Loose Heads/Neck peg issues

[redrooster]

Making a this to correlate with the Leg issues thread for the team at Mattel.

Some heads here lately have not only been incredibly loose, but don’t seem to stay on at all. A lot of bobble head syndrome going on with these figures. Also, neck pegs differing in height, making some figures look like they have no neck, or the dreaded “giraffe neck” that we’ve nicknamed it, with heads sitting way to high because of a long neck peg.

[jjh1292]

The new ultimate Nash suffers from this syndrome horribly. It also looks like the new Rick Steiner has too long of a neck peg from promo shots.

[cuppacoffeeyeaaah]

Monday Night War HBK giraffe neck too, I cut the top of the peg off to make it sit better. One of the ultimate Nash heads I put on an elite Diesel it’s like the peg hole inside is too big so had to fill it with blu tack to stop it wobbling down.

[zen411]

Rvd is my worst one. His head is far too loose and moves back and forth at a touch.

My biggest problem is figures that come with multiple heads falling off. Yokozuna and others fall off all the time and don't stay in securely.

[Biff Slamkovich™]

L23 Jamal has this issue for me. The head clicks in barely and can be removed just by turning the figure upside down.

[bigvis497]

My Legends Kurt Angle has horrible giraffe neck. It's so bad you can see a gap between the back of his neck.

I looked at others in friends collections, and there's were fine. The issue was the peg that was used inside. Mine was way longer than the others. So it looks like two different versions of Kurt made it out of the factory?

Not exactly something I can easily fix, and I get the usual "we don't have that fugure for replacement" from Mattel.

[coldblooded]

I've had to stuff cotton around the peg of my Vader ultimate so it would stop wobbling.

[redrooster]

Nov 7, 2024 9:36:57 GMT -5 Biff Slamkovich™ said:

L23 Jamal has this issue for me. The head clicks in barely and can be removed just by turning the figure upside down.

Jamal is the worst in my collection.  I've added some tac in his head just so it stays still.  

[redrooster]

Nov 8, 2024 5:55:32 GMT -5 bigvis497 said:

My Legends Kurt Angle has horrible giraffe neck. It's so bad you can see a gap between the back of his neck.

I looked at others in friends collections, and there's were fine. The issue was the peg that was used inside. Mine was way longer than the others. So it looks like two different versions of Kurt made it out of the factory?

Not exactly something I can easily fix, and I get the usual "we don't have that fugure for replacement" from Mattel.

I've seen a lot of people have the giraffe neck Angle.

[The Madness]

Both of my UE Vaders can barely keep their heads up

[HardyKOfan01]

Customized the Coliseum Collection George Steele torso to fix-up my Ultimate Edition Kevin Owens, and the neck peg is wobbly as hell, making it difficult to keep KO’s head in certain positions/poses.

[shanieomaniac]

I've noticed this on a fair number of figures, but 3 Minute Warning have got to be the worst of all of them. It's like their heads are just balanced on the pegs.

On the other hand, I've also had some UE figures that one head or another, the peghole is too small and I literally have to dremel it out to put it on the figure. I know UE Sami had this problem, and I'm trying to remember which but there was at least one other one.

[controlchaos]

Some of the QC issues have been horrible lately. I’ve had some figures have loose heads. Two off the top of my head that I can remember were the ultimate edition series 20 Roman and the elite Mace. Both figures heads will come off if you try to turn the head in any direction. Really disappointing. I understand no toy line will ever be perfect and QC comes with the territory in cases here and there but the amount that we’ve seen recently regarding Mattel’s wwe figures is insane. Three QC issues that I consistently see with my figures are loose heads , stiff legs and with elites some of my figures come right out of the box with a part broken in the torso where with any slight movement or shake of the figure you can hear something rattling inside.

[attitudesback]

Almost every Ultimate I've bought recently has had a loose head. I'm having to use things like the clear elastic bands that keep the figure in the box and wrapping that around the neck peg to try and stop the wobble.

[WrestlingFigWig]

Nov 8, 2024 5:55:32 GMT -5 bigvis497 said:

My Legends Kurt Angle has horrible giraffe neck. It's so bad you can see a gap between the back of his neck.

I looked at others in friends collections, and there's were fine. The issue was the peg that was used inside. Mine was way longer than the others. So it looks like two different versions of Kurt made it out of the factory?

Not exactly something I can easily fix, and I get the usual "we don't have that fugure for replacement" from Mattel.

Same thing happened to me when I got Kurt. The giraffe neck was out of control. I got a new one from Target and it wasn't that way. I compared both and they used two different pegs on the same figure. How that happens, I have no idea *cough* Vietnam *cough*. 

[Flair Forever]

Worst one I've had is Legends Captain Lou Albano. Head just pops off any time I try to pose the figure.

[Gomez]

Legends Kurt Angle is the absolute worst QC figure I've ever held in my hands. The head just falls off.
Just for kicks, add in that his legs and arms wobble so much that he can't hold a pose or barely stand.

That makes two figures in a row of Kurt that are terrible designs and products.

I will say though, that the other two figures from the same Legends wave that I purchased were fine.

[BoneCrunchingCustoms]

Nov 13, 2024 17:13:31 GMT -5 Gomez said:

Legends Kurt Angle is the absolute worst QC figure I've ever held in my hands. The head just falls off.
Just for kicks, add in that his legs and arms wobble so much that he can't hold a pose or barely stand.

That makes two figures in a row of Kurt that are terrible designs and products.

I will say though, that the other two figures from the same Legends wave that I purchased were fine.

Interesting. My Angle is fine but regular Faarooq got crazy bobblehead. Perhaps equally interesting is that the Faarooq chase doesn't have the same problem.

[GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy]

My ultimate MNW Piper has this problem too. How on earth do we fix it?

[BoneCrunchingCustoms]

Nov 14, 2024 22:31:04 GMT -5 GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy said:

My ultimate MNW Piper has this problem too. How on earth do we fix it?

I use these on loose ankles and bobbleheads. Just wrap one around the neck peg and slide it down to make the hole smaller.