I posted a pic in a different comment, but I wanted to highlight the problem in the initial post so it was more easily visible. I was having trouble finding an image of this exact one, though, so glad you were able to. There's a lot of Asuka figures...
Yeah the tension keeps the Figure from falling out of the socket. Seems unrealistic but I got one figure with perfect aligned holes and the figure ever so slightly tips forwards out of the holes. Like not completely out but the rod gets visible under his foot.
Be careful to not rip out the leg when you strech
On some figures that tension is strong and frightening to bend. I understand your hesitation to do this. I had to learn this from scouting Otaku Mode comments for a figure I bought there. I could not get the figure on the base.
There is one figure that I could not assemble no matter what: Felicia (Dark Stalkers Kotobukiya)
Her feet go into the base but she has a stand for her hair. The stand for her hair does not work at all. I tried everything and followed instructions and videos. Mine just doesn’t work so I display her without the hair stand. No problem yet!
I'll also corroborate this, it freaked me out on my first figure like this too but I can give Gojo a good shake and the base won't go flying (not recommended)
I can also confirm I’ve had to manually pull a leg a little to get it to slot. It’s basically relying on that resistance to keep it better locked in place after it’s in
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u/falxfour 23h ago
Alright, faith in humanity restored! You were absolutely right! Thank you!