Minifigure Quality

Manse1001 · 2016-10-24T20:30:33.000Z

Apologies if this has been discussed before but it's something that I've noticed recently and it's really started to frustrate me. I was looking over my sons minifigures and literally every single one he owns has got cracks in the arms, these figures aren't even old or heavily used. He's not rough with them, he just plays with them like any little boy would. What I noticed more is when I was looking through some of my vintage sets, I have minifigures in that box from the 80's, poorly stored, probably heavily played with, thrown and kicked about over the years, but not one has a crack on them (see below in black and blue). Therefore I ask the question, is the quality of Lego getting worst? I'm not having a rant, I still love the brick and always will, but it was just a general observation...