>>116128110The gold paint they were so proud of in the product description does indeed rub off after a while, even if you are careful, and the genius who designed the mech thought that having some of those painted surfaced at the bottom of the feet would be a-okay.
There are also some other ridiculous design flaws like illegal connections that should've been caught during development and a floppy cockpit hatch with the side arches being poorly connected.
Also, the ankle joints are dogshit and the mech likes to topple over due to them, despite the designer trying the best to limit its range of motion by building around it.
As for the cracking, that's a MASSIVE issue that plagues Lego for over a decade by now ever since they changed their plastic composition.
Up until like 2003-5 they used a slightly softer plastic that was pre-colored so stuff like clips could be bent a tiny bit and would only really crack if you played with them like a total retard or after a long time due to natural degradation.
These days, however, bricks are mostly made from a much stiffer, translucent plastic where they add the color pigments to the pellets during the moulding process.
That plastic is WAY too rigid for more delicate pieces like clips and 1-stud-wide parts, resulting in cracks after only a few weeks from just staying connected since the tension that builds up pretty much tears the piece apart.
