um, sir, this is about breaking CCBS pieces specifically, not about breaking parts in general.
I haven’t broken a skull spider leg yet. I just lost them though.
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Skull spider legs are the quickest to brake because of how they are clicked on the masks and because the plastic itself is not that ridgit in the shape its molded.
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First off, I have no idea what category this would go in, so if a moderator would please be kind enough to place it in the right one.
Second off, this may come across as a rant, I assure you it is not.It is a simple warning about a Lego part.
Third off, please tell me if you have experienced the same problem.
Everyone remembers how bad the '08 parts were for snapping. Well guess what.
You can’t really see it very well with my laptop camera, but the friction extender on my Lewa, Uniter of Jungle figure, has almost snapped completely (just a little more ways to go). I didn’t feel like looking over every Bionicle set I have with friction extenders, so I can’t tell you how common this problem is. I did, however, go grab the nearest Lego set I had that uses 2008 parts. As it turns out, my Lewa Phantoka figure is is better condition than I thought. I did manage to find a figure with the same type of crack in it, however.
The hand, on Breeze 1.0, got that crack due to extended use. I must emphasize, however, that Lewa’s friction extender part had only been removed from the figure maybe three times before I discovered the crack. Lewa has spent most of his time standing up on a shelf.
All in all, I just have this one thing to tell all of my fellow moc makers:
###Be careful when you use these parts, they are not as durable as other CCBS pieces. (in my opinion)
Everything below this is a personal opinion
I think the reason for this crack may be the fact that the new-ish friction extender part does not connect all the way to a ball joint. There is a little gap between the bottom of the socket and the ball joint. I believe this puts extra strain on the plastic.
###Edit with more pics.
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Although it has never happened to me before, I think it could be because the rubber part (you can see it inside the socket) sticks out a bit, creating the gap you mentioned, and adding stress to the piece. I suggest using the piece as much as you can in order to wear off the rubber, just like I generally do.
If you can post a picture of the inside of the piece maybe we could verify if that’s the reason. If it isn’t, then it might be caused by temperature, but I don’t know.
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This problem has happened to many of my pieces but no friction extenders have been taken yet.
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These pieces are from 2013. They aren’t new at all.
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Hence why I said new-ish. My first encounter with them was in 2016.
Also:
Done
The room where I store my Bionicle sets hovers around 66-72 degrees Fahrenheit year round, so I doubt temperature is a problem. It doesn’t seem like the rubber is sticking up that far. Maybe friction extenders just have Agori-Joint-Syndrome
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Personally, I’ve yet to have issues with any of the CCBS sockets snapping, though there have been a few instances where I’ve seen others have some trouble with them.
Perhaps you somehow recieved a defective version of the part with your set by accident?
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This is a little off topic, but does anyone know the official part name for this piece, I know the code is 74261, but what is the name of the part.
Like for instance, you can’t search for Lego 2780 on websites that aren’t Bricklink, you have to look for Lego Black Friction Pin
On Brickset it’s listed as “Ball Cup High Friction W. Rubber”.
If you don’t know a piece name I suggest looking at inventories of sets that you know include that part you’re looking for, that’s what I usually do.
If you have these problems with recent sets you should totally contact Lego’s awesome customer service, they will send you a new piece for free.
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I’ve been using CCBS extensively since it came out, and only ever had one piece snap in the socket - or anywhere, for that matter.
2012 to be correct
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Oh yeah! Blacky.
I typed that in on (IDK if I am allowed to name the website, you probably can guess). It pulled up some fidget spinners. [quote=“Altair, post:8, topic:38549”]
If you have these problems with recent sets you should totally contact Lego’s awesome customer service, they will send you a new piece for free.
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I’ll just buy a friction extender. I mean, the thing is like three cents on BrickLink. It’s no big deal.
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That’s terrible! I’ve had that happen to things like mata hands but I’ve never seen that on any ccbs parts. I would recommend checking out this video by ttv https://youtu.be/4uDlmnNp3gM it has helped me before. Good luck!
~Roguetoa
Uhm… I don’t actually know what website you’re talking about, but no big deal 
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Yeah, I caught sight of that video a little ways back. Unfortunately, increasingly small stressors, such as the ones that come from supporting a large MOC can have negative affects on some of my CCBS pieces, particularly the ones that are five or so years old by now.
Good call. 
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I have a whole bunch of broken Y-connector peices (axle end), and a white beast foot (small) that broke. I also have some chewed on friction adders 