Thanks trav. I see what you mean about the shatter crotch ;-) By including the entire buttocks area in a single group it doesn't tear like the original. Alle. If you move the collars at all in any direction. You'll get a severly disfigured figure. If you move the shoulder (which isn't really the shoulder anymore but actually the entire upper arm section) it poses fine. So the collar group is not even needed anymore. Is that intentional? I wish I could buy the new figure from Zygote to see how it compares to this one. But I can't afford it. ScottA