The hips can be especially problematic though because there's multiple types they use. To answer your question though - Figuarts can have issues, but I wouldn't say that it's very often that their widespread. Thankfully that wasn't a difficult or expensive figure to replace. While I didn't have any problems with my Dada, I did break the hip on my Dan Moroboshi figure trying to get him into a decent sitting down pose. Ouch, I'm really sorry to hear that :( I'm glad to hear you're able to get a replacement though - being a web exclusive finding exchanges must be pretty hard to come by so I'm glad you were able to do it! This is my first Figuarts and I wonder if others have had similar issues.

I’m aware that these poseable figures can have issues (all my previous articulated Ultras have been Ultra Act line), with joints that are sometimes either too stiff or loose, and the ball peg on the changeable hands can snap off if not careful, but honestly, for the price they charge for these figures, these quality control issues are not ok.

Hopefully my replacement won’t have that issue. The left hip joint moved much easier and actually popped out, but that one was easy to pop back in, but that made me realize how stuck and stiff the other joint was. I barely moved it up and I was shocked that it broke so easily. The only issue I had with mine was that the joint on the right hip was so stuck in place that when I was moving it around I heard a snap and realized that the peg broke off because the joint was so stuck onto the ball joint. I loved the paint and details on this figure, and the 3 interchangeable faces (plus burnt one) and Micronizer are awesome extras. I bought this figure as well because Dada is my favorite Ultra kaiju from the original series (a close 2nd being Keronia).

Ultraman fighting evolution 3 dada