK inside. It isn't sticking out so i can pull it out. It's completely irreversible. If you glued it in the state it was in it would not spin at all.

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Thats the best i can explain it
 
I think I know what you mean, happened to one of my EU figures.
The little peg on the top of the clear spinner base got stuck inside the black tube on the bottom of the figure, right?

Yeah, there've been all kinds of different ways these things can break, but that's kinda a risk that comes with ALL miniatures, not just the Pokemon ones. I think that figures in future sets will be considerably less breakable, though.
 
The figures are sort of cheap. I see more and more broken figures still in the package at retailers around my area.
 
i would contact customer service through TFG tab on the go-pokemon site, and see if there is anything they can do for you.

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Prime said:
The figures are sort of cheap. I see more and more broken figures still in the package at retailers around my area.
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Mostly Ho-ohs, but there are other figures that break.
I actually think those easily broken or pre-broken figures are useful (especially if they're packaged with a secret figure that might be something you need). Once you get however many copies you want unbroken, you can get broken ones / break unbroken ones, and tada, you've got a base on which to create fake figures. Just mold it out of clay (or something), superglue it to the base, cut out a paper ring and tape/glue it to the existing one, and there you go.
 
Given that the packaging is better in America, yet your figures are breaking more...I'm certainly inclined to think that you're seeing people being too rough with the figures in transit. This is what you get when places like Wal-Mart are the primary sales vector, I suppose.
 
One of our figs, Abra, came out of the package like that. You could not tell from the sealed package but it wouldn't spin and found the problem. I contacted Customer Service through the website and got a reply a few days later saying that I should send it back and they will replace it. So I would try contacting them. [email protected]
 
The plastic post can be removed - take a straight pin/safety pin, stick the pin at an angle into the broken post, and gently slide the post out.
 
I've seen a few Mudkip broken too, so it's not just the really big figures. I've seen them broken at ToysRUs, Wal-Mart, but I don't think any were broken at the hobby store that got them in near me. Maybe there were, and he just hid them so people wouldn't see.
 
Prime said:
I've seen a few Mudkip broken too, so it's not just the really big figures. I've seen them broken at ToysRUs, Wal-Mart, but I don't think any were broken at the hobby store that got them in near me. Maybe there were, and he just hid them so people wouldn't see.
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That doesn't surprise me; the hobby stores probably handle them more carefully than the big chains.

EDIT: Also, just thought of something - Mudkip, Ho-oh, and Lugia are all attached to small discs at their bottom, and those discs are what are glued to the base. Perhaps that's the problem?
Though, the issue with Ho-oh isn't always located there, I bought one today (intentionally) that had its transparent connector thing (from the base to the Ho-oh) broken.
 
Maybe the heat melts the glue that keeps the disc attached to the base, then it dries, and falls over?
 
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