This posing feature comes from body articulation, which we call it points of articulation (POA for short) or joints. Different joints serve different movable for action figure. Such as cut join, which is mainly used for arm rotation and vertical rotation of head. T joint at the hip is used for front-to-back rotation of legs. The better one is ball joint allowing arbitrary movement of figure’s head, like slant, that is well-used than cut joint. For knee articulation, pin joint is commonly used. By the above information as well as market intelligence, worthy for categorization as action figure should basically be included one neck joint, two shoulder joints, two hip joints and rotating wrists & waist and bending knees. Next time when you consider to purchase action figure, you may take it for reference.

Another distinctive feature is comparatively abundant accessories and interchangeable items. Such as clothes, weapons like sword & gun and faces with different expressions, etc. These accessories increase the playability of action figure. You can create different poses by your own ideas. Some enthusiasts even like to sketch their drawing by different poses of an action figure.