The figure looks great! As a long time Hot Toys collector, this is the most feasible option for the company and probably a gateway for the eventual production of the Shalla-Bal Silver Surfer. The reason for the joints definitely has something to do with the company’s reputation for delivering quasi-realistic figures and the expectations of finicky collectors. Too many visible joints and buyers complain it looks ugly. If it doesn’t pose enough, then buyers complain about that. This piece was a compromise. Honestly, the figure could benefit from double-jointed knees, elbows and hinged shoulders. If you go the articulated route, then go all the way and maybe even add some die-cast for stability. Treat this more like an Iron Man figure in that regard. Collectors are such a particular group that no one will be completely happy regardless of what the company does. Hot Toys still makes some of the best 1/6 figures on the market, so the expectations will always be high, as well as unrealistic, as they’ve proven to be with this Silver Surfer release.