Can I loosen a toy's wrists if they're so tight they break off when I try and move it?

Question

I have a halo3 McFarlane toy, but its wrists can barely move, and I own two of this same toy, both have the same problem and when I tried to loosen one manually, the wrists snapped and the hands came off. I don't want this to happen to the second one, is there any way to unstick the plastic without breaking it?

Answer 1

Try putting a couple drops of silicone lubricant into the wrist.  That should help loosen sticking joints (at least it used to, on Spawn toys).

Sorry to hear about the broken one (it sucks, but it happens sometimes).  Hope you didn't pay too much for it.