2021 Silicone Spinner Neck Bolt Failure.

[phillip57]

I ordered my Natalie Spinner with the neck bolt option figuring I'd have a use for it at some point. I bought a doll stand recently, threaded the neck bolt into her and hung her up. I began arranging her posture when she fell into my arms. I never had a second thought to the neck bolt in my RealDoll, I expected the same reliability with the PIB.

The neck bolt threaded into a 1/4" nut that was tack welded in two places to the back of the spine. I would've expected a drilled and threaded steel plate securely welded to the back of the spine. The new Silicone Spinner skeletons are from China, no doubt the same ones used in the TPE Spinners. Between the Poor quality of the finger wires and the neck bolt failure, I am less than pleased.

Phil

[seagull]

Major Crap!
1/4" is pretty small for a decent weld, and this is the result

If you have access to a welder then there is a chance to repair but would suggest 3/8" nut (and hook)

If not, then a tersely worded email to the vendor

[phillip57]

Major Crap!
1/4" is pretty small for a decent weld, and this is the result

If you have access to a welder then there is a chance to repair but would suggest 3/8" nut (and hook)

If not, then a tersely worded email to the vendor

Maybe it was a 3/8ths nut, I just guessed. Still, only a zap zap top and bottom, holding it to the rod/spine? Like an after thought.

Phil

[seagull]

Not even a zap, more of "It sparked, it's welded"

[N3m1s1s]

hope that gets them to pay a bit more attention to QC!

[seagull]

Somewhere there is a post of a doll manufacturing facility, QC is unlikely to be anything more than, That looks ok

[Anushka]

hope that gets them to pay a bit more attention to QC!

I read that PIB no longer offers the standing silicone spinner due to skeletal issues.