My son absolutely LOVES Sonic and all his friends. I was lucky enough to come upon Silver at TJMaxx for cheap and when i gave it to my son he never wanted to put it down. So i got him this for Easter. He loves it just as much. They are VERY flexible with their joints so it is not to be played with roughlyThe item arrived with the cardboard backing completely removed from the plastic enclosure. Luckily the purchase is a Christmas present for my nephew who isn't a collector, but for anyone that is buying this for a collection (and wants to leave it unopened), beware that you may not get a good package. We haven't opened the package yet (again, it's a Christmas present) so I'm hoping the figure is okay and not damaged since a lot of reviews mention that the figure is fragile and easily broken.Brought this for my 6 year grand son he loves it.Will not rate it 5 star, because at the price it was selling for it should be biggerWithin 5 minutes of it coming out of the pkg my 12 year old grandson raised shadows arm and it fell out we tried and tried to put it back in place but it wouldn't stay.Ibought my other grandson the same toy in sonic so I'm expecting a part will also fall off.I was so excited to find these i forgot to read the reviews. I did call amazon immediately and customer service rep Chester professionly and with understanding immediately helped me.My advice though to amazon is why keep selling these when theres been so many of the same complaints.It's a nice collectable from an old old game that my son was dying to have again after the foot broke on the first one i had gotten him. its a good toy.Similar issue as others with Shadows elbow joint.His arm fell off within less than 24 hours and my son is very good with his toys. It actually fell off while I was holding it and was looking at his legs. Also all of his leg joints and head were very loose and floppy for being "new". I couldn't get him to stand up due to how loose the joints were.We have purchased several of these and although my son loves them they break fairly easily.They need to classify this as a collectible, not a toy. My 9 year old who isnt particularly rough on toys has broken 2 of these within an hour of getting them. The articulation points in the elbows will break very easily.Very flimsy and broke within the week. I spent over £60 on the collection and each one of them broke my son wasnt even heavy handed with them.No Surprises, exactly as described!My son loved it but it too fragile for the price. Started breaking into pieces in about 24hrs of use.Good.My 6yr old son loves this figure. Well worth the money. So muh so that i purchased more figures from the same range/collection